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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Antipope    Home   Encyclopedia   Summa   Fathers   Bible   Library   A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z  Home > Catholic Encyclopedia > A > Antipope Antipope Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more — all for only $19.99... A 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 Felix II, 355-365 Ursicinus, 366-367 Eulalius, 418-419 Laurentius, 498-501 Constantine II, 767 Philip, VIII century Anastasius, 855 Leo VIII, 956-963 Boniface VII, 974 John XVI, X century Gregory, 1012 Sylvester III, 1044 Benedict X, 1058 Honorius II, 1061-72 Guibert or Clement III, 1080-1100 Theodoric, 1100 Aleric, 1102 Maginulf, 1105 Burdin (Gregory VIII), 1118 Anacletus II, 1130-38 Victor IV, 1159-64 Pascal III, 1164-68 Calixtus III, 1168-77 Innocent III, 1178-80 Nicholas V, 1328-30 Robert of Geneva (Clement VII), 20 September, 1378 to 16 September, 1394 Amadeus of Savoy (Felix V), November, 1439 to April, 1449 Note: See also Dioscorus (d. 530) and John XXIII (1370-1419), not to be confused with the twentieth-century pope of the same name. About this pageAPA citation. Antipope. (1907). In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved January 4, 2023 from New Advent: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01582a.htmMLA citation. "Antipope." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 4 Jan. 2023 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01582a.htm>.Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Paul T. Crowley. Dedicated to Pope John Paul II.Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.Contact information. The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. My email address is webmaster at newadvent.org. Regrettably, I can't reply to every letter, but I greatly appreciate your feedback — especially notifications about typographical errors and inappropriate ads. Copyright © 2021 by New Advent LLC. Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.CONTACT US | ADVERTISE WITH NEW ADVENT