Ursicinus
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priest, elected pope in 366/367
Key facts
- Predecessor
- Roman claimant: , Damasus I , Liberius , Antipapal claimant: , Felix II
- Successor
- Roman claimant: , Damasus I , Antipapal claimant: , Eulalius
- Opposed to
- Pope Damasus I
- Died
- c. 381
- Denomination
- Arianism
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Roman Empire
- Place of death
- Naples
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Position held
- antipope
- Religion
- Catholic Church
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- date of death
- 0384-01-01
- time period
- Roman Empire
- date of birth
- 0400-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Ursicinus (died c. 381), also known as Ursinus, was elected pope in a violently contested election in 366 as a rival to Pope Damasus I. He ruled in Rome for several months in 366–367, was afterwards declared antipope, and died after 381.
Background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ursicinus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.