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  Antipope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (Gregory XVII), self-proclaimed from 1978–2005 in Spain, pope of the Palmarian Catholic Church.
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 pope clement vii   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Clement VII, né Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici (1478 - September 25, 1534) was pope from 1523 to 1534.
Rome was assaulted and sacked on May 6, 1527, and Clement, who had displayed no more resolution in his military than in his political conduct, was shortly afterwards obliged to surrender himself together with the castle of Sant' Angelo, where he had taken refuge.
Towards the end of his reign Clement once more gave indications of a leaning towards a French alliance, which was prevented by his death in September 1534.
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 Encyclopedia: Antipope   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Antipope Eulalius (died 423) was an antipope who reigned from December 418 to April 419, although elected the day before Pope Boniface I. Honorius, the Emperor, called a Synod — the first intervention by the Emperor in a Papal election — to decide upon the matter.
Laurentius (Laurence) was an antipope of the Roman Catholic church, from 498 to 499 and from 501 to 506.
Antipope Constantine II was an antipope from 767 _ 768, during the reign of Pope Stephen IV.
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 Encyclopedia: Pope-Clement-VII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Clement VII, né Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici (May 26, 1478 – September 25, 1534) was pope from 1523 to 1534.
One momentous consequence of this dependence on Charles was the breach with England occasioned by Clement's refusal in 1533, justifiable in point of principle, but dictated by no higher motive than his fear of offending the Emperor, to sanction Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
Clement's procrastination on the issue ultimately resulted in the establishment of the independent Church of England.
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 Encyclopedia: Antipope Clement III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Shortly after Hildebrand was elected as Pope Gregory VII Guibert became one of the most visible leaders of opposition to the Gregorian reforms.
Clement returned to Rome functioning as Pope and negotiating with other European rulers during the reigns of Victor III and Urban II.
Clement legislated against simony and other practices, and, through the leeway he granted the cardinals supporting him, contributed to the development of the College of Cardinals.
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 Pope Clement VII -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Clement VII, né Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici (May 26, 1478 – September 25, 1534) was (The head of the Roman Catholic Church) pope from 1523 to 1534.
However, no evidence could be uncovered and even Clement had to grudgingly admit that all impartial evidence from England suggested that (The second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I; was executed on a charge of adultery (1507-1536)) Anne Boleyn was strong-willed but morally upright.
Clement's procrastination on the issue ultimately resulted in the establishment of the independent (The national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the Sovereign as its temporal head) Church of England.
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 The Ecole Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The first antipope of the Western Schism, Clement VII was born Robert, son of Count Amadeus of Geneva and Marie de Boulogne, in 1342.
The conclave at Anagni elected Robert Clement VII.
Antipope Clement attempted to take Rome in 1379 with French mercenaries, who had already captured the Castel Sant'Angelo.
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 Antipope Clement VIII -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Clement VIII is one of the (Click link for more info and facts about antipope) antipopes of (Click link for more info and facts about Avignon) Avignon, reigning 10 January 1423 to 26 July 1429.
Clement VIII's fate was bound up with the ambitions of (Click link for more info and facts about Alfonso V) Alfonso V of (A region of northeastern Spain; a former kingdom that united with Castile in 1479 to form Spain (after the marriage of Ferdinand V and Isabella I)) Aragon's ambitions.
Clement's abdication on 26 July was confirmed mid August, and Martin granted Sanchez Muñoz a bishopric.
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 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Clement VII (pope)
Two of the most celebrated Renaissance popes, Leo X and Clement VII, were members of the Medici family.
Among Cellini's most famous patrons were Pope Clement VII, Pope Paul III, Francis I of France, and Cosimo I de Medici.
Clement VII (antipope) (1342-1394), the first antipope (1378-1394) of the Great Schism.
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 antipope   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The earliest of these, Hippolytus, was elected in protest against Pope Callixtus I by a schismatic group in the city of Rome in the 3rd century.
Hippolytus ended his life, however, in exile during Roman imperial persecution in the mines on the island of Sardinia in the company of Callixtus' successor Pope Pontian, and was reconciled to the Catholic Church.
There had not been an antipope since 1449, until 1978, when Antipope Gregory XVII was self-declared.
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 Antipope Benedict XIII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Antipope Benedict XIII, born Pedro de Luna, a Spaniard, was chosen by the French cardinals on the death of Clement VII in 1394.
On the death of Urban VI in 1389 the Italian cardinals had chosen Boniface IX ; the election of Benedict therefore perpetuated the Papal Schism.
Benedict X The bearer of this name was an antipope in the days of Nicholas II, 1056-61.
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 Antipope Clement III - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Antipope Clement III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Henry and Clement were expelled from Rome, and Clement became archbishop of Ravenna.
When Pope Paschal II was elected Clement prepared to press his claim but was forced to withdraw, dying in Civita' Castellana 8 January 1100.
Clement legislated against simony and other practices, and, through the leeway he granted the cardinals supporting him, contributed to the develoment of the College of Cardinals.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Clement VII (antipope)
Pope : antipopes : Clement VII: Urban VI
Although he had been a skilled and moderate administrator before his election, as pope he was harsh, extravagant, and overbearing (perhaps, some...
Clement VII (pope) (1478-1534), pope (1523-1534), whose pontificate was marked by an unsuccessful attempt to end the Reformation in Germany and by...
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 Antipope Benedict XIII - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Antipope Benedict XIII, born Pedro Martínez de Luna, (b.
Penyiscola, near Valencia and Barcelona, 1422 or 1423) an Aragonese, was elected by the French cardinals on the death of Clement VII Sept. 28 1394.
