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'''Dioscorus''', [[Antipope]] from 22 September 530 &ndash; 14 October 530. [[Pope]] [[Felix IV]] wished Boniface to succeed him, partially to avoid the riots that had occurred on his own accession. However, on Felix' death a majority of the electors voted for Dioscorus.<ref>{{CathEncy|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05018a.htm|title=Dioscorus}}</ref> The matter was resolved when Dioscorus died three weeks later, and Felix' wishes were acceded to, with his chosen candidate becoming [[Boniface II]]. Boniface forced the [[clergy]] who had nominated Dioscorus to sign a retraction and condemn his memory: the document was subsequently destroyed on [[Agapetus I]]'s orders.
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