Antipope Hippolytus

Hippolytus

The earliest Antipope was Hippolytus; he was elected in protest against Pope Callixtus I by a schismatic group in the city of Rome in the 3rd century. Hippolytus ended his life, however, in exile during Roman imperial persecution in the mines on the island of Sardinia in the company of Callixtus's successor Pope Pontian, and was reconciled to the Catholic Church. Category:Ancient Roman Christianity