On the death of Urban VI in 1389 the Italian cardinals had chosen Boniface IX; the election of Benedict therefore perpetuated the Papal Schism.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Guibert of Ravenna
This adversary of Pope Gregory VII and of his reform policies came from a noble family of Parma, which was related to the Margraves of Canossa.
The antipope failed to secure recognition outside of Henry's dominions; he was in fact but a tool in the hands of the latter, and quite devoid of personal initiative.
Gregory VII found himself besieged in the Castle of Sant' Angelo, while, on 24 March, Guibert was enthroned as pope in the church of St. John Lateran as Clement III.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Clement VII (pope)
Pope : antipopes : Clement VII: Clement VII (antipope)
Catherine of Aragón : divorce from Henry VIII : negotiations with Pope Clement VII: Gardiner, Stephen
Born in Bury Saint Edmunds, Gardiner was educated at the University of Cambridge, from which he received the degree of doctor of civil law in 1520...
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 Pope Boniface IX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
During his time the antipope Clement VII continued to hold court as pope in Avignon under the protection of the French monarchy.
Germany, England, Hungary, Poland, and the greater part of Italy accepted him as pope, (he and the Avignon pope Clement VII having mutually excommunicated one another) but the day before Tomacelli's election Clement had just crowned a French prince, Louis II of Anjou, King of Naples.
Clement VII died at Avignon, September 16, 1394, but the French cardinals quickly elected a successor, on September 28: Cardinal Pedro de Luna, who took the name Benedict XIII.
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 Pope Clement VII : Giulio de Medici   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Born Giulio de' Medici, the most unfortunate of the popes was the son of Giuliano de' Medici, assassinated in the conspiracy of the Pazzi family against the Medici, and consequently nephew of Lorenzo de Medici and cousin of Pope Leo X.
Rome was assaulted and sacked on May 5, 1527, and Clement, who had displayed no more resolution in his military than in his political conduct, was shortly afterwards obliged to surrender himself together with the castle of Sant'Angelo, where he had taken refuge.
One momentous consequence of this dependence on Charles was the breach with England occasioned by Clement's refusal, justifiable in point of principle, but dictated by no higher motive than his fear of offending the emperor, to sanction VIII of England">Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
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 Antipope   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The late 14th and early 15th century saw a series of rival popes one line of which is counted by Roman Catholic Church as popes and the as antipopes.
It would not necessarily have been evident periods when two (or three) rival claimants which was the antipope and which was pope and the clear-cut distinctions made between in retrospect can give a false sense certainty existed among their contemporaries.
Supporters might assistance to a given candidate but could know which would be determined to have an antipope and which the pope until had run their course.
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 Cesena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It is at the foot of the Apennines, and about 15 km (10 mi) from the Adriatic Sea.
It is notable as the birthplace of Pope Pius VI and Pope Pius VII, and once had Pope Pius VIII as bishop, and is therefore calls itself the "city of the three popes".
Cesena was originally an Umbrian town, then taken over by Romans in the 3rd century BC.
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 Articles - Pope Clement VII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
For the antipope (1378-1394) see Antipope Clement VII and other popes named Clement see Pope Clement.
While at first attached to the interests of the Holy Roman Empire, the convincing success of Emperor Charles V in the Battle of Pavia, prompted CLement to ally himself with other Italian princes and France.
When this danger seemed over he veered back to his former engagements, and ended by drawing down upon himself the imperial armies, led by Charles, Duke of Bourbon, who compelled to satisfy his clamorous mercenaries by pillage, embraced the opportunity of sacking Rome.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nicolas Eymeric
He was still there at the election of Urban VI and the nomination of the antipope Clement VII, whose claims he vigorously championed against those of the Roman pope.
Towards the end of 1378 he returned to Aragon, but in the interests of his office as grand inquisitor often went to the court of Clement VII at Avignon.
Eymeric was banished and went to the papal court of Avignon, where he was welcomed both by Clement VII and later by Benedict XIII.
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 Pope Clement VII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
At first attached to the interests of the Holy Roman Empire, he was terrified by the overwhelming success of Charles V, Holy Roman EmperorEmperor Charles V in the battle of Pavia/ into joining the other Italian princes in a league with France.
Rome was assaulted and sacked on May 6, 1527, and Clement, who had displayed no more resolution in his military than in his political conduct, was shortly afterwards obliged to surrender himself together with the castle of Castel Sant'AngeloSant' Angelo/, where he had taken refuge.
One momentous consequence of this dependence on Charles was the breach with England occasioned by Clement's refusal in 1533, justifiable in point of principle, but dictated by no higher motive than his fear of offending the emperor, to sanction Henry VIII of EnglandHenry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Robert of Geneva
Antipope under the name of Clement VII, b.
As papal legate in Upper Italy (1376-78), in order to put down a rebellion in the Pontifical States, he is said to have authorized the massacre of 4000 persons at Cesena, and was consequently called "the executioner of Cesena".
Elected to the papacy at Fondi, 20 Sept. 1378, by the French cardinals in opposition to Urban VI, he was the first antipope of the Great Schism.
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 Papa Clement VII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
VII clemente, né Giulio di Giuliano de ' Medici (1478 - de septiembre el 25, 1534) era papa a partir de 1523 a 1534.
Esta política en sí mismo era sana y patriótica, pero el celo clemente pronto se refrescó; por el suyo desear de la previsión y de la economía unseasonable que él se descansó abierto a un ataque de los barones romanos turbulentos, que lo obligaron a invocar la mediación del emperador.
Hacia el final de su reinado clemente una vez más dio indicaciones de inclinarse hacia una alianza francesa, que fue prevenida por su muerte en septiembre de 1534.
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