A majority of cardinals had elected Roman…
June 1132 CE
A majority of cardinals had elected Roman Cardinal Pietro Pierleoni, with the name of Anacletus II, to succeed Pope Honorius II in 1130, while a minority had elected Cardinal Gregorio Papareschi (Innocent II) as successor.
The consecrated of both claimants on February 23 led to a serious schism.
Anacletus, backed by most Romans and by the Frangipani family, had forced Innocent to flee from Rome to France, where he was supported by Bernard of Clairvaux, who had attacked Anacletus' Jewish ancestry.
Although Anacletus had allied with the ambitious and powerful Roger II after investing him as king of Sicily in 1130, Innocent's supporters, including the emperors Lothair III and John II Comnenus, wield overwhelming power.
The Council of Étampes, convoked by King Louis VI in 1130 to decide the legitimacy of the papal succession, had chosen Innocent.
In 1132, Lothair, accompanied by Innocent and Bernard, leads a German army into Italy and, by early summer, occupies all Rome except that section held by the Anacletans.
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