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What happened when neither Gregory XII nor Benedict XIII appeared before the cardinals at the Council of Pisa?

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They then declared both popes invalid and elected a third, Peter of Candia, who took the name Alexander V. Thus began the era of the three popes-one in Rome, another in Avignon, and a third seated in Pisa ...

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