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Word: dioscorus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Anacletus (circa 100-112) and Roman Pope St. Cletus (circa 78-90) were really the same man; therefore he dropped Anacletus. Confusions and discrepancies abound in ancient records. St. Felix, who died in 365, is erroneously listed as Pope Felix II (355-365); scholars still are not sure whether Dioscorus, who died in 530 and is listed as an antipope,* was not in fact legitimate, or whether Leo VIII (963-965), the candidate of Emperor Otto I who deposed his predecessor, is legitimate after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: How Many Popes? | 2/24/1961 | See Source »

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