Giovanni de Surdis Cacciafronte (1125 - 16 March 1184) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and bishop from the Order of Saint Benedict.
The schism that Antipope Victor IV caused enabled him to proclaim his support for Pope Alexander III though leading to his removal from a position at the behest of Frederick Barbarossa.
Giovanni de Surdis Cacciafronte was born in 1125 in Cremona to the nobles Evangelista Sordi and Berta Persico.
[1][2] The pontiff did not fail to notice the priest's support and so appointed him as the Bishop of Mantua after his predecessor sided with the antipope.
Cacciafronte sent his resignation to Alexander III and returned to hermitage life though the pontiff had other ideas in mind and instead made him the Bishop of Vicenza.