Antipope Felix II

Felix
Papacy began355
Papacy ended358
PredecessorNovatian
SuccessorUrsicinus
Opposed toPope Liberius
Personal details
Died22 November 365
Porto, Rome, Italy
DenominationRoman Catholic

Antipope Felix II, an archdeacon of Rome, was installed as Pope in 355 AD after the Emperor Constantius II banished the reigning Pope, Liberius, for refusing to subscribe to a sentence of condemnation against Saint Athanasius.[1]

  1. ^ Charles A. Coulombe, Vicars of Christ (ISBN 0-8065-2370-0), p. 73