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Philip
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Italian priest, antipope in 768
Key facts
- Papacy began
- 31 July 768
- Papacy ended
- 31 July 768
- Predecessor
- Constantine II
- Successor
- Roman claimant: , Stephen III Antipapal claimant: , Lombardian Constantine II Popularly enthroned: , John VIII
- Opposed to
- Constantine II
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Papal States
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Position held
- antipope
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Catholicism
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- date of birth
- 0800-01-01
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Antipope Philip (Latin: Philippus; fl. 8th century) was an antipope who held office for just one day, on 31 July 768.
In 768, Philip was a priest serving in the monastery of Saint Vitus on the Esquiline. Rome was in turmoil following the death of Pope Paul I, as rival factions sought to elect a pope to succeed him. The Primicerius, Christophorus, and his son Sergius, the papal treasurer, had sought Lombard help to depose Pope Constantine II, who was the candidate of the military faction in Rome.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Philip” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.