Pseudocardinal

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A pseudocardinal in the history of the Catholic Church is a cardinal appointed by an antipope . These appointments primarily served to confirm power and were not made because of the special services of the cardinal. The more cardinals an antipope had on his side, the more likely it was to be accepted by the majority of the faithful.

These appointments are not recognized by the official church and expire with the fall of the antipope. In some historical cases, the pseudocardinals were confirmed by the legitimate Pope, giving them all the rights of office.

This was the case, for example, for Louis de La Palud († 1451 Rome ), who was created a pseudo-cardinal priest by the antipope Felix V on April 12, 1440 in Thonon-les-Bains . After submitting to the rightful Pope Nicholas V , he was created cardinal on December 19, 1449.

Antipope pontificate Consistories Cardinals
Nicholas V. 1328-1330 4th 9
Clement VII 1378-1394 11 34
Benedict XIII. 1425-1430 7th 19th
Alexander V. 1409-1410 - -
John XXIII 1410-1415 4th 18th
Clement VIII 1425-1430 1 2
Benedict XIV. 1425-1430 - -
Felix V. 1439-1449 6th 24

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La Palud, OSB, Louis de. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed November 30, 2016 (pseudocardinal), biography and creation 1449
  2. ↑ Catalog of Pseudocardinals (1058-1447). In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed January 4, 2019.