The name of five Popes:
ope from 269 to 274, said to have been a victim of the persecution of Aurelius;
ope from 356 to 357, the first anti-pope having been elected in place of the deposed Liberius who had declined to join in the persecution of Athanasius (q. v .), was banished on the restoration of Liberius;
ope from 483 to 492, during his term of office the first schism between the Eastern and Western Churches took place;
ope from 526 to 530, was appointed by Theodoric in face of the determined opposition of both people and clergy;
ope from 1439 to 1449. See Amadeus VIII. .