#antipope

[facts-i-just-made-up]

Facts about the anti pope

It is a misconception that the antipope is an opposing force to the pope that will annihilate both should they ever touch. Rather it is the small appetizer such as a bishop or cardinal that you eat before devouring a pope.

[howisthepope]

in the unlikely event we also get an antipope, I could just post 'anti' and I think that's beautiful

[meowmeowgrrrl123]

The other day I said that Brokenstar was basically just a cat antipope

[useless-catalanfacts]

De Salses a Guardamar i de Fraga a l’Alguer: les comarques de parla catalana una a una. 53/88: el Baix Maestrat (Castelló, Valencian Country).

Baix Maestrat is a coastal shire in the north of the Valencian Country. Its capital city is Vinaròs.

Its most recognisable landscape is Peníscola, a city built on a headland over the sea. It’s surrounded by a Medieval wall and has a castle built by the Templar Knights between 1294 and 1307. From 1415 to 1423, the pope Benedict XIII, the last of the Avignon antipopes (popes who had separated from Rome and set the seat of Catholicism first in Avignon) lived here until the end of his life.

Photos by comunitat_valenciana, un país para recorrérselo, turisme vinaròs, turismo_alcossebre, Marc Prades, comunitatvalenciana.com.

[mbharestuff]

I am the world's first transgender occultist pope. Love wins.

[keevabobeeva]

Is this the cycle where we finally get a new anti pope? Nothing to do but hope

[neon-evangayion]

"theres an antipope in kansas who got elected as pope by his parents and three friends" is one of those things about america that on some level just makes sense, like yeah of course we would have our own antipope, why not?.

[cellabella-illuminates]

I'm proud of myself for finally finishing this illustration. I painted it in my sketchbook and then did some final edits digitally.

I'm considering trying out giclée printing and I might start with this one. What do you think?

Here's the "about the image" and description of my process, if you're interested:

St. Catherine of Siena was one boss lady from the 14th century. She is known for a lot of things, but for this depiction of her I wanted to focus on her mission of returning the Pope to Rome (he was in France, there was a lot of political nonsense going on at the time). Her mission was a success. She was involved in peace negotiation between the Pope and the Florentines (again, lots of nonsense going on, sorry I'm not giving you the details here) and has written a great many letters that I feel called to look into. Anyway, she was working against the antipope and just overall doing a lot of diplomacy throughout her life on top of her spiritual writing and other things.

Before I began gathering reference images to put together for inspiration, I knew I wanted to focus on the aspect of her returning Pope Gregory from France to Rome.

Of all of the images I had found, I decided to include the following symbols/aspects from her life: the stigmata, crown of thorns, a rose, a lily, and the crucifix (pointing to the Vatican behind her). The red shape in front is an outline of a part of the coast of France and the green shape behind her is an outline of Italy, with the shape inside being the Vatican.

Most images of her that I found of her made her seem demure and looking away from the viewer, but for my image, I wanted her to be looking directly at you, with her arm outstretched. The lily is a symbol of purity but we know this was a bold and direct woman of God, not someone hiding in a soft expression. So, not only is she reaching out to Pope Gregory, asking for his return to Rome, but also, reaching out to you, personally, to return to the Church, if you have fallen away.

This was my collage that I made to use for reference as I painted:

Her left hand that is outstretched is my own hand, lol, so I still ended up using myself as a reference (idk why, I hate using my stubby fingers as reference so if you have dainty slender fingers feel free to let me know and I'll reach out to you next time haha)

On a personal note- this image was a commission to be given as a gift to my cousin who graduated with a degree in mediation or diplomacy (I forget) and I thought St. Catherine of Siena, a well known peace negotiator, was the best choice. My cousin is also not a practicing Catholic (as far as I know) and most of her siblings are the same. I wanted to paint this illustration with that in mind, which is why I have St. Catherine extending her hand. I want to be closer with my family but sometimes I don't know how. There's been a lot of drama between my aunts and uncles, pushing so far that many of them are no longer speaking to one another. I know painting this image of St. Catherine may not act as a bridge in the regard but maybe it could be a small stepping stone.