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After teaching jurisprudence at Perugia and Padua for some time, he accompanied his former professor, Lignano, to Rome, where he was received into the Curia by Urban VI (1378-89). He studied at Perugia, Padua, and finally at Bologna, where he graduated under the famous jurist Lignano. Upon his return to Rome he became Bishop of Bologna in 1386, and on December 5, 1387, Archbishop of Ravenna. Ott, M. (1910). The people were highly incensed at this cruel deed, and the pope had to flee for his life, although he was in no way responsible for his nephew’s crime. For his services the king extorted various concessions from Innocent, among them the promise that he would not make any agreement with the rival pope without stipulating that the king's rights over Naples should remain intact.
Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). After teaching jurisprudence at Perugia and Padua for some time, he accompanied his former professor, Lignano, to Rome, where he was received into the Curia by Urban VI (1378-89).
Western Schism. The cardinal, angered because the Romans rebelled against his uncle, waylaid a few of the most influential among them on their return from a conference with the pope, and had them brought to his house in order to murder them. [3], Pope Urban VI made Migliorati Bishop of Bologna in 1386.
This act of nepotism is the one blemish in the short reign of the otherwise virtuous pope. 8.
The reasons why Innocent did practically nothing for the suppression of the schism were: the troubled state of affairs in Rome, his mistrust in the sincerity of Benedict XIII, and the hostile attitude of King Ladislaus of Naples.
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Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. In the midst of these political disturbances Innocent neglected what was then most essential for the well-being of the Church, the suppression of the schism.
To attain his end he aided the Ghibelline faction in Rome in their revolutionary attempts in 1405.
Not content with these concessions, which Innocent made for the sake of peace, Ladislaus desired to extend his rule over Rome and the ecclesiastical territory.