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Antipope
An antipope is a person who opposes a legitimately elected or sitting Pope and makes a significantly accepted competing claim to be the Pope, the Bishop of Rome and leader of the Roman Catholic Church. At times between the 3rd and mid-15th century, antipopes were typically those supported by a fairly significant faction of religious cardinals and secular kings and kingdoms...
Timeline of Events
1105
11.18.1105
Maginulf elected the Antipope Sylvester the IV.
1138
3.13.1138
Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
1328
5.12.1328
Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.