When was Antipope John XVI born?

When did Antipope John XVI die?

Antipope John XVI died in 1001.

When was Antipope John XXIII born?

Antipope John XXIII was born in 1370.

When did Antipope John XXIII die?

Antipope John XXIII died in 1418.

When was Antipope Alexander V born?

Antipope Alexander V was born in 1339.

When was Antipope Benedict XIII born?

Antipope Benedict XIII was born in 1328.

When was Antipope Clement III born?

Antipope Clement III was born in 1029.

When was Antipope Clement VII born?

Antipope Clement VII was born in 1342.

When was Antipope Felix V born?

Antipope Felix V was born on 1383-09-04.

How many popes have had the name Pope Benedict before Pope Benedict XVI?

Prior to Benedict XVI there were 14 other popes with that name. Pope Benedict X was an antipope and does not count.

Why isn't there a pope John XVI I noticed on a poster of popes that we go from 15th to the 17th and nowhere on the poster was there a John 16th?

There was a John XVI, however, he was an antipope. He was illegitimately elected in 997 AD in the midst of a political power struggle. He was quickly excommunicated and Roman troops found him. After severe punishments including being blinded and the breaking of his fingers that he might never write again. He was brought to trial, stripped of his episcopal rank and forced to a retire to a monastery where he died in 1001 AD. The name "John XVI" thereby had a stigma attached to it and so the next pope to take the name John skipped that number. But this didn't end there; there was no John XX either. John XXI skipped this name believing that he was correcting the historical omission of John XVI when instead he was compounding it. And as if the name of John couldn't get anymore complicated, pope John XXIII, "elected" in 1419 was an antipope during the Great Western Schiam. So bad was this Schism that the name of John fell into disfavor and was never used again until cardinal Roncalli took it over four centuries later in 1958.

How many popes have taken their predecessor's name?

There have been 21 Pope Johns. The short answer is John XVI was an antipope not a pope. John XX never existed. This long answer is as follows. This discrepency came about is largely due to a series of antipopes by that same name. These antipopes were John (a local who was briefly antipope in 844 AD because a mob effectively put him there. He ended up stepping down without ever being given a papal number. ), John XVI ( who came to power in a palace revoution in 997 AD. He was ousted the following year) , and John XXIII (who became antipope during the closing years of the Great Schism in what was meant to be an attempt to replace two rival Popes currently sitting in Rome and Avignon. The attept failed and only resulted in three Popes sitting. The antipope John XXIII should not be confused with the 20th century Pope John XXIII ). After John XVI was ousted from power and his chief backer Crescentius II of Rome executed, John XVII was elected Pope in 1003. Instead of calling himself John XVI, to in effect override the antipope John XVI, he called himself John XVII instead , probably to avoid confusion with antipope John XVI. Whatever the reason, he died just a few months after becoming Pope, thus creating a discrepency. The next two Pope Johns, John XVIII and John XIX continued the numbering discrepency. Then in 1276, a new Pope rose to power who wanted to be called John. He wanted to know what number he should call himself with. Some poor medieval research uncovered not only John XVI but also the antipope John of 844 AD, and apparently accepted them both as popes! The new Pope thus became John XXI. He died the following year, having only obscured the papal numbering of Pope Johns further. Pope John XXII came and went after a long papacy between 1316 and 1334. The came the Great Schism of the late 14th/early 15th century. It's a long story that will be glossed over here. Briefly , the Roman Catholic church split up into two camps , one based in Rome, the other in Avignon, France. Each camp had its own Popes - the ones based in France are now regarded as antipopes. In 1408, an attempt was made to set up a third papacy , independently of Rome and Avignon, to effectively replace both these camps. This camp was based in Pisa. These Pisan Popes are likewise regarded today as antipopes. One of these antipopes was John XXIII, elected by the Pisan authorities in 1410. The whole attempt fell through, and John XXIII fell from power in 1415, having being charged with numerous crimes in the bargain, including murder, debauchery and incest. That was the last time anyone aspiring to be pope would call himself John, until 1958, when Angelo Roncalli was elected Pope and called himself John XXIII, thus 'overriding' the 15th century Pisan antipope John XXIII. The end result of all this: there were 21 popes called John, even though the numbering system states 23. This discrepency will always remain, unless two future Popes call themselves John XVI and John XX.

When was The Antipope created?

The Antipope was created in 1981.