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Martin V, originally Oddone Colonna 1368-1431
Italian pope

Born in Genazzano, Papal States, he was elected during the Council of Constance in 1417. With this event, the Great Schism, which had begun in 1378, was finally ended. He died in Rome, just after calling the Council of Basle.