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Innocent
antipope
Also known as: Lando di Sezze
Innocent (III) (born, Sezze, Papal States—died, La Cava, Apulia) was the last of four antipopes (1179–80) during the pontificate of Alexander III. A member of a family of German origin, he was a cardinal when elected on Sept. 29, 1179, by a faction opposing Alexander, who, in January 1180, relegated Innocent to the southern Italian abbey of SS. Trinità in La Cava.
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