Ursicinus
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priest, elected pope in 366/367
Key facts
- Predecessor
- Roman claimant: , Damasus I , Liberius , Antipapal claimant: , Felix II
- Successor
- Roman claimant: , Damasus I , Antipapal claimant: , Eulalius
- Opposed to
- Pope Damasus I
- Died
- c. 381
- Denomination
- Arianism
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Encyclopedic overview
Ursicinus (died c. 381), also known as Ursinus, was elected pope in a violently contested election in 366 as a rival to Pope Damasus I. He ruled in Rome for several months in 366–367, was afterwards declared antipope, and died after 381.
Background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ursicinus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.