Benedict XIV was the name used by two closely related minor antipopes of the 15th century. The first, Bernard Garnier became antipope in 1424 and died ca. 1429. The second, Jean Carrier, became antipope ca. 1430 and apparently left office, whether by death or resignation, by 1437. Some imagine that cardinals loyal to him elected a series of increasingly marginal antipopes in 1437 and 1470. These popes never existed.