Later Life
The chapter of Perpignan (25 April 1331) expelled Michael from the order and sentenced him to perpetual imprisonment. He continued to struggle for his understanding of evangelical poverty for the rest of his life, and issued an Appeal against Benedict XII, who had succeeded John XXII, in 1338. He died in Munich, and was buried there in the Franciscan convent, the Barfüsserkirche.
He was officially rehabilitated in 1359. Michael de Cesena was one of the historical characters in Umberto Eco's novel The Name of the Rose.
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