History of Antipope

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In the case of certain periods of turbulence in the Roman Catholic Church uncanonical elections have set up claimants to the papacy, and usually in opposition to a specific pope. The earliest of these, Hippolytus?, was elected in protest against Pope Callixtus I by a schismatic group in the city of Rome in the 3rd century. Hippolytus ended his life, however, in exile during Roman imperial persecution in the mines on the island of Sardinia? in the company of Callixtus's successor [Pope Pontian]?, and was reconciled to the Catholic Church.

In the case of certain periods of turbulence in the Roman Catholic Church uncanonical elections have set up claimants to the Papacy, and usually in opposition to a specific pope. The earliest of these, Hippolytus?, was elected in protest against Pope Callixtus I by a schismatic group in the city of Rome in the 3rd century. Hippolytus ended his life, however, in exile during Roman imperial persecution in the mines on the island of Sardinia? in the company of Callixtus's successor [Pope Pontian]?, and was reconciled to the Catholic Church.