Antipope

Antipope is a term of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of its official list of popes.^[1] An antipope is not included in the list of popes in the Vatican's annual directory, Annuario Pontificio^[2]

An antipope is a pretender who falsely claims to be pope or who wrongly opposes the legitimate and recognized pope.^[3]

The existence or claims of an antipope produces a schism in the Roman Catholic Church. A conflict is caused by those who are opposing the authority of the pope.^[4]

List of antipopes (Mercati's List)^[5]

Antipope	Latin Name	Secular Name	Place of Birth	Pontificate	Age
Hippolytus	Hippolytus		Asia Minor, Roman Empire (Turkey)	217–235	III
Novatian	Novatianus			March 251 – 258	III
Felix II	Felix Secundus			355 – 22 November 365	IV
Ursinus	Ursinus			September 366 – November 367	IV
Eulalius	Eulalius			27 December or 29 December 418 – 3 April 419	V
Laurentius	Laurentius			1) 22 November 498 – February 499 2) 501–505	V
Dioscorus				22 September 530 – 14 October 530	VI
Theodorus	Theodorus			687	VII
Paschal	Paschalis			687	VII
Constantine II	Constantinus Secundus			5 July 767 – 6 August 768	VIII
Philip	Philippus			31 July 768	VIII
John VIII	Ioannes Octavus			January 844	IX
Anastasius III	Anastasius Tertius			August 855 – September 855	IX
Christopher	Christophorus		Rome, Papal States (Italy)	July or September 903 – January 904	X
Boniface VII Again	Bonifacius Septimus	Franco	Italy	August 984 – July 985
John XVI	Ioannes Sextus Decimus	John Philagathus (Filogatos)	Rossano, County of Calabria (Italy)	April 997 – February 998
Gregory VI	Gregorius Sextus			1012	XI
Benedict X	Benedictus Decimus	Giovanni Mincius	Rome, Papal States (Italy)	5 April 1058 – 24 January 1059
Honorius II	Honorius Secundus	Peter Cadalus	Rome, Papal States (Italy)	28 October 1061 – 1064/1072
Clement III	Clemens Tertius	Wibert of Ravenna	Parma, Holy Roman Empire (Italy)	1) 26 June 1080 2) 24 May 1084 – 8 September 1100
Theodoric	Theodoricus			September 1100 – January 1101	XII
Albert	Albertus		Italy	February – March 1102
Sylvester IV	Silvester Quartus	Maginulf	Germany or Italy	18 November 1105 – 12 April 1111
Gregory VIII	Gregorius Octavus	Maurice	Limousin, Kingdom of France (France)	8 March 1118 – April 1121
Anacletus II	Anacletus Secundus	Pietro Pierleoni OSB	Rome, Papal States (Italy)	14 February 1130 – 25 January 1138
Victor IV	Victor Quartus	Gregorio de Ceccano	Ceccano, Papal States (Italy)	March 1138 – 29 May 1138
Victor IV	Victor Quartus	Ottaviano de Monticello	Rome, Papal States (Italy)	7 September 1159 – 20 April 1164
Paschal III	Paschalis Tertius	Guido di Crema	Crema, Holy Roman Empire (Italy)	22 April 1164 – 20 September 1168
Callistus III	Callistus Tertius	Giovanni de Struma OSB	Tuscany, Holy Roman Empire (Italy)	September 1168 – 29 August 1178
Innocent III	Innocentius Tertius	Lando de Sittino	Lazio, Papal States (Italy)	29 September 1179 – January 1180
Nicholas V	Nicolaus Quintus	Pietro Rainalducci OFM	Borgorose, Italy	May 12, 1328 –August 25, 1330	XIV
Clement VII	Clemens Septimus	Robert of Geneva	Geneva, Holy Roman Empire (Switzerland)	September 20, 1378 – September 16, 1394
Benedict XIII	Benedictus Tertius Decimus	Pedro de Luna	Illueca, Spain	September 28, 1394 – July 26, 1417
Alexander V	Alexander Quintus	Pietro Philarghi OFM	Crete, Republic of Venice (Greece)	June 26, 1409 – May 3, 1410	XV
John XXIII	Ioannes Vicesimus Tertius	Baldassare Cossa	Naples, Kingdom of Naples (Italy)	May 17, 1410 – May 29, 1415
Felix V	Felix Quintus	Amadeus VIII	Chambéry, Duchy of Savoy (France)	November 5, 1439 – April 7, 1449

References

↑ "List of Popes," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2011-11-8.
↑ Curia Romana. (2008). Annuario Pontificio, p. 12; excerpt, "... we come across elections in which problems of harmonising historical criteria and those of theology and canon law make it impossible to decide clearly which side possessed the legitimacy whose factual existence guarantees the unbroken lawful succession of the successors of Saint Peter. The uncertainty that in some cases results has made it advisable to abandon the assignation of successive numbers in the list of the popes."
↑ "Antipope" Catholic Encyclopedia; retrieved 2011-11-8.
↑ Lieber, Francis (1835). Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-lexicon. Desilver, Thomas, & Company. p. 280.
↑ "Papacy - Popes, Antipopes, Succession | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.

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[1] "List of Popes," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2011-11-8.

[2] Curia Romana. (2008). Annuario Pontificio, p. 12; excerpt, "... we come across elections in which problems of harmonising historical criteria and those of theology and canon law make it impossible to decide clearly which side possessed the legitimacy whose factual existence guarantees the unbroken lawful succession of the successors of Saint Peter. The uncertainty that in some cases results has made it advisable to abandon the assignation of successive numbers in the list of the popes."

[catholic-3] "Antipope" Catholic Encyclopedia; retrieved 2011-11-8.

[4] Lieber, Francis (1835). Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-lexicon. Desilver, Thomas, & Company. p. 280.

[5] "Papacy - Popes, Antipopes, Succession | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.

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List of antipopes (Mercati's List)^[5]