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	BENEDICT (I.-XIV.) - LoveToKnow Article on BENEDICT (I.-XIV.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		BENEDICT Ix., pope from 1033 to 1056, son of Alberic, count of Tusculum, and nephew of Benedict VIII., was also called Theophylactus.
		the lout or dolt, bishop of Velletri) was pope from 1058 to 1059.
		(Jacques Fournier), pope from 1334 to I342,~ the son of a miller, was born at Saverdun on the Arrige.
	43.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BE/BENEDICT_I_XIV_.htm (1983 words)

	Encyclopedia: Pope Benedict VIII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Benedict VI, Pope (born in Rome, 972 - 974), was chosen with great ceremony and installed as pope under the protection of the Emperor Otto the Great.
		The son of Alberich III, count of Tusculum, Benedict was the nephew of Pope Benedict VIII and Pope John XIX.
		Benedict, being a child or an adolescent at the time of his first assumption of the Holy See, 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.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pope-Benedict-VIII (1196 words)

	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)

	Pope Benedict XVI from Our Sunday Visitor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pope Benedict XV followed the last saint pope—Pope St. Pius X. By choosing the name Benedict, Pope Benedict XVI may be sending a message about the sanctity of his own predecessor.
		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.
	www.osv.com /BenedictXVI/factsheet.asp (1814 words)

	Can the Pope Retire?
		Pope St. Pontian was martyred in 236 (237), either from ill treatment in general or from a mortal beating.
		Pope Sylvester III was consecrated on Jan. 20, 1045.
		Pope Gregory XII (1406 - 1415) was elected as the legitimate pope at a time when there were two anti-popes: The Avignon Pope, Benedict XIII, who was supported by the French king; and the Pisa Pope, John XXIII, who was supported by conciliarists of the renegade Council of Pisa.
	www.catholiceducation.org /articles/religion/re0786.html (1221 words)

	Pope Benedict XVI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pope Benedict XVI was elected pope at the age of 78.
		Benedict XVI's views appear to be similar to those of his predecessor in maintaining the traditional Catholic doctrines on artificial birth control, abortion, and homosexuality while promoting Catholic social teaching.
		On June 19, 2005, Benedict XVI beatified Father Ladisłaus Findysz, a martyr of the Communist regime, Father Bronisław Markiewicz, the founder of the Congregation of St. Michael, and Father Ignacy Kłopotowