Laurentius (possibly Caelius) was the Archpriest of Santa Prassede and later antipope of the See of Rome. Elected in 498 at the Basilica Saint Mariae...

Rome, Saint Laurentius of Rome (died 258), Italian deacon and saint, born in Spain In Catholicism: Antipope Laurentius (r. 498–506), antipope of the Roman...

An antipope (Latin: antipapa) is a person who claims to be Bishop of Rome and leader of the Roman Catholic Church in opposition to the legitimately elected...

minor antipopes of the 15th century. The first, Bernard Garnier became antipope in 1424 and died c. 1429. The second, Jean Carrier, became antipope c. 1430...

Antipope Eulalius (died 423) was antipope from December 418 to April 419. Elected in a dual election with Pope Boniface I, he eventually lost out to Boniface...

Antipope Philip (fl. 8th century) was an antipope who held office for just one day, on 31 July 768. In 768, Philip was a priest serving in the monastery...

Henry IV, who later forced him to abdicate. Today he is regarded as an antipope. Before his election as pope, Maginulf was the archpriest of Sant'Angelo...

Victor IV (died after April 1139) was an antipope for a short time, from March to 29 May 1138. Possibly he was born in Ceccano, as Gregorio dei Conti di...

roster of popes, the Annuario Pontificio. As such, he is now considered an antipope by the Catholic Church. Little is known about the life of Christopher;...

II (c. 1010 – 1072), born Pietro Cadalo (Latin Petrus Cadalus), was an antipope from 1061 to 1072. He was born in the County of Verona, and became bishop...

the death of Pope Conon (21 September 687), and thus is considered an antipope of the Roman Catholic Church. Prior to the disputed election, Theodore...

Antipope Felix II, an archdeacon of Rome, was installed as Pope in 355 AD after the Emperor Constantius II banished the reigning Pope, Liberius, for refusing...

official papal selection in the Lateran Palace (Rome). Meanwhile, Antipope Laurentius is elected "pope" in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, causing...

clears Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius. War with Sassanid Persia: Emperor Anastasius I sends a Byzantine...

Antipope Paschal III (or Paschal III) (c. 1110 – 20 September 1168) was a 12th-century clergyman who, from 1164 to 1168, was the second antipope to challenge...

Philagathos; Italian: Giovanni Filagato; Latin: Johannes Philagathus) was an antipope from 997 to 998. John was of Greek descent and was a native of Rossano...

He ruled in Rome for several months in 366–367, was afterwards declared antipope, and died after 381. In 355, Emperor Constantius II, who was sympathetic...

Moon Pope') or Pope Luna, was an Aragonese nobleman who was christened antipope Benedict XIII during the Western Schism. Pedro Martínez de Luna was born...

While a deacon in Rome, John is known to have been a partisan of the Antipope Laurentius, for in a libellus written to Pope Symmachus in 506, John confessed...

allowing Boniface to be consecrated pope and Dioscorus to be branded an antipope. Originally a deacon of the Church of Alexandria, Dioscorus was forced...

official papal selection in the Lateran Palace (Rome). Meanwhile, Antipope Laurentius is elected "pope" in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, causing...

by 72 bishops and all of the Roman clergy, Pope Symmachus makes Antipope Laurentius bishop of the diocese of Nocera in Campania. In 499, the Bulgars...

Theodoric was an antipope in 1100 and 1101, in the schism that began with Wibert of Ravenna in 1080, in opposition to the excesses of Pope Gregory VII...

in the first schism. On November 22, 498, both Pope Symmachus and Antipope Laurentius were elected pope. Symmachus was approved by the Roman Senate, but...

Visigothic Gaul under the presidency of Caesarius of Arles meet. Antipope Laurentius is persuaded by Theoderic the Great to resign his claim to the throne...

Antipope Boniface VII (died 20 July 985), otherwise known as Franco Ferrucci, was a Catholic prelate who claimed the Holy See in 974 and from 984 until...

Ottaviani di Monticelli) (1095 – 20 April 1164) was elected as a Ghibelline antipope in 1159, following the death of Pope Adrian IV and the election of Alexander...

was an antipope in Italy from 12 May 1328 to 25 July 1330 during the pontificate of Pope John XXII (1316–1334) at Avignon. He was the last antipope set up...

After the death of Pope Leo IV in 855 this Anastasius was elected as Antipope by the imperial party, but the rightfully elected Pope Benedict III gained...

Gregory VIII (died 1137), born Mauritius Burdinus (Maurice Bourdin), was antipope from 10 March 1118 until 22 April 1121. He was born in the Limousin, part...