Antipope Victor IV

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Catholic cleric antipope

Antipope Victor IV was a 12th-century claimant to the papacy, backed by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa in opposition to the legitimate Pope Alexander III during a major schism in the Catholic Church.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Antipope Callixtus III	1
Calixtus III (antipope)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic cleric ⓘ antipope ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Octavian of Monticelli NERFINISHED ⓘ Octavianus NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDynastyOrFaction	imperial Ghibelline party NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName	Ottaviano di Monticelli NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Lucca NERFINISHED ⓘ
cardinalateStart	by 1151 ⓘ
causeOfSchism	disputed papal election after death of Adrian IV ⓘ
conflict	Investiture Controversy (late phase) NERFINISHED ⓘ Papal schism of 1159–1177 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Papal States ⓘ
createdCardinalBy	Pope Innocent II NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate	1164-04-20 ⓘ
deathPlace	Lucca NERFINISHED ⓘ
electedAsAntipopeOn	1159-09-07 ⓘ
electionContext	contested papal election of 1159 ⓘ
electionPlace	Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	12th century ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Antipope ⓘ
languageOfName	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ
legitimacyStatus	considered illegitimate pope by the Catholic Church ⓘ
notRecognizedBy	College of Cardinals majority ⓘ majority of Western Christendom ⓘ
opponentInSchism	Pope Alexander III NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos NERFINISHED ⓘ King Alfonso VII of León and Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ King Henry II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ King Louis VII of France NERFINISHED ⓘ King Valdemar I of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ King William I of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ Pope Alexander III NERFINISHED ⓘ
papacyClaimType	imperial antipope ⓘ
papalName	Victor IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	cardinal-priest of San Nicola in Carcere ⓘ
predecessor	Pope Adrian IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy	Holy Roman Empire (imperial party) NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd	1164-04-20 ⓘ
reignStart	1159-09-07 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
residenceDuringClaim	Lucca NERFINISHED ⓘ Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ Viterbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Antipope Paschal III NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedBy	Frederick I Barbarossa NERFINISHED ⓘ German episcopate loyal to the emperor ⓘ Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa NERFINISHED ⓘ Lombard imperial party NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Alexander III → opponent → Antipope Victor IV ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antipope Callixtus III

Paschal III → successor → Antipope Victor IV ⓘ

this entity surface form: Calixtus III (antipope)