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BENEDICT X

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 718 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BENEDICT X . (Johannes " 1VIincius," i.e. the lout or dolt, See also:bishop of See also:Velletri) was See also:pope from Io58 to 1059. He was elected on the See also:death of See also:Stephen IX. through the See also:influence of the See also:Roman barons, who, however, had pledged themselves to take no See also:action without See also:Hildebrand, who was then absent from See also:Rome. Hildebrand did not recognize him, and put forward an opposition pope in the See also:person of See also:Gerard, bishop of See also:Florence (pope as See also:Nicholas II.), whom he supported against the Roman See also:aristocracy. With the help of the See also:Normans, Hildebrand seized the See also:castle of Galeria, where Benedict had taken See also:refuge, and degraded him to the See also:rank of a See also:simple See also:priest. (L.

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