Benedict XIV (around 1370 in Southern France; around 1430; actually Bernard Garnier) was elected on November 12, 1425, as one of the two successors of the antipope Benedict XIII. His election represents one of the greatest grotesques and excesses of the antipope phenomenon: Benedict XIII had already been declared deposed by the Council of Constance in 1417 in favor of the newly elected Martin V, in order to end the Western Schism. However, he refused to acknowledge his deposition. After his death, the four cardinals appointed by Benedict XIII could not agree on a common (antipope) candidate. The French Cardinal Jean Carrier was on his way as a legate of the previous pope, while his three colleagues had already elected Clement VIII as his successor.