Cadalus (Cadaloo)

CADALUS (CADALOO). - Antipope under the name of Honorius II (1061-72), born at Verona to a family of German origin. Bishop of Parma from about 1045, he revealed himself, it seems, as a fiery opponent of ecclesiastical reform, so much so that on the death of Nicholas II (27 July 1061), the Empress Agnes, regent for the eleven-year-old Henry IV, on the proposal of the Roman nobility and the Lombard episcopate, had him elected pope at the Synod of Basel (28 Oct. 1061), 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 to Rome Benzo, bishop of Alba, to prepare with gold and diplomacy the way for the arrival of C., who followed in Apr. 1062 with armed troops. Godfrey the Bearded, 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 taken the regency from Agnes and entrusted it to Anno of Cologne. The latter charged Burchard of Halberstadt with conducting an inquiry, which turned out favorable to Alexander. C. then reappeared with armed men at Rome (May 1063). Victorious at first, he was soon at the mercy of Cencius, formerly his supporter, and had to ransom himself with gold (spring 1064). Shortly afterwards, the Synod of Mantua, presided over by Anno himself, definitively recognized Alexander as legitimate pope and excommunicated C., who withdrew to Parma. There he died in obscurity and, it seems, without renouncing his claims.

Ireneo Daniele