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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Antipope John XVI (XVII) |
 | | After the death of John XV, Bruno, a relative of Otto III and his chaplain, was raised through the royal influence to the papal throne as Gregory V, and crowned on 3 May, 996. |
 | | John was a native of Rossano in Calabria, at that time a part of the Byzantine Empire. |
 | | John XVI was captured by the imperial soldiers, deprived of his sight, and, his nose and ears having been mutilated, was brought in this condition to Rome. |
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