Clement III

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Italian antipope from 1080 to 1100 who was installed as pope by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV who consistently opposed efforts at papal reform (died in 1100)

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After celebrating Easter of 1087 in his monastery, Victor proceeded to Rome, and when the Normans had driven the soldiers of the Antipope Clement III (Guibert of Ravenna) out of St. Peter's, he was consecrated and enthroned on 9 May 1087. Source: Internet

He thrice excommunicated Henry IV, who in the end appointed Antipope Clement III to oppose him in the political power struggles between the Catholic Church and his empire. Source: Internet

Henry finally took Rome in 1084 and installed Clement III in his place. Source: Internet

He named his own pope Antipope Clement III in the old manner of the Holy Roman Emperors. Source: Internet

Henry IV’s insistence that Antipope Clement III was the real pope had initially been popular with some of the nobles, and even many of the bishops of Germany. Source: Internet

He was probably one of the clergy in personal attendance on the Antipope Clement III (Guibert of Ravenna). Source: Internet

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