Felix II
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archdeacon of Rome, antipope or pope in 355 (died 365)
Key facts
- Predecessor
- Novatian
- Successor
- Ursicinus
- Opposed to
- Pope Liberius
- Died
- 22 November 365, Porto, Rome , Italy
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Felix
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Rome
- Place of death
- Ceri
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Position held
- antipope
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Cosmedamiao9b5.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of death
- 0365-11-22
- time period
- Roman Empire
- date of birth
- 0400-00-00
- Commons category
- Felix II (antipope)
- subject has role
- bishop
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Encyclopedic overview
Antipope Felix II (died 22 November 365) was installed as Pope in 355 AD after the Emperor Constantius II banished the reigning Pope, Liberius, for refusing to subscribe to a sentence of condemnation against Saint Athanasius. He was previously an Archdeacon of Rome.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Felix II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.