Papal Tombs and Monuments (1370-1447) Part VII

Pope Eugenius IV

Gabriele Cardinal Condulmer, Cardinal priest of San Clemente, then Cardinal priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere, Bishop of Siena, Abbot commendatario of the monasteries of S. Giorgio Maggiore and S. Salvatore, Venice; and of S. Giuliano, Rimini. Abbot commendatario of the monastery of S. Giustina, Padua. Elected Bishop of Rome on 3 March 1431 in the sacristy of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, taking the name Eugenius IV and was crowned on 11 March.

Pope Eugenius IV died on 23 February 1447, in Rome in the 16th year of his pontificate. He was buried in the church of San Salvatore in Lauro, Rome.

Papal Tombs and Monuments (1370-1447) Part VI

Pope Martin V

Oddone Cardinal Colonna, Cardinal deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro, Bishop of Urbino, Vicar of Rome and archpriest of the Patriarchal Lateran Basilica. Elected Bishop of Rome on 11 November 1417 at the Council of Constance (where twenty-three cardinals joined with six representatives from each of the five nations - England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain - to conduct a unique conclave), taking the name Martin V, ordained to the priesthood on 13 November, in the presbyterium of the cathedral of Constance, consecrated to the episcopate on 14 November in the same presbyterium, and crowned, on 21 November 21, 1417, in front of the cathedral of Constance.

Pope Martin V died on 20 February, 1431, in Rome in the 14th year of his pontificate. He was buried in the middle of the nave of the Patriarchal Lateran Basilica, Rome; in 1853, his tomb was transferred to the area of the Confession of the Basilica.

Papal Tombs and Monuments (1370-1447) Part V

Pope Gregory XII

Angelo Cardinal Correr, Cardinal priest of San Marco, Latin Patriarch of Constantinople. Elected Bishop of Rome on 30 November 1406 in Rome, taking the name Gregory XII, and was crowned on 19 December.

Pope Gregory XII resigned the papacy on 4 July 1415 in the Council of Constance in the 9th year of his pontificate. The Council granted him the title of Cardinal Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina and the rank immediately after the pope; as well as the legation, for life, of Marche Anconitana. His abdication allowed the end of the Western Schism.

Cardinal Correr died 0n 18 October 1417 in Recanati. He was buried in the cathedral of Recanati.

Papal Tombs and Monuments (1370-1447) Part IV

Pope Innocent VII

Cosmato Gentile Cardinal de' Migliorati, Cardinal priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, archbishop of Bologna, Vice-camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, Papal treasurer and vice-chancellor of the Holy Roman Church. Elected Bishop of Rome in Rome on October 17, 1404, taking the name Innocent VII and was crowned on November 11, 1404, on the steps of the patriarchal Vatican basilica.

Pope Innocent VII died in Rome on 6 November 1406 in the 2nd year of his pontificate. He was buried in the patriarchal Vatican basilica.

A Voice of Reason!

The eninently sensible Fr Dwight Longenecker over at Standing on My Head has written a very balanced response to the whole furore that has erupted in the aftermath of the release of Summorum Pontificium.

Click HERE to read what he has to say.