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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Papal election, 1130, Papal election, 1159, Papal election, 1241, Papal election, 1268-1271, List of papal elections, Papal election, 1292-1294, Papal election, 1198, Papal election, 1143, Papal election, 1145, Papal election, 1181, Papal election, 1144, Papal election, September 1276, Papal election, 1280-1281, Papal election, 1287-1288, Papal election, 1216, Papal election, 1185, Papal election, 1154, Papal election, October 1187, Papal election, 1153, Papal election, 1227, Papal election, December 1187, Papal election, 1119, Papal election, 1285, Papal election, 1277, Papal election, 1061, Papal election, 1088. Excerpt: The papal election of February 14, 1130 was convoked after the death of Pope Honorius II and resulted in a double election. Part of the cardinals, led by Cardinal-Chancellor Aymeric de la Chatre, elected Gregorio Papareschi as Pope Innocent II, but the rest of them refused to recognize him and elected Cardinal Pietro Pierleoni, who took the name of Anacletus II. Although Anacletus had the support of the majority of the cardinals, the Catholic Church considers Innocent II as the legitimate Pope, and Anacletus II as Antipope. The double election was a result of the growing tensions inside the College of Cardinals concerning the policy of the Holy See towards the Holy Roman Empire, initiated by the Concordat of Worms (1122), which ended the investiture controversy. Several, particularly older, cardinals considered the compromise achieved in Worms as desertion of the principles of the Gregorian Reform, and inclined to accept it only as a tactical move. They supported the traditional alliance of the Papacy with the Normans in southern Italy. Some of them were connected to old monastic centers in Southern Italy such as Montecassino. One of their leaders was Cardinal Pierleoni, representative of one of t...
