antipope
person who claims to be, but is not recognized as, the legitimate pope
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Summary
antipope is a position[1]. antipope ranks in the top 0.99% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,266 views/month, #35 of 3,525).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: religious leader[3], pretender[4], usurper[5], schismatic bishop[6]
- Commons category: Antipopes[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Antipopes[8]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9], Kościelna encyclopedia[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13]
- Topic has template: Template:Antipopes[14]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/antipope[15]
- Male form of label: antipape[16]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Catholicism[17], WikiProject Christianity[18], WikiProject Interfaith[19], WikiProject Religion[20], WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome[21], WikiProject Middle Ages[22], WikiProject Vatican City[23]
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Influence
Things named for antipope include pseudocardinal[24], a position[25].
Why It Matters
antipope has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] antipope is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]
Entities named for antipope include pseudocardinal[24], a position[25].