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Christopher
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illegitimate ruler of the Catholic Church from 903 to 904
Key facts
- Papacy began
- October 903
- Papacy ended
- January 904
- Predecessor
- Roman claimant: , Leo V , Antipapal claimant: , Bibliothecarius
- Successor
- Roman claimant: , Leo V , Sergius III , Antipapal claimant: , Boniface VII
- Opposed to
- Pope Leo V Pope Sergius III
- Other post
- Cardinal-priest
- Died
- After 904
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Parents
- Leo (?)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Rome
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Position held
- antipope
- Religion
- Christianity
- Image
- Antipapa Cristóbal.png
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- date of death
- 0904-01-01
- date of birth
- 0900-01-01
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Christophorus (antipope)
- place of burial
- St. Peter's Basilica
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Christopher (died after 904) claimed the papacy from October 903 to January 904. Although he was listed as a legitimate pope in most modern lists of popes until the first half of the 20th century, the apparently uncanonical method by which he obtained the papacy led to his being removed from the quasi-official roster of popes, the Annuario Pontificio. As such, he is now considered an antipope by the Catholic Church.
Life and reign
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Christopher” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.