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BENEDICT IX

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 718 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BENEDICT IX ., See also:pope from 1033 to Io56, son of Alberic, See also:count of See also:Tusculum, and See also:nephew of Benedict VIII., was also called Theophylactus. He was installed pope at the See also:age of twelve through the See also:influence of his See also:father. The disorders of his conduct, though tolerated by the emperors, See also:Conrad II. and See also:Henry III., who were then morally responsible for the pontificate, at length disgusted the See also:Romans, who drove him out in 1044 and appointed See also:Silvester III. his successor. Silvester remained in the papal See also:chair but a few See also:weeks, as the See also:people of Tusculum quickly recovered their influence and reinstated their pope. Benedict, however, was obliged to See also:bow before the execration of the Romans. He sold his rights, to his godfather, the See also:priest Johannes See also:Gratianus, who: was installed under the name of See also:Gregory VI. (1045). The following See also:year Henry III. obtained at the See also:council of See also:Sutri the deposition of the three competing popes, and replaced them by Suidger, See also:bishop of See also:Bamberg, who took the name of See also:Clement II. But before the See also:close of 1047 Clement II. died, probably from See also:poison administered by Benedict, who was reinstalled for the third See also:time. At last, on the 17th of See also:July 1048, the See also:marquis of See also:Tuscany drove him from See also:Rome, where he was never seen again. He lived several years after his See also:expulsion and appears to have died impenitent.

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