Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

John Mincio, son of his brother Guido and Bishop of Velletri, was elected Pope in 1058 under the name Benedict X (though he too was accused of buying the office and had to flee nine months later, and ...

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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