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📚 noun • entry_id 61245

pseudocardinal

/ˈsudoʊˌkɑɹdɪnəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pseudocardenal
A cardinal appointed by an antipope and consequently seen as illegitimate by the pope and those who recognize him.
It owes its origin to the schism which Alexander V. attempted to heal in 1409 by forming one body of his own (the legitimate) and of the pseudocardinals of the anti-pope Benedict X…
Other writers […] conclude that[…] Gregory remained long enough not only to be reinstated at the Lateran palace, but also to reform certain flagrant abuses, and order the expulsion…
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