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ANACLETUS

Volume 2 · 48 words · 1860 Edition

or Cletus, bishop of Rome from the year 78 to 91. Some spurious decrets are extant under his name.

anti-pope, of Jewish extraction, was elected in 1130. He maintained his position till his death, in the face of all opposition, and was succeeded by Innocent II. in 1138.