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| | Antipope Benedict X -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | However, a number of Cardinals alleged that the election was irregular, and that votes had been bought; these cardinals were forced to flee (Capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire) Rome. |
 | | Having arrived in Rome, Nicholas then proceeded to wage war against Benedict and his supporters, with (An inhabitant of Normandy) Norman assistance. |
 | | An initial battle was fought in Campagna in early 1059, which was not wholly successful for Nicholas; but later that same year, his forces conquered (Click link for more info and facts about Praeneste) Praeneste, Tusculum and Numentanum, and then attacked Galeria, forcing Benedict to surrender and renounce the Papacy. |
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