Pope Innocent VII was born with the given name of Cosimo de’ Migliorati in the year 1336 A.D., and died in 1406 A.D. He began his reign as Pope in the year 1404 A.D. and ended his reign in the year 1406 A.D., during the Late Middle Ages. Innocent VII was from Sulmona, and his papal number is: 204 out of 267 officially recognized Roman Catholic Popes.
Summary: Roman pope whose short reign did not heal the continuing schism.
Biography:Innocent VII succeeded amid hopes for reunion but proved unable to end the Western Schism. His pontificate was also troubled by unrest in Rome, where local disorder complicated the already difficult question of papal legitimacy.
Though personally learned and experienced, he had too little time and too few conditions favorable to resolving the crisis. His reign reveals how institutional wounds can outlast the capacities of individual leaders.
Innocent VII remains a transitional and burdened figure within the era of divided obediences.
