Cadal (Cadaloo)

CADALO (CADALOO). — Antipope under the name of Honorius II (1061–72), born in Verona of a family of German origin. Bishop of Parma from about 1045, he appears to have been a fervent opponent of ecclesiastical reform, to such an extent that, upon the death of Nicholas II (27 July 1061), the empress Agnes, regent for the eleven-year-old Henry IV, had him elected pope at the Synod of Basel (28 October 1061), at the proposal of the Roman nobility and the Lombard episcopate, in opposition to Anselm, bishop of Lucca (Alexander II), who had been canonically elected a month earlier with the support of Hildebrand’s party. The imperial court immediately sent Benzone, bishop of Alba, to Rome to prepare, through gold and diplomacy, the way for C.’s arrival; he followed in April 1062 with armed forces. Goffredo il Barbuto, marquis of Tuscany, persuaded the two contenders to return to their respective sees pending the imperial decision (May 1062). Meanwhile, a coup d’état had removed the regency from Agnes and entrusted it to Annone of Cologne. He commissioned Burcardo of Halberstadt to conduct an inquiry, which proved favorable to Alexander. C. then reappeared with armed men in Rome (May 1063). Victorious at first, he soon fell into the power of Cenciò, formerly his supporter, and had to ransom himself with gold (spring 1064). Shortly afterward, the Synod of Mantua, presided over by Annone himself, definitively recognized Alexander as the legitimate pope and excommunicated C., who withdrew to Parma. He died there in obscurity and, it seems, without renouncing his claims.