The papal election held from 4 to 7 September 1159 following the death of Pope Adrian IV resulted in the election of two rival candidates. A majority...
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been 111 papal elections that have produced popes currently recognized by the Catholic Church as legitimate. There was no fixed process for papal succession...
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Papal Schism of 1159". The English Historical Review. 51 (202): 264–268. doi:10.1093/ehr/LI.CCII.264. ISSN 0013-8266. JSTOR 553521. In September 1159...
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as a Ghibelline antipope in 1159, following the death of Pope Adrian IV and the election of Alexander III. His election was supported by Emperor Frederick...
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The 1268–71 papal election (from November 1268 to 1 September 1271), following the death of Pope Clement IV, was the longest papal election in the history...
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Pope Adrian IV (category 1159 deaths)
1 September 1159, also Hadrian IV) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 4 December 1154 to his death in 1159. He is the only...
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between Frederick Barbarossa and Pope Alexander III following the 1159 papal election, Bishop Egino of Chur sided with the emperor and was rewarded with...
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Pope Alexander III (section Disputed election)
ruler of the Papal States from 7 September 1159 until his death in 1181. A native of Siena, Alexander became pope after a contested election, but had to...
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The 1154 papal election followed the death of Pope Anastasius IV and resulted in the election of Pope Adrian IV, the only Englishman to become pope. Pope...
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