Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Popes & papal documents Antipopes

Silvester IV, Antipope

SILVESTRO IV, ANTIPAPA

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Also known as: Antipope Sylvester IV

SILVESTER IV, Antipope. - Maginulf, Roman archpriest. During the conflict over investitures with Henry IV, Paschal II had pronounced excommunication against him.

The Emperor's partisans seized the occasion of Paschal's absence from Rome to place him on the throne as pope (18 Nov. 1105), with the name Sylvester IV. He fell into the hands of Paschal and abdicated by order of Henry IV. At the time of the signing of the Concordat with Henry V, the antipope had to renew his abdication and promised obedience to Paschal II (Apr. 1111).

Bibliography

BIBL.: J. M. Vatterich, Pontificum Romanorum qui fuerunt im.e ab exeunte saec. IX usque ad finem saec. XIII vitae, II, Leipzig 1862, pp. 4, 68 and 90.

Guglielmo Mollat

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), coll. 599–600.

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Mollat, Guglielmo. “Silvestro IV, antipapa.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, coll. 599–600. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/silvestro-iv-antipapa.

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Mollat, Guglielmo. “Silvestro IV, antipapa.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 599–600. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/silvestro-iv-antipapa.

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  title     = {Silvestro IV, antipapa},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {599--600},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/silvestro-iv-antipapa}
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