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  BENEDICT (I.-XIV.) - LoveToKnow Article on BENEDICT (I.-XIV.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
BENEDICT I. was pope from 573 to 578.
BENEDICT Ix., pope from 1033 to 1056, son of Alberic, count of Tusculum, and nephew of Benedict VIII., was also called Theophylactus.
Benedict XIII., who had on his part tried to call together a council at Perpignan, was by this time recognized hardly anywhere but in his native land, in Scotland, and in the estates of the countship of Armagnac.
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 Benedict - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Benedict, from the Latin for blessed, is the name of many notable men.
The most prominent at the beginning of the 21st century is Pope Benedict XVI, who chose this name for himself after his election to the papacy.
Benedict is the first name of Benedict Arnold, the most notorious traitor in American history, his ancestor, a colonial Rhode Island governor, and a congressman named for him.
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 Pope Benedict XVI
Benedict XVI was elected pope at the age of 78.
Benedict XVI joined the Nazi Youth in 1941 at the age of 14.
In his autobiography, Salt of the Earth (1997), Benedict XVI writes that his older brother Georg was "obliged" (forced) to join, but that he later "registered" himself (volunteered) in it as a seminarian.
www.archelaos.com /popes/details.aspx?id=304   (676 words)

  
 Benedicts
In 980 the threats were of such magnitude, Benedict VII sought the help of Otto I (936-973) of Germany, under whose reign the popes were required to take an oath of allegiance to the emperor, and who received the title Imperator et Augustus (962) and was rex et sacerdos (king and priest).
In the fall of 1044, the private life of Benedict IX was of such depravity, that it caused a riot; lead by the Crescentii Family, Benedicts was driven from Rome.
Benedict ordered changes among the clergy, excising undesirable practices such as taking the money for a benefice but not doing the work / responsibility; not allowing them to hold more than one ecclesiastical office simultaneously; and not allowing great sums of money to be charged for drawing up documents.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Benedict VIII
Benedict VIII was one of the many popes who were called upon to intervene in the interminable strife for precedence between the Patriarchs of Grado and of Aquileia (Dandolo, Chron., IX, 2, n.
A friend of St. Odilo, Abbot of Cluny, and one of the few popes of the Middle Ages who was at once powerful at home and great abroad, Benedict VIII has, on seemingly insufficient grounds, been accused of avarice.
The most important source for the history of the first nine popes who bore the name of Benedict is the biographies in the Liber Pontificalis, of which the most useful edition is that of Duchesne, Le Liber Pontificalis (Paris, 1886-92), and the latest that of Mommsen, Gesta Pontif.
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 Pope Benedict XVI from Our Sunday Visitor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Pope Benedict VI 973-974: Very little is know of his papacy except that he was strangled by a faction of nobles in Castle of Sant’ Angelo.
Pope Benedict IX (Theophylactus), 1012-1024, 1032-1045, 1045: Only 20 years old when he assumed the Chair of Peter, he was deposed and reinstated twice, thus being the 145th, 147th and 150th pope.
Benedict XV 1914-1922: A peacemaker whose attempts to end war were met with disappointing failure, he is also the pope who canonized Joan of Arc.
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 CNN.com - Benedict a popular pontiff name - Apr 20, 2005
Benedict IX (1032-1045): Widely regarded as one of the worst pontiffs of the Middle Ages, he was only 20 when elected pope, and swiftly gained an unwholesome reputation for greed and corruption.
Benedict V (964): One of the more unfortunate pontiffs to hold the papal title, Benedict V was deposed almost as soon as he had been elected by the Holy Roman Emperor Otho I, who wanted to install his own candidate in the Vatican.
Benedict I (575-579): Almost nothing is known of the first pope to carry the name Benedict, save that he was born in Rome and headed the Catholic Church at a time of great political upheaval, with Italy being overrun from the north by the Germanic Lombard tribe.
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 BENEDICT VIII
Theophylactus, one son of Gregory, count of Tusculum, became Pope Benedict VIII; Romanus, another son, was made senator of all the Romans.
Benedict VIII proved to be an excellent ruler both in spiritual and temporal matters.
Benedict quickly showed that he was a strong man who would brook no disobedience from turbulent lords.
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 Benrik   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Benedict intervened in the conflict between the sons of Lothair I (the future Lothair II, Louis II and Charles the Bald) on the latter's death.
Benedict was entirely unsuited to be pontiff; he reportedly led an extremely dissolute life, although in terms of theology and the ordinary activities of the Church he was entirely orthodox.
Benedict X was then allowed to go free, and he retired to one of his family estates; but Hildebrand then had him imprisoned in 1060 in the hospice of St. Agnese, where he died, still a prisoner, sometime around 1073 or 1080.
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 konkaniworld
A Roman by birth, Benedict, son of Peter, was elected pope on the death of Pope Leo IV, but church intrigue resulted in his imprisonment for several months before he was released and consecrated.
The 144th pope, Benedict VIII, son of Gregory, Count of Tusculum, was a layman who became the first of the Tusculan popes.
Benedict X was imprisoned and died in the hospice of St. Agnese.
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 Popes Who Have Taken the Name Benedict
Pope Benedict XV and Pope Pius XI The voters chose as the 32nd selection the Fatima Popes who are, of course, Pope Benedict XV, the 258th successor of Peter and Pope Pius XI, the 259th in the long line of Popes.
Benedict also was caught between the devil and the deep blue sea when he had to accept Germany's offer to give Rome back to the Holy See after they had defeated Italy.
Benedict did promulgate a new Code of Canon Law that had been prepared by Pius X and established the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in hopes of reconciling with Eastern Orthodox Churches.
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 Patron Saints Index: Pope Benedict VIII
Son of Gregory, count of Tusculum, and Maria; brother of Pope John XIX; relative of Pope Benedict VI.
On 14 February 1014 Benedict crowned Henry II as Holy Roman Emperor.
Pope during a period of renewed invasion of Europe by the Saracens, who established a settlement on Sicily; Benedict's forces kept them off the mainland.
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/pope0144.htm   (132 words)

  
 The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Creations of Cardinals of the X Century
Benedict IV, a Roman and the son of Mammalus, was elected pope between January and May 900, it is not known if he was a cardinal.
Leo VIII was elected by acclamation with Emperor Otto I's approval in the Roman synod of December 4, 963, which deposed Pope John XII.
Imprisoned and strangled Pope Benedict VI in 974, took his place in June or July 973 under the name of Boniface VII and was deposed in August.
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 666man.net - 265 Popes From the Vatican's Official List
However, Benedict XVI causes the count to run over 666 and, in fact, as of the writing of this paragraph (April 29, 2005), the count total of the seven Papal names used since 1798 is 680.
Benedict XVI adds 15 to the count because they skipped Benedict X, so he is not the sixteenth pope in the Benedict series, but actually is the fifteenth pope in that series.
Benedict XVI’s new name will be a new Papal name never before used in Papal history, this new name will add a count of 1 to the count total.
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 SBU Dept. of History & Political Science: HIS 1113 Lecture Twenty-six   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
In his coronation of Henry II, Pope Benedict VIII had modeled it on a coronation ritual that had been utilized by the Roman Emperor at Constantinople since the fifth century instead of the more ancient ceremony used in the west beginning with the coronation of Charlemagne.
For this reason the churches in Constantinople did not recognize Benedict VIII or his successors to be in fellowship with the true church of the Roman heritage.
Benedict IX, member and nominee of the dominant Roman political faction headed by the family of the counts of Tusculum, had been pope from 1032 until 1044 when he was driven out of office and from Rome by Sylvester III, leader of a rival political faction.
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 Popes Benedict: The Other Fourteen
Benedict of Nursia, the sixth-century (480-547) founder of western monasticism, and to Pope Benedict XV, whose pontificate spanned the First World War and who sought to bring peace and healing to both a divided Church and a fractured world.
Benedict died while Rome was in a state of siege and famine.
The second Benedict, a little more than a hundred years after the first, is described as a humble, gentle lover of the poor, who held the office for less than a year with no particular distinction other than faithfulness.
www.olaclaremont.org /resources/allbenedicts.htm   (3072 words)

  
 Clairity's Place   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Benedict was known to be deeply religious and worked for the reform and institution of monasteries.
Benedict IX was summoned with a simony charge and was excommunicated and later absolved.
Benedict XV (1914-22): A Genoan, he was a member of the Vatican diplomatic corps and was elected for his expertise at the beginning of World War I. His see was isolated, and he maintained neutrality toward the war while condemning the inhuman methods of warfare.
www.clairity.org:8080 /blojsom/blog/place/catholic/2005/04/24/The_Popes_Named_Benedict.html   (1037 words)

  
 Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion: Foldout   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Benedict, however, succeeded in expelling Sylvester the same year; but, as some say, that he might marry, he resigned his office into the hands of the Archpriest John Gratian for a large sum.
Benedict, Sylvester, and Gregory were deposed at the Council of Sutri (1046) and a German bishop (Suidger) became Pope Clement II.
Benedict is said to have been alive when Leo IX died, and continued his attempts to seize the papacy, others says that he resigned the pontificate and died in penitence
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 MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Popes of the Roman Catholic Church
This is the first step in the canonization process, which can ultimately lead to the individual being named saint.
8) The regnal dates of Benedict V (964-966) overlap those of his predecessor, Leo VIII (963-965), and of his successor, John XIII (965-972).
9) Benedict IX (1032-1044, 1045, 1047-1048) was legitimately elected three times and deposed twice.
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 List of Popes (Our Lady of Good Health Mission)
But he recognized that it would be a false step, and burnt the document which he had drawn up for the purpose.
And in 684, owing to the long delays involved in the journey to Constantinople, Constantine IV (Pogonatus) acceded to Benedict II's request that in future it should not be necessary to wait for confirmation, but that a mere notification of the election would suffice.
The 1088 of the exarchate and the iconoclastic heresy of the Byzantine court completed the severance between Rome and the Eastern Empire, and Pope Zacharias (741) dispensed altogether with the customary notice to Constantinople.
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 The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Creations of Cardinals of the XI Century
Teofilatto, of the counts of Tusculum, nephew of Pope Benedict VIII and John XX, created cardinal deacon, his deaconry is not known.
It was erected as a deaconry about 734 in the VIII Region of Rome by Pope St. Gregory III (731-741) and confirmed around 775 by Pope Adrian I (772-795).
Benedict VIII (1012 - 1024) - 21 cardinals
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 Pope's Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Born in Ostia, hc was elected on the 6th October 891 and died on the 4th April 896.
While a cardinal he was excommunicated by John VIII for having crowned as King of Italy, Arnolfo, afterwards Emperor of Germany.
He was exlied to Hamburg by Otto 1 until the death of Leo VIII.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Benedict VIII
MSN Encarta - Search Results - Benedict VIII
Benedict VIII (died 1024), pope (1012-1024), who was a noted reformer of the clergy.
Born Theophylactus, and the first of the Tusculan popes, he was...
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 The Papacy - A Historical Perspective
1032 - 1046 A.D. - Benedict IX, Silvester III, Benedict IX, Gregory VI - Clement II, Benedict IX, Damasus II, St. Leo IX - Victor II, Stephen IX, Nicholas II, Alexander II - St. Gregory VII, Bl.
1187 - 1198 A.D. - Gregory VIII, Clement III, Celestine IIII
1724 - 1758 A.D. - Benedict XIII, Clement XlI, Benedict XIV
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Anti-Popes were illegitimate claimants of or pretenders to the papal throne.
Urban II 1099 Paschal II 1100* Theodoric 1102* Albert 1105* Sylvester IV 1118 Gelasius II 1118* Gregory VIII 1119 Callistus II 1124 Honorius II 1124* Celestine II 1130 Innocent II 1130* Anacletus II 1138* Victor IV 1143 Celestine II 1144 Lucius II 1145 Bl.
Benedict XI 1305 Clement V 1316 John XXII 1328* Nicholas V 1334 Benedict XII 1342 Clement VI 1352 Innocent VI 1362 Bl.
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 Search Results for benedict - Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Prior to his election as pope, Benedict led a distinguished career as a theologian and as prefect of the Congregation for the...
Account by Mabillon of the recovery and investment of Benedict's relics.
Information on the life of St. Benedict, his Holy Rule, and the Order founded by him.
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 List of the Roman Pontiffs
VI and XII are disputed but their numbers were not re-used.
VIII was an antipope whose number was re-used.
Whether Gregory VI and Clement II were true popes depends on whether the second abdication of Benedict IX was valid, or null owing to force
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PETER The first Pope was a Galilean fisherman named Simon.
Benedict founded the Monastery of Monte Cassino, the mother abbey of those hosts of monasteries which did so much for the Church and for civilization.
Monasticism was already a powerful force, but St. Benedict is rightly regarded as the patriarch of Western monks.
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 Church Approval I
Leo VIII (963) is included, as the resignation of Benedict V, though enforced, may have been genuine.
The claim of Benedict X (1058) is likewise recognized.
Thus three popes named John were made to appear between Benedict VII and Gregory V. The error led the pope of the thirteenth century who should have been called John XX to style himself John XXI (Duchesne, "Lib.
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 History of the Popes
BENEDICT II 684 - 685 JOHN V 685 - 686 CONON 686 - 687 ST.
LEO IV 847 - 855 BENEDICT III 855 - 858 ST.
PIUS X 1903 - 1914 BENEDICT XV 1914 -1922 PIUS XI 1922 - 1939 PIUS XII 1939 - 1958 JOHN XXIII 1958-1963 PAUL VI 1963 -- 1978 JOHN PAUL I 1978 JOHN PAUL II 1978 -- ST.
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