antipope

person who claims to be, but is not recognized as, the legitimate pope
Intangible position Q172748
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antipope

Summary

antipope is a position[1]. antipope ranks in the top 0.99% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,424 views/month, #35 of 3,525).[2]

Key Facts

  • antipope's instance of is recorded as position[3].
  • antipope is a type of religious leader[4].
  • antipope is a type of pretender[5].
  • antipope is a type of usurper[6].
  • antipope is a type of schismatic bishop[7].
  • antipope's Commons category is recorded as Antipopes[8].
  • antipope's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Antipopes[9].
  • antipope's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10].
  • antipope's described by source is recorded as Kościelna encyclopedia[11].
  • antipope's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • antipope's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • antipope's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • antipope's topic has template is recorded as Template:Antipopes[15].
  • antipope's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/antipope[16].
  • antipope's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'antipape'}[17].
  • antipope's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Catholicism[18].
  • antipope's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Christianity[19].
  • antipope's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Interfaith[20].
  • antipope's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Religion[21].
  • antipope's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome[22].
  • antipope's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Middle Ages[23].
  • antipope's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Vatican City[24].

Body

Definition and Type

antipope's instance of is recorded as position[3]. Recorded subclass of include religious leader[4], pretender[5], usurper[6], and schismatic bishop[7].

Influence

Things named for antipope include pseudocardinal[25], a position[26].

Why It Matters

antipope ranks in the top 0.99% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,424 views/month, #35 of 3,525).[2] antipope has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] antipope is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for antipope include pseudocardinal[25], a position[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_antipope_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{antipope}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/antipope}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 27d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of religious leader, pretender, usurper +1
    Instance of
    Described by source The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Kościelna encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    Biblissima authority id Q296047
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q296047, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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