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A person who claims or claimed to be the pope as the result of a disputed election, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.
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Antipope — • A false claimant of the Holy See in opposition to a pontiff canonically elected Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Antipope Antipope … Catholic encyclopedia
Antipope — An ti*pope, n. One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
antipope — (n.) also anti pope, early 15c. (mid 13c. in Anglo Latin), from M.L. antipapa, from Gk. anti against (see ANTI (Cf. anti )) + papa (see POPE (Cf. pope)) … Etymology dictionary
antipope — [an′ti pōp΄; an′tēpōp, an′tīpōp] n. a pope set up against the one chosen by church laws, as in a schism … English World dictionary
Antipope — For the book by Robert Rankin, see The Antipope. An antipope (Latin: antipapa) is a person who opposes a legitimately elected or sitting Pope and makes a significantly accepted competing claim to be the Pope,[1] the Bishop of Rome and leader of… … Wikipedia
antipope — /an ti pohp /, n. a person who is elected or claims to be pope in opposition to another held to be canonically chosen. [1570 80; ANTI + POPE; r. antipape < ML antipapa, modeled on Antichristus ANTICHRIST] * * * In Roman Catholicism, a person who… … Universalium
Antipope Felix II — was installed as Pope in 355 after the Emperor Constantius II banished the reigning Pope, Liberius, for refusing to subscribe the sentence of condemnation against Saint Athanasius. In May 357 the Roman laity, which had remained faithful to… … Wikipedia
Antipope Honorius II — should not be confused with Pope Honorius II. Honorius II (died 1072), born Peter Cadalus, was an antipope from 1061 to 1072. He was born at Verona and became bishop of Parma in 1046. He died at Parma in 1072.After the death of Pope Nicholas II… … Wikipedia
Antipope Callixtus III — or Callistus III (died before October 19, 1183 [Ambrogio Piazzoni, Historia wyboru papieży, Wyd. M Kraków 2003, p. 171] ) was Antipope from September 1168 to 29 August, 1178. His real name was Giovanni, Abbot of Struma. He was a strong and early… … Wikipedia
Antipope John — may refer to:* Antipope John VIII (844), in opposition to Pope Sergius II * Antipope John XVI (997–998), in opposition to Pope Gregory V * Antipope John XXIII (1410–1415), in opposition to Pope Gregory XII See also * Pope John … Wikipedia
Antipope Victor IV — may refer to:* Antipope Victor IV (1138) * Antipope Victor IV (1159 1164) … Wikipedia
