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Cadalan

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Etymology

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Cadalo or Cadalus +‎ -an

Adjective

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Cadalan (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Relating to Peter Cadalus (c. 1010 – 1072), antipope as Honorius II from 1061 to 1072.
    • 1998, H. E. J. Cowdrey, Pope Gregory VII, 1073–1085, →ISBN, page 326:
      Cencius had also actively supported the anti-pope Honorius II, and the Castel S. Angelo, which he controlled was a bastion of the Cadalan party.
    • 2008, David J. Hay, The Military Leadership of Matilda of Canossa, 1046–1115, →ISBN, page 41:
      It seems, then, that Matilda’s role in the Cadalan schism was more limited than has been supposed.
    • 2015, Elizabeth Lapina, Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade, →ISBN, page 92:
      The first of these interventions against the Normans was reported during the so-called Cadalan schism that pitted antipope Honorius II (Bishop Peter Cadalus of Parma) against Pope Alexander II (Bishop Anselm of Lucca).