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antipope, was electedby — the influence of the emperor Frederick I, in' opposition to Alexander III, in 1165. He took possession of Rome for a short time, Alexander being obliged to escape to Benevento, but with the departure of the imperial army fromn Rome in 1167 Paschal was obliged to quit also. He died shortly after (in 1168) at Viterbo. See Riddle, Hist. of the Papacy, 2:190; Milman, Hist. of Latin Christianity, 4, ‘96, 429-431. SEE ALEXANDER III.