Concentrating on the popes and the antipopes, this book examines the perturbations of ecclesiastical reform from the mid-eleventh century to the reign of Gregor

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Searchable database of the information in chronological order of all the officially recognized popes from St Peter to John Paul II, whose entry has now been exp

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