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Antipope Theodore

Presbyter and priest, antipope c. 687

Field	Value
type	Antipope
honorific_prefix	Antipope
name	Theodore
began	21 September 687
ended	15 December 687
predecessor	Roman claimant:
Pope Conon
Antipapal claimant:
Dioscorus
other_post	Archpriest of the Roman Catholic Church
occupation	Archpriest
successor	Roman claimant:
Sergius I
Antipapal claimant:
Constantine II
opposed	Rival claimant:
Paschal

Pope Conon Antipapal claimant: Dioscorus Sergius I Antipapal claimant: Constantine II Paschal

Theodore was a rival with Paschal for the papacy following the death of Pope Conon (21 September 687), and thus is considered an antipope of the Roman Catholic Church.

Biography

Prior to the disputed election, Theodore was an archpriest. According to the Liber Pontificalis partisans of Theodore and Paschal seized different parts of the Lateran, and as each were unwilling to give way to the other they were locked in combat for control of the entire basilica. Meanwhile, representatives of the garrison, the majority of the clergy and the citizens met in the imperial palace and eventually elected Sergius, a priest of the church of Santa Susanna as Conon's successor. Having thus decided on Sergius, they brought him to the Lateran and forced their way in. Theodore immediately conceded the office, and abased himself to Sergius.

Paschal remained unconvinced, and while pretending to accept Sergius, sent messengers to the exarch of Ravenna John Platyn promising gold in exchange for military support. The exarch arrived, demanded the gold, and looted Old St. Peter's Basilica, but departed after Sergius I's consecration (15 December 687).

References

(1989). "The Book of Pontiffs (Liber Pontificalis)". University Press.
Ekonomou, Andrew J.. (2007). "Byzantine Rome and the Greek Popes: Eastern influences on Rome and the papacy from Gregory the Great to Zacharias, A.D. 590–752". Lexington Books.

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