5 March 1118 A.D. Clement VIII Placed on Roman Throne by Henry V; Was Anti-Pope to Gelasius II; Stood for Learning & Reform
5 March 1118 A.D . Clement VIII Placed on Roman Throne by Henry V; Was Anti-Pope to Gelasius II; Stood for Learning & Reform; See of Braga; Excommunicated; All Ordinations by Him Vitiated & Voided Loughlin, James. "Gregory VIII." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06795b.htm . Accessed 4 Sept 2014. Gregory VIII Antipope . He was Mauritius Burdinus (Bordinho, Bourdin), who was placed upon the papal chair by Emperor Henry V , 8 March, 1118. Bourdin was a Frenchman , born probably at Limoges . He received a good education atCluny, and followed his fellow-Benedictine, Bernard, Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain , beyond the Pyrenees. At a time when Clun...