Gregory VIII – anti-pope
(Gregory VIII) Antipope , 1118 , born probably Limoges, France ; died Salerno, Italy , c.1137. A Cluniac monk, he was made Archbishop of Braga, Portugal , 1111 , but was suspended by Paschal II, 1114 . In 1117 he crowned the papal enemy, Emperor Henry V; for this he was excommunicated. After Paschal’s death Henry had him proclaimed pope, 1118 . Later, he was forced to flee to Sutri, where Callistus II captured him and imprisoned him in a monastery .