consecrated as pope clement iii in rome in march 1084, he commanded a significant following in rome and elsewhere, especially during the first half of his pontificate, and reigned in opposition to four successive popes in the anti-imperial line: gregory vii, victor iii, urban ii, and paschal ii. after his death and burial at civita castellana in 1100 he was celebrated locally as a miracle-working saint, but paschal ii and the anti-imperial party soon subjected him to a thorough "deletio" and "damnatio memoriae", which included the exhuming and dumping of his remains in the tiber. he is considered an anti-pope by the roman catholic church.