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• A false claimant of the Holy See in opposition to a pontiff canonically elected
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Antipope† Catholic_Encyclopedia ► AntipopeA false claimant of the Holy See in opposition to a pontiff canonically elected. At various times in the history of the Church illegal pretenders to the Papal Chair have arisen, and frequently exercised pontifical functions in defiance of the true occupant. Hergenröther enumerates thirty in the following order:♦ Hippolytus (?), III century♦ Novatian, 251♦ Ursicinus, 366-367♦ Eulalius, 418-419♦ Laurentius, 498-501♦ Constantine II, 767♦ Philip, VIII century♦ Anastasius, 855♦ John XVI, X century♦ Gregory, 1012♦ Sylvester III, 1044♦ Benedict X, 1058♦ Guibert or Clement III, 1080-1100♦ Theodoric, 1100♦ Aleric, 1102♦ Maginulf, 1105♦ Pascal III, 1164-68♦ Calixtus III, 1168-77♦ Innocent III, 1178-80♦ Nicholas V, 1328-30♦ Amadeus of Savoy (Felix V), November, 1439 to April, 1449Transcribed by Paul T. Crowley Dedicated to Pope John Paul II
Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. — New York: Robert Appleton Company. Nihil Obstat. 1910.
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