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Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, Giovanni Paolo Panini

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Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

Antipope251–258

Who

Roman presbyter who held that those who lapsed in persecution could not be readmitted; consecrated bishop against Cornelius, he founded a rigorist church that lasted for centuries.

Sources

  • Annuario Pontificio

Claimant against Pope Cornelius, 251–258.