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Definition:
The term antipope refers to any person who claims to be pope, but whose claim is
treated as invalid today by the Roman Catholic Church. This should be a
straightforward concept, but in practice it is much more difficult and complex than it
might appear.
The problems lie in the determination of just who qualifies as antipope and why. It isn't enough to say that their election did not follow standard procedures, because those procedures have changed over time. It isn't enough to say that they did not leave adequately moral lives - many recognized popes led terrible lives.
Generally acknowledged antipopes:
- Hippolytus
- Novatian (251)
- Felix II (355-365)
- Ursicinus (366-367)
- Eulalius (418-419)
- Laurentius (498-501)
- Constantine II (767)
- Philip VIII
- Anastasius (855)
- Leo VIII (956-963)
- Boniface VII (974)
- John XVI
- Gregory (1012)
- Sylvester III (1044)
- Benedict X (1058)
- Honorius II (1061-72)
- Guibert or Clement III (1080-1100)
- Theodoric (1100)
- Aleric (1102)
- Maginulf (1105)
- Burdin (Gregory VIII) (1118)
- Anacletus II (1130-38)
- Victor IV (1159-1164)
- Pascal III (1164-1168)
- Callixtus III (1168-1177)
- Innocent III (1178-1180)
- Nicholas V (1328-1330)
- Clement VII, Robert of Geneva (September 20, 1378 - September 16, 1394)
- Felix V, Amadeus VIII of Savoy (November 1439 - April 1449)
Also Known As: none
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Common Misspellings: none
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