Spanish cardinal Pedro de Luna, elected at …
Years: 1394 - 1394
Spanish cardinal Pedro de Luna, elected at the death of Antipope Clement VII of the Avignon line in 1394, swears that as Pope Benedict XIII to work toward reunification of the Roman and Avignonese obediences.
Vincent Ferrer, a forty-four-year-old Spanish Dominican protégé and friend of the new antipope, becomes his confessor.
