in 1130 the diocese of genoa faced a series of crises. in rome, pope honorius ii died on 13 february 1130. two separate conclaves were held, and each elected a pope, anacletus ii (petrus pierleoni) and innocent ii (gregorius papareschi). both sides immediately appealed for recognition and support from the king of the romans, lothair of supplinburg. at the time, lothair was in a fierce struggle for the imperial crown against conrad iii (hohenstaufen} who had been crowned king of italy with the iron crown of lombardy by archbishop anselm of milan in 1128. for this act he and the city of milan were placed under papal interdict. innocent was not able to maintain himself in rome against the opposition of the majority of the cardinals, of the clergy, of the nobility, and of the people of rome, though for a time he held the trastevere; in may or june he fled the city, and arrived in pisa c. 20 june, and on 2 august he was in genoa. meanwhile, in milan, archbishop anselm had announced his support for pope anacletus, though a substantial number of milanese objected to his choice and campaigned for innocent. the opposition was led by the archpriest, stephanus guandeca, who brought the people around to repudiating anacletus, recognizing innocent, and deposing anselm.