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VICTOR IV

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 25 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VICTOR IV . was a See also:title taken by two antipopes. (I) Gregorio See also:Conti, See also:cardinal See also:priest of Santi Dodici Apostoli, was chosen by a party opposed to See also:Innocent II. in See also:succession to the antipope Anacletus II., on the 15th of See also:March 1138, but through the See also:influence of See also:Bernard of See also:Clairvaux he was induced to make his submission on the 29th of May. (2) Octavian, See also:count of See also:Tusculum and cardinal See also:deacon of St Nicola in carcere Tulliano, the Ghibelline antipope, was elected at See also:Rome on the 7th of See also:September 1159, in opposition to See also:Alexander III., and supported by the See also:emperor See also:Frederick See also:Barbarossa. Consecrated at Farfa on the 4th of See also:October, Victor was the first of the See also:series of antipopes supported by Frederick against Alexander III. Though the See also:excommunication of Frederick by Alexander in March 116o made only a slight impression in See also:Germany, this See also:pope was nevertheless able to gain the support of the See also:rest of western See also:Europe, because since the days of See also:Hildebrand the See also:power of the pope over the See also:church in the various countries had increased so greatly that the See also:kings of See also:France and of See also:England could not view with indifference a revival of such imperial See also:control of the papacy as had been exercised by the emperor See also:Henry III. He died at See also:Lucca on the loth of See also:April 1164 and was succeeded by the See also:anti-pope See also:Paschal III. (1164-1168) . See M. See also:Meyer, See also:Die Wahl See also:Alexanders III. and Victors IV. 1759 (See also:Gottingen, 1871); and A. Hauck, Kirchengeschichte Deutschlands, See also:Band iv. (C.

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His name was Octavian of Crescenzi Ottaviani of Monticelli.
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