Meanings
- historicalnot comparableRelating to Peter Cadalus (c. 1010 – 1072), antipope as Honorius II from 1061 to 1072.
It seems, then, that Matilda’s role in the Cadalan schism was more limited than has been supposed.
2008, David J. Hay, The Military Leadership of Matilda of Canossa, 1046–1115, →ISBN, page 412 more examples
Cencius had also actively supported the anti-pope Honorius II, and the Castel S. Angelo, which he controlled was a bastion of the Cadalan party.
1998, H. E. J. Cowdrey, Pope Gregory VII, 1073–1085, →ISBN, page 326The first of these interventions against the Normans was reported during the so-called Cadalan schism that pitted antipope Honorius II (Bishop Peter Cadalus of Parma) against Pope Alexander II (Bishop Anselm of Lucca).
2015, Elizabeth Lapina, Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade, →ISBN, page 92
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