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23 February 1447 A.D. Eugene IV (Gabriello Condulmaro) Dies—Rome’s 207th; Opposed by Amadeus of Savoy ("Felix V"), Another of Dozens of Antipopes.

23 February 1447 A.D.   Eugene IV (Gabriello Condulmaro) Dies—Rome’s 207th;   Opposed by Amadeus of Savoy ("Felix V") ,   Another of   Dozens of Antipopes.   Loughlin, James.   "Pope Eugene IV."   The Catholic Encyclopedia.   Vol. 5.   New York: Robert Appleton Company,   1909.   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05601a.htm .   Accessed 23 Sept 2014. Pope Eugene IV Gabriello   Condulmaro, or   Condulmerio, b. at   Venice , 1388;   elected   4 March, 1431; d. at   Rome , 23 Feb., 1447. He sprang from a   wealthy   Venetia   family   and was a nephew, on the mother's side, of   Gregory XII . His personal presence was princely and imposing. He was tall, thin, with a remarkably winning countenance.   Coming   at an early age into the possession of great   wealth, he distributed 20,000 ducats to the   poor   and, turning his back upon the worl...