Antonio Correr Madonna dell'Orto Antonio Correr (15 July 1359 – 19 January 1445) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal who was appointed cardinal by his uncle

Pope Gregory XII Pope Gregory XII ( la, Gregorius XII; it, Gregorio XII; – 18 October 1417), born Angelo Corraro, Corario," or Correr, was head of the Catholic Church from 30 November 1406 to 4 July 1415. Reigning during the Western Schism, he was oppos ...

during the period of the Great Western Schism.

Biography

Correr was born in Venice, the son of Filippo Correr and Cassandra Venier. He was Cardinal-nephew of

, Pope of the Roman Obedience in the period of the Great Western Schism, eldest brother of Filippo Correr. He was also cousin of

Pope Eugene IV Pope Eugene IV ( la, Eugenius IV; it, Eugenio IV; 1383 – 23 February 1447), born Gabriele Condulmer, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 3 March 1431 to his death in February 1447. Condulmer was a Venetian, and ...

, son of his father Filippo's sister Bariola and Angelo Condulmer. His last name is listed also as Corrario and Corraro. Correr was one of the founders of the Congregation of the Canons Regular of San Giorgio in Alga in his native city of

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. In 1405, he was named bishop of Modon, and on 26 February 1407 he was consecrated bishop by

with Agostino da Lanzano,

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, Bishop of Todi, Giacomo Ciera,

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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved April 25, 2016 Two years later his uncle, Pope Gregory XII, transferred him to the see of Bologna. He could not take possession of the latter see due to opposition of Cardinal Baldassare Cossa (later

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), who did not recognized his nomination, because he considered Gregory XII an antipope. On 9 May 1408 Antonio was created Cardinal Priest of

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by his uncle and a few months later was promoted to

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. He was also administrator of the see of

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(1408–10) and Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1408–09). Correr was Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from 1407 until July 1415. Antonio attended the Council of Constance as representative of the Roman Obedience of the Sacred College, and he participated in the Papal conclave, 1417 and the

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. Archpriest of the patriarchal

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1420–1434, he served also as papal legate in

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(1425) and in

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(1431). Antonio was administrator of the sees of Novigrad (1420–21),

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(1435) and Cervia (1435–40). New pope

Eugene IV Pope Eugene IV ( la, Eugenius IV; it, Eugenio IV; 1383 – 23 February 1447), born Gabriele Condulmer, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 3 March 1431 to his death in February 1447. Condulmer was a Venetian, and ...

(his cousin) transferred him to the suburbicarian see of Ostia e Velletri on 14 March 1431. He became

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at the death of Giordano Orsini on 29 May 1438. Author of an unpublished history of his times, he died at

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, but his remains were transferred to Venice where he was buried in the church of

San Giorgio in Alga San Giorgio in Alga (English: "St. George in the seaweed") is an island of the Venetian lagoon, northern Italy, lying between the Giudecca and Fusina (a ''frazione'' of Venice on the coast, near Marghera). History After a Benedictine monastery ...

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