Pope Boniface IX

Pope Boniface IX (; 1350 – 1 October 1404), born Piero Tomacelli, was an Italian cleric of the Roman Catholic Church and the 204th Pope from 1389 until his death in 1404.
Early life.
Piero Tomacelli was born into the baronial family of Casarano in the Kingdom of Naples.
Cardinal.
In 1381, Pope Urban VI raised Tomacelli to the rank of cardinal.
Pope.
Cardinal Tomacelli was elected pope in 1389; and he chose to be called Boniface IX.
Pope Boniface was involved in Italian and European political disputes.
Papal actions.
Boniface canonized St. Birgitta of Sweden.
Western Schism.
Boniface IX was pope during the years of the Western Schism, which was a split between factions of the Roman Catholic Church between 1378 and 1417.
During this period, there was more than one who claimed to be the true pope.