In 1417, the great schism came to an end, and Martin V.
was recognized by the whole Church. The new pope was
established first at Mantua, then at Florence. But learning
that he was ridiculed by children, in their songs, he left the
latter city, and fixed his see at Rome ( 30th September 1420).
He died there ( 1431), and his successor, Eugene IV., spent the
first three years of his reign there. He was driven away by
the revolution in 1434, and took refuge at Florence, where he
remained for ten years. In 1443 he came back to Rome, where
his successors thereafter victoriously defied their enemies.

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