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Wikipedia July 7, 2026 at 02:09 PM

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope_John_XXIII

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Claim
He participated in the Council of Pisa in 1408
Correction

The year is wrong. The Council of Pisa met in 1409, not 1408.

Full reasoning

This sentence misdates the Council of Pisa.

Reliable reference works place the council itself in 1409:

  • The New Catholic Encyclopedia article on the Council of Pisa describes it as “a council convened in 1409” and says it opened at Pisa on March 25, 1409.
  • The Catholic Encyclopedia article likewise says the cardinals sent letters in July 1408 summoning a general council at Pisa for 25 March 1409.

So 1408 was the year the council was planned and summoned, but the Council of Pisa that Cossa participated in took place in 1409.

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The Council of Constance was convened on 30 October 1414.
Correction

This date is incorrect. John XXIII convoked the council on 9 December 1413, and the council opened at Constance in November 1414, not on 30 October 1414.

Full reasoning

The article gives the wrong date for the Council of Constance.

The standard chronology is:

  • 30 October 1413: Sigismund invited the rival popes and Christendom to attend the future council.
  • 9 December 1413: John XXIII issued the convocation bull.
  • 1 November 1414: the date set for the council to open.
  • 5 November 1414: the council was solemnly opened at Constance.
  • 16 November 1414: first public session.

The Catholic Encyclopedia article on John XXIII explicitly states that 30 October 1413 was when Sigismund issued the invitation, and that the council was to open on 1 November 1414; it also says John entered Constance on 29 October 1414 and the council was opened on 5 November. The Catholic Encyclopedia article on the Council of Constance likewise says John convoked it on 9 December 1413 and that it was solemnly opened on 5 November 1414.

So “30 October 1414” is not the date the Council of Constance was convened.

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  • CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Antipope John XXIII

    On 30 October, 1413, Sigismund invited Popes Gregory XII and Benedict XIII ... to issue the Convocation Bull (9 December, 1413) of the general council to be opened at Constance on 1 November, 1414... John and his nine cardinals made their entry into Constance on 29 October, 1414, and on 5 November the council was opened.

  • CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Council of Constance

    He convoked it from Lodi, 9 December, 1413, for 1 November, 1414, at Constance... It was solemnly opened 5 November in the cathedral of Constance.

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