RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Antipope Victor IV

1095 - 1164

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Victor IV (born Octavian or Octavianus: Ottaviano dei Crescenzi Ottaviani di Monticelli) (1095 – 20 April 1164) was elected as a Ghibelline antipope in 1159, following the death of Pope Adrian IV and the election of Alexander III. His election was supported by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antipope Victor IV has received more than 16,260 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Antipope Victor IV is the 1,034th most popular religious figure (down from 929th in 2019).

Victor IV was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Rome who was elected pope in 1087. He is most famous for his excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Antipope Victor IV ranks 1,034 out of 3,187. Before him are Frumentius, Paisios of Mount Athos, Hugh of Cluny, Saint Afra, Reginald Pole, and Joseph Franklin Rutherford. After him are Caesarius of Arles, Sabellius, Antipope Victor IV, Antipope John VIII, Johann Eck, and Jacob Sprenger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1095, Antipope Victor IV ranks 6. Before him are Roger II of Sicily, Stephen, King of England, Yuri Dolgorukiy, Mesud I, and Suryavarman II. After him are Usama ibn Munqidh, Amadeus III, Count of Savoy, William II, Duke of Apulia, Conan III, Duke of Brittany, and Peter of Bruys. Among people deceased in 1164, Antipope Victor IV ranks 3. Before him are Héloïse, and Emperor Sutoku. After him are Elisabeth of Schönau, Ottokar III of Styria, Adolf II of Holstein, and Hodierna of Jerusalem.

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