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GREGORY V

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 569 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GREGORY V . (See also:Bruno), See also:pope from 996 to 999, a See also:great-See also:grandson of the See also:emperor See also:Otto the Great, succeeded See also:John XV. when only twenty-four years of See also:age, and until the See also:council of See also:Pavia (997) had a See also:rival in the See also:person of the See also:anti-pope John XVI., whom the See also:people of See also:Rome, in revolt against the will of the youthful emperor Otto III., had chosen after having expelled Gregory. The most memorable acts of his pontificate were those arising out of the See also:contumacy of the See also:French See also:king, See also:Robert, who was ultimately brought to submission by the rigorous infliction of a See also:sentence of See also:excommunication. Gregory died suddenly, and not without suspicion of foul See also:play, on the 18th of See also:February 999. His successor was See also:Silvester II.

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