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Conclusion of the Council of Basel
In April 1449, the Council of Basel, lasting nearly twenty years, formally closed in Basel, Switzerland;…
Timeline
- 1449Lausanne · SwitzerlandAntipope Felix V (Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy) announced in Lausanne that he was renouncing the papal office and recognizing Nicholas V as the sole legitimate pope, depriving the Council of Basel faction of its rival leader.
- 1449Basel · SwitzerlandThe Council of Basel formally declared its dissolution in Basel, Switzerland, ending a nearly twenty-year conciliar process and bringing the Western Schism to a definitive institutional close.
Sources
- Council of Basel https://www.britannica.com/event/Council-of-Basel
- The Oxford Dictionary of Popes — J. N. D. Kelly (2010)