Schism of 1159

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The Schism of 1159 was a major papal schism in which rival claimants to the papacy, including Alexander III and an imperial-backed antipope, divided the Church and European politics for nearly two decades.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Schism of 1159 canonical 2
Papal Schism of 1159 1
Papal schism of 1159 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf papal schism ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Papal Schism of 1159 ⓘ
linked to: Schism of 1159
chronologyWithinTopic High Middle Ages ⓘ
conflictType ecclesiastical schism ⓘ
duration approximately 18 years ⓘ
endTime 1177 ⓘ
followedBy Peace of Venice ⓘ
hasCause conflict between papacy and Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
contested papal election of 1159 ⓘ
hasEffectOn European politics in the 12th century ⓘ
development of canon law on papal elections ⓘ
relations between papacy and Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
hasParticipant Antipope Victor IV ⓘ
College of Cardinals ⓘ
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
Lombard League ⓘ
Pope Alexander III ⓘ
location Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
mainSubject investiture and imperial influence in the Church ⓘ
papal authority ⓘ
opposedBy King Henry II of England ⓘ
linked to: Henry II of England

King Louis VII of France ⓘ
linked to: Louis VII of France

Norman Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Sicily

supporters of Alexander III ⓘ
precededBy Investiture Controversy ⓘ
relatedTo Gregorian Reform ⓘ
Third Lateran Council ⓘ
result Peace of Venice (1177) ⓘ
linked to: Peace of Venice

confirmation of Alexander III as legitimate pope ⓘ
marginalization of imperial antipopes ⓘ
strengthening of papal independence from imperial control ⓘ
significantEvent Council of Lateran (Third Lateran Council, 1179) ⓘ
Council of Pavia (1160) ⓘ
Council of Tours (1163) ⓘ
election of Antipope Victor IV ⓘ
election of Pope Alexander III ⓘ
startTime 1159 ⓘ
supportedBy Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ
imperial party in the College of Cardinals ⓘ
some German and Italian princes ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Alexander III → event → Schism of 1159 ⓘ
Paschal III → conflict → Papal schism of 1159 ⓘ
linked to: Schism of 1159
Rolando Bandinelli → notableEvent → Schism of 1159 ⓘ
Schism of 1159 → alsoKnownAs → Papal Schism of 1159 ⓘ
linked to: Schism of 1159
Guido di Crema → historicalPeriod → Schism of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Schism of 1159