Honorius

Honorius (II) (born 1009/10, Verona?, March of Verona and Aquileia [Italy]—died 1072, Parma?, Lombardy) was an antipope from 1061 to 1064. As bishop of Parma (c.. 1045), he opposed the church reform movement of the second half of the 11th century led by Cardinal Hildebrand (later Pope Gregory VII). With his fellow reformers, Hildebrand had swayed the election of Alexander II as pope (Sept. 30, 1061), without the sanction of the Holy Roman emperor. Aided...