Antipope Philip

Antipope 768, July 31. The subject of others' intrigues rather than active on his own account. He was a chaplain in a monastery, Rome. The sometime papal Chancellor, Christophorus had sought Lombard help to depose Pope Constantine II - who was the candidate of the military faction in Rome. When Antipope Costantine II was taken captive, Waldipert, acting as the envoy of the Lombard king Desiderius accompanied Christophorus' brother Sergius in an attack on Rome that ended Constantine's papacy. Waldipert then installed Philip as Pope. Christophorus, on learning of this, stated that he would not enter Rome until Philip was removed. Philip was forced to return to his monastery. Christophorus entered Rome and oversaw the election of Stephen III.