Celestine II (born Teobaldo Boccapecci or Boccapeconai, LatinThebaldus Buccapecuc) was an antipope from December 15 or 16, 1124 to 1125 or 1126. He was considered legitimate, but nonetheless submitted to the opposing pope, Honorius II. Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... For the book by Robert Rankin, see The Antipope. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...-1... Events March 26 - Henry I of Englands forces defeat Norman rebels at Bourgtheroulde. ... Events May 23 - Lothair of Saxony becomes Holy Roman Emperor on the death of Henry V. War ends between Toulouse and Provence. ... Events Rutherglen becomes one of the first Royal Burghs in Scotland. ... Honorius II, born Lamberto Scannabecchi (from 1117 Cardinal Lambert of Ostia) (died February 13, 1130), was Pope from December 21, 1124 to February 13, 1130. ...
He was made a Cardinal Deacon by Paschal II. He was selected as pope in a confused and chaotic election, in which Theobald and another cardinal, Saxo, were supported by the Pierleoni family. During the process of Celestine's investment, Robert Frangipani and a body of troops broke into the church and proclaimed Lamberto Cardinal Scannaberchi (a man of considerable learning) pope. The Cardinal Deacons are the lowest-ranked of the three orders of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Paschal II, né Ranierius (d. ... The family of the Pierleoni, meaning sons of Peter Leo, was a great Roman patrician clan of the Middle Ages, headquartered in a tower house in the Jewish quarter, Trastevere. ...
On Celestine's resignation, Scannaberchi became Honorius II.
January 25, 1138) was an Antipope who ruled from 1131 to his death, in a schism against the contested hasty election of Pope Innocent II.
Pietro, of Jewish descent, was born to the powerful Roman family of the Pierleoni, the son of the Consul Pier Leoni.
The most important of these was a duke, William X of Aquitaine, who decided for the antipope against the will of his own bishops and the influential support of Roger II of Sicily, whose title of "King of Sicily" Anacletus had approved shortly after his accession.
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