Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, April 18th, 2024
the Third Week after Easter
the Third Week after Easter
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Amadeus VIII
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
(Latin: love God)
Duke of Savoy. Anti-pope with the name Felix V from November 5, 1439 to April 7, 1449. Born in 1383 in Chambery, France; died on November 7, 1451 in Geneva, Switzerland. Married to Mary of Burgundy, with whom he had nine children; she died in 1422. In 1439 he appointed his son regent of his duchy, and withdrew to Ripaille on the Lake of Geneva, where he formed the semi-monastic Order of Saint Maurice. He was chosen pope by the schismatical Council of Basel on November 5, 1439, and crowned there in 1440. Excommunicated by Pope Eugene IV, he received only local recognition. In 1449 he submitted to Pope Nicholas V, thus ending the last papal schism, and was made a cardinal.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Amadeus VIII'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/a/amadeus-viii.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Amadeus VIII'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/a/amadeus-viii.html. 1910.
