Article: Popes of the Roman Catholic Church

Article: Of antipopes and co-popes: seeing double ...
National Catholic Reporter;  March 21, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... invalid, then Leo VIII is an antipope and Benedict V is a legitimate ... between legitimate popes and antipopes is something the church has ... than 12 centuries. The first antipope (Hippolytus) began his presumptive ... pontificate in 217. The last of the antipopes (Felix V) did not finally ...

Dictionary definition: antipope
A Dictionary of World History;      326 words ...antipope A person who claims or exercises the office of ... true pope of the time. There have been about 35 antipopes in the history of the Catholic Church, the last ... which person was the true pope and which was the antipope.

Article: Election Of Antipope Clement VII: Beginning Of The Great ...
History of the World;      700+ words ...00-00-0000 Election Of Antipope Clement VII: Beginning Of The ... a scandal that the chair of St. Peter should rest on any soil ... Robert, of Geneva - afterward Antipope Clement VII - into Italy with ... conclave in the palace near St. Peter's. Five Romans ...

Dictionary definition: Antipope
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions;      400 words ...Antipope. A person in Christianity who claims (or exercises) the office of pope illegitimately. The RC Church lists thirty-seven ...

Article: Short breaks: 48 hours in Avignon Popes, antipopes, a ...
The Independent - London;  July 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... points of the Palais des Papes (1) and Pont St- Benezet (2) lie to the north, with ... with lunch, and boats leave from the Port St-Benezet (10) (00 33 4 90 85 62 25 ... inside. THE ICING ON THE CAKE The Pont St-Benezet (2) is the bridge of the famous ...

Dictionary definition: Innocent (III)
The Oxford Dictionary of Popes;      472 words ...Innocent (III) (antipope 29 Sept. 1179–Jan. 1180 ... Angelo by Victor IV , first of the antipopes set up by the pro-imperial faction ... His adherents included relatives of Antipope Victor IV, and one of these, a knight ...

Dictionary definition: Clement (VIII)
The Oxford Dictionary of Popes;      700+ words ...Clement (VIII) (antipope 10 June 1423–26 July 1429 ... out of respect for Robert of Geneva (Antipope Clement VII). Although censured by ... had nominated on his own another antipope, Benedict XIV ; he also stripped him ...