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| | Council of Constance |
 | | The Council of Constance was an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, called by the Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, the pope recently elected at Pisa. |
 | | Jan Hus, summoned to Constance under a letter of indemnity, was condemned by council and burned at the stake notwithstanding on July 6, 1415. |
 | | However, once two popes, Baldassare Cossa (John XXIII), who fled from Constance on March 20, 1415, and Peter de Luna (Benedict XIII) had been eliminated, the successor to Urban VI was induced to resign, with great care to protect the legitimacy of the succession, ratifying all his acts, a new pontiff was chosen. |
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