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	Antipope Anacletus II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		January 25, 1138) was an Antipope who ruled from 1131 to his death, in a schism against the contested hasty election of Pope Innocent II.
		Pietro, of Jewish descent, was born to the powerful Roman family of the Pierleoni, the son of the Consul Pier Leoni.
		The most important of these was a duke, William X of Aquitaine, who decided for the antipope against the will of his own bishops and the influential support of Roger II of Sicily, whose title of "King of Sicily" Anacletus had approved shortly after his accession.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antipope_Anacletus_II (434 words)

	Antipope - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		An antipope is one whose claim to being Pope is the result of a disputed or contested election.
		The earliest antipope, Hippolytus, was elected in protest against Pope Callixtus I by a schismatic group in the city of Rome in the 3rd century.
		The period when antipopes were most numerous was during the struggles between the Popes and the Holy Roman Emperors of the 11th and 12th centuries.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Antipope (1101 words)

	The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Creations of cardinals of the XII Century
		Antipope Theodoric was elected in September 1100 and deposed in January 1101.
		Antipope Celestine II was elected on December 15/16, 1124.
		Antipope Innocent III was elected on September 29, 1179 and deposed in January 1180.
	www.fiu.edu /~mirandas/consistories-xii.htm (6890 words)

	antipope - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		These antipopes were usually in opposition to a specific person chosen by the papal electors (since the Middle Ages, the college of cardinals).
		(See Western Schism, Antipope Benedict XIII.) It would not necessarily have been evident, during periods when two (or three) rival claimants existed, which was the antipope, and which was the pope, and the clear-cut distinctions made between them in retrospect can give a false sense that certainty existed among their contemporaries.
		They are sometimes called antipopes, although it should be noted that in contrast to historical antipopes, the number of their followers is minuscule.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/antipope (822 words)

	Pope Lucius II
		Lucius II was pope from March 12, 1144 until his death on February 15, 1145.
		It must be ascribed chiefly to his exertions that Lothair III[?] made two expeditions to Italy for the purpose of protecting Innocent II against the Antipope Anacletus II[?].
		His stormy pontificate was marked by the erection of a revolutionary republic at Rome which sought to deprive the pope of his temporal power, and by the recognition of papal suzerainty over Portugal.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/po/Pope_Lucius_II.html (243 words)

	Popes of the Roman Catholic Church - Table - MSN Encarta
		Callistus II Honorius II Celestine II Innocent II Anacletus II Victor IV Celestine II Lucius II Bl.
		The Roman numerals in the name of Felix III (II), who reigned from 483 to 492, and Felix IV (III), who reigned from 526 to 530, vary depending on the acceptance (first numeral used) or nonacceptance (second number used) of the legitimacy of Felix II.
		An identical case is that of Antipope Victor IV and Pope Victor IV.
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	Pope Celestine II
		Celestine II returned to Rome where he was made a deacon in 1128.
		In 1143, Celestine II was unanimously elected Pope.
		Previously, Pope Honorius II (1124-1130) had raised an army and attacked Roger II; however, Honorius was defeated and forced to give an oath of allegiance.
	www.archelaos.com /popes/details.aspx?id=194 (427 words)

	Pope Lucius II
		In all these legations he loyally supported the interests of Innocent II, and it must be ascribed chiefly to his exertions that Lothair III made two expeditions to Italy for the purpose of protecting Innocent II against the antipope, Anacletus II.
		Towards the end of the pontificate of Innocent II he was appointed papal chancellor and librarian.
		The new pope took the name of Lucius II; shortly after his accession he had a conference with King Roger of Sicily at Ceperano early in June, 1144, for the purpose of reaching an understanding with the king regarding his duties as a vassal of the Apostolic See.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/l/lucius_ii,pope.html (471 words)

	Popes - Simon Bar-Jona to John Paul II from Catholic Almanac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Clement II (Suilger, Lord of Morsleben and Homburg): Saxony; Dec. 24 (25), 1046, to Oct 9, 1047.
		Celestine II (Guido): Citta di Castello; Sept 26 (Oct 3), 1143, to Mar. 8, 1144.
		Celestine IV (Goffredo Castiglioni): Milan; Oct. 25 (28), 1241, to Nov. 10,1241.
	www.trosch.org /for/popes-ca.htm (3950 words)

	The Pope Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A rival claimant to the papacy who might be elected, appointed, installed, or even proclaim himself to be the legitimate pontiff; such an individual is said by the Church to have assumed the title of pope illegally or in opposition to the legitimate pope.
		The antipope was a fairly common occurrence during the Middle Ages, and most were often pathetic Churchmen who were propped up by powerful rulers, such as a Holy Roman Emperor, during a feud with the Holy See over various issues.
		Some antipopes were also present in the early Church, when competing parties in Rome offer their own candidate for the papacy.
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	February 23, 2000 VOYAGE ON THE BARQUE OF PETER Series: (feb23bar.htm)
		Innocent II was forced to flee and seek refuge with Lothair who in 1133 escorted him back to Rome and, with a show of force and a show of respect, kissed the Pope's feet and personally held the Holy Father's mule bridle as he led Innocent triumphantly into Rome.
		Celestine was already on in years when took office and yet he had the energy to settle internal differences of the Church with the astute aid of St. Bernard.
		He also had to contend with the sons of Roger II who wanted the spoils of the papal states at all costs and took advantage of the Vatican's consumption with the Italian family riots which ultimately caused the death of Lucius when he was stoned trying to mediate an extremely grave rebellion.
	www.dailycatholic.org /issue/archives/feb2000/38feb23,vol.11,no.38txt/feb23bar.htm (2315 words)

	Antipope Celestine - TheBestLinks.com - Cardinal (Catholicism), Honorius II, Pashal II, ...
		Antipope Celestine - TheBestLinks.com - Cardinal (Catholicism), Honorius II, Pashal II,...
		Antipope Celestine, Antipope, Cardinal (Catholicism), Honorius II, Pashal II
		Antipope 15-16 December 1124, died 1125/6 Teobaldo Boccapecci/Boccapeconai Made a Cardinal deacon by Pashal II.
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	Pope Innocent II - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In this capacity, he accompanied Pope Gelasius II (1118–19) when driven into France; and by Pope Calixtus II (1119–24), he was appointed on various important missions, such as on that to Worms for concluding the peace accord with the Emperor in 1122 (see Concordat of Worms), and on that to France in 1123.
		A second expedition by Lothar II in 1136 was not more decisive in its results, and the protracted struggle between the rival pontiffs was terminated only by the death of Anacletus II on January 25, 1138.
		Innocent II died on September 24, 1143 and was succeeded by Pope Celestine II (1143–44).
	search.psychcentral.com /psypsych/Pope_Innocent_II (419 words)

	Popes - Multimedia - MSN Encarta
		The two numerals following the name of Felix III (II), who reigned from 483 to 492, and Felix IV (III), who reigned from 526 to 530, indicate Felix II to have been legitimate (the first numeral) or not (the second numeral); whichever numeral is used will reflect the acceptance or non-acceptance of the ancient view.
		John XXIII (1410-1415) was an antipope; the modern John XXIII (1958-1963) ignored him altogether and took the same name and numeral.
		An identical case is that of Antipope Victor IV (1138) and Pope Victor IV (1159-1164).
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	Printable Version on Encyclopedia.com
		On the death of Honorius II, a faction of the cardinals elected him pope.
		He was soon recognized in France at the instance of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, and in 1131, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair II, England, and Spain submitted to him.
		On Anacletus' death (1138), an antipope Victor IV was elected, but he soon resigned.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:Innocent2 (122 words)

	Help.com - pope alexander vi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Ferdinand II appealed to Spain for help; but Spain was anxious to be on good terms with the Pope to obtain a title over the newly discovered continent of America and could not afford to quarrel with him.
		On the 25th of January 1494 Ferdinand II died and was succeeded by his son Alphonso II (1494–95).
		Neapolitan resistance collapsed; Alphonso II fled and abdicated in favour of his son Ferdinand II, who also had to escape, abandoned by all, and the kingdom was conquered with surprising ease.
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	APPROVED APPARITIONS
		Pope Innocent II also decided to call a Tenth Ecumenical Council in 1139, to ratify his position and declare null and void the position which the usurper Anacletus II had taken.
		Pope No: 167 Celestine II (1143-1144) 1 Ex castro Tyberis(from a castle on the Tiber)Hist.: Celestin II was born in Citta di Castello, Toscany, on the shores of the Tiber
		266 John Paul II (1978-2005) 110 De labore Solis(of the eclipse of the sun, or from the labour of the sun)Hist.: Karol Wojtyla was born on May 18, 1920 during a solar eclipse.
	faithofthefathersapparitions.blogspot.com /2005/12/prophecies-of-st-malachy.html (1056 words)

	Honorius II (d. 1130) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		At the Concordat of Worms (1122) he helped to end the Investiture Controversy, a conflict flourishing in the 11th and 12th centuries over whether the papacy or the Holy Roman Emperor had the right to appoint the clergy to clerical offices.
		When Count Roger II of Sicily and Calabria (later king of Sicily) had himself created duke of Apulia, Honorius raised a league of cities and barons in rebellion against Roger, who defeated Honorius' army and forced the pope to invest him as duke in return for his oath of fealty.
		Honorius' death was followed by a schism in which Roger supported Antipope Anacletus II (d.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/PopeHonorius-II/PopeHonorius-II.html (212 words)

	Antipope -
		It was not evident, during periods when two (or three) rival claimants existed, which was the antipope, and which was the pope, and the clear-cut distinctions made between them in retrospect can give a false sense that certainty existed among their contemporaries.
		Manuel Alonso Corral (Peter II), succeeded Gregory XVII as the Pope of the Palmarian Catholic Church in 2005 in Spain
		These antipopes are (for the most part) not self-proclaimed in the strictest sense but organized and held elections of 'faithful' Catholics, none of them recognized as cardinals.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Anti-Pope (1313 words)

	The Pope's Funeral and the Malachy Prophecy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Malachy wrote that he was inscribing the pontiffs from Celestine II "...to the end of the world." In a vision the Holy Spirit revealed each future pontiff by his character, geographic or physiological attributes, or his coat of arms.
		Although Malachy entrusted his vision to paper and gave the manuscript to Pope Innocent II for safe keeping, Father Claude Francois Menestrier, a famous 18th century Jesuit, claims the prophecies were actually written in 1590 by Cardinal Simoncelli to influence the election of the Cardinal of his choice as pontiff that year.
		Pope John Paul II [1978-2005]—"De Lobaore solis" (Of the eclipse of the sun) Or, the phrase could also be interpreted as "from the toil of the sun." John Paul II, the Polish Prince of the Catholic Church, has proven in death to be the most admired man in the world.
	www.hissheep.org /catholic/the_popes_funeral_and_the_malachy_prophecy.html (3534 words)

	The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Guide to documents and events (76-2005)
		Of these cardinals, 15 were declared saint or blessed; 12 became popes; 4 became antipopes; 23 were deposed; and 98 occupied episcopal sees.
		When these two suburbicarian sees, dating from the third and sixth centuries respectively, were united into one by the pope, the number of cardinal bishops was diminished by one since both dioceses until then had each been occupied by one cardinal.
		It eliminated the right of the other clergy and the laymen to acclaim the election made by the cardinal bishops as established by the decree In Nomine Domini, issued by Nicholas II in 1059.
	www.fiu.edu /~mirandas/guide-xii.htm (1061 words)

	Pope's Photo Gallery (151-200)
		The conclave had to be held at Velletri because Rome was in the hands of the Antipope Clement III.
		165 - CELESTINE II Born in Citta di Castello, he was elected on the 3rd October 1143 and died on the 8th March 1144.
		From Alphonsus II of Portugal he obtained the promise that the churches and their income would be respected in that kingdom.
	members.tripod.com /~cckswong/pope151_200.htm#183 (2763 words)

	Roman Catholic Church, Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome
		The election of JOHN PAUL II of Poland in 1978 broke the long line of Italian popes that dated from the 16th cent.
		Urban II Paschal II antipope: Theodoric antipope: Albert antipope: Sylvester IV Gelasius II antipope: Gregory VIII
		Calixtus II Honorius II antipope: Celestine II Innocent II antipope: Anacletus II antipope: Victor IV Celestine II Lucius II Eugene III
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	The Dirt on il papi
		Saint Sixtus (Xystus) II was seized while addressing the faithful in the cemetery of Prastextatus on the Appian Way; he was either killed on the spot or taken away for examination and returned for execution.
		The brother of Anastasius in 867 raped and murdered both the daughter and wife of Hadrian II, at which time Hadrian II removed him from his chancery (he was restored in 868).
		Alberic II (ca905-954) (Marozia's son by her first marriage) was offended at the wedding and stormed Castel Saint'Angelo to end the liaison.
	pw2.netcom.com /~wbaxter/archive/r_popes.html (5864 words)

	The Last Pope: Examining Nostradamus and Malachy (No. 288)
		On a visit to Pope Innocent II in Rome in 1139 he was granted a vision of all the popes of the future (ibid.
		In this case his successor Karol Jozef Wojtyla chose the name John Paul II and one might have expected that he was to continue the reforms of the previous Pope John Paul I and the work that was started under John XXIII and Vatican II.
		The late Pope John Paul II was a Pole who was dedicated to the establishment of the mother goddess system under the guise of Mary.
	www.holocaustrevealed.org /english/s/P288.html (14535 words)

	Pope John Paul II
		John Paul II was rushed to the wrong hospital, the Policlinico Gemelli, where in during the emergency treatment he was given transfusions of hepatitis tainted blood. This one medical malpractice affected his health the rest of his life.
		Pope John Paul II kisses an unidentified baby at the end of a general weekly audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 14, 2001.
		Pope, John Paul II’s (1978 – 2005) mother was of Jewish descent. Her maiden name “Katz” which was Polanised from the name as “Kaczorowska”. They were accepted into the annals of Roman nobility over a century prior to his birth.
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	Popes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		He was made cardinal by Pope Honorius II in 1124 and papal chancellor by Pope Innocent II, whom he aided against the antipope Anacletus II.
		He was elected to succeed Celestine II on March 12, 1144.
		When King Roger II of Sicily invaded papal lands and forced Lucius to accept his truce, Anacletus' brother, the patrician Giordano Pierleoni, led the Romans to proclaim a constitutional republic free from papal civil rule.
	www.wga.hu /database/glossary/popes/lucius2.html (126 words)

	Innocent II: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Pope Urban II, the Collectio Britannica, and the Council of Melfi (1089)
		Pope John Paul II and the Dignity of the Human Being
		James II of England, Louiss ally, also excited Innocents displeasure, but there is no proof of the allegation that Innocent supported the Protestant William...
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