#pope luna

Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor, known as el Papa Luna in Spanish and Pope Luna in English, was elected as Benedict XIII as the new pope on September 28, 1394. He was considered an antipope by the Catholic Church.

Pope Luna self-exiled to Peñíscola where he entered on July 21, 1411, establishing the pontifical seat there and turning his castle into a palace and papal library.

Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor, known as el Papa Luna in Spanish and Pope Luna in English, was elected as Benedict XIII as the new pope on September 28, 1394. He was considered an antipope by the Catholic Church.

Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor, known as el Papa Luna in Spanish and Pope Luna in English, was elected as Benedict XIII as the new pope on September 28, 1394. He was considered an antipope by the Catholic Church.  

Pope Luna self-exiled to Peñíscola where he entered on July 21, 1411, establishing the pontifical seat there and turning his castle into a palace and papal library

Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor, known as el Papa Luna in Spanish and Pope Luna in English, was elected as Benedict XIII as the new pope on September 28, 1394. He was considered an antipope by the Catholic Church.

Pope Luna self-exiled to Peñíscola where he entered on July 21, 1411, establishing the pontifical seat there and turning his castle into a palace and papal library.

The adoption of this lunar emblem should therefore be understood not as a sign of genealogical or territorial association with Aragón, but as a commemorative and institutional gesture. By incorporating the crescent, the University of St Andrews acknowledges the historical role of Benedict XIII in its foundation.