Antipope Paschal III (or Paschal III) was Antipope from 1164 to September 20, 1168. An antipope ( Latin: antipapa) is a person who makes a widely accepted claim to be the lawful Pope, in opposition to the pope recognised by the Roman Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France.
His real name was Guido of Crema. Paschal III was the second of the antipopes to challenge the reign of Pope Alexander III. Pope Alexander III (c 1100/1105 &ndash August 30, 1181) born Rolando (or Orlando) Bandinelli, was Pope from 1159 In 1164, a small number of cardinals who had elected Victor IV met again to vote Paschal III as his successor. A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. This article is about the former Cardinal Octavianus antipope from 1159 to 1164 He was established at Viterbo and successfully prevented the legitimate pontiff from reaching Rome. Viterbo is an ancient city and Comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the Province of Viterbo.
In order to gain more support from Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, Paschal canonized Charlemagne in 1165. Frederick I Barbarossa (1122 &ndash 10 June 1190) was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned Canonization is the act by which a particular Christian church declares a deceased person to be a Saint and is included in the canon or list of recognized saints Charlemagne (ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his The Roman Catholic Church has never recognized this canonization. In 1179, the Third Council of the Lateran annulled all of his ordinances. The Third Council of the Lateran met in March 1179 as the 11th Ecumenical council.