The Borgias became prominent in both ecclesiastical and political affairs, producing two popes: Alfons de Borja, who ruled as ...

Up on its rock on the Valencian coast, Peñíscola strikes an imposing figure 64 metres above the waves. A fishing village with a former Templar stronghold that became a refuge for an antipope, the town ...

Hippolytus was slain in Sardinia where he had been exiled for being elected as an antipope, the first in the history of the Church. He was reconciled to the Church before his martyrdom.

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