He gained the support of local Albanian Catholics who preferred a Catholic Italian power as their protector instead of the Orthodox Serbs and Greeks, as well as the support of Pope Benedict XI.
•
In order to fight this religious ambiguity, in 1304, Dominicans were ordered by Pope Benedict XI to enter the country and to instruct the locals in the Latin rite.
Pope John Paul II | Pope Benedict XVI | Pope | Pope Paul VI | Alexander Pope | Pope Pius IX | Pope Pius XII | Pope Francis | Pope Leo XIII | Pope Pius XI | Pope John XXIII | Order of Saint Benedict | Pope Innocent IV | Pope Pius VII | Benedict Arnold | Pope Pius X | Pope John Paul I | Pope Alexander III | Pope Clement VII | Pope Urban VIII | Pope Clement V | Pope Pius VI | Pope Julius II | Pope Gregory VII | Pope Clement VIII | pope | Pope Sixtus V | Pope Alexander VI | Pope Benedict XIV | Pope Benedict XV |
Therefore, Ubertino was summoned before Pope Benedict XI, forbidden to preach at Perugia, and banished to the convent of Monte Alverna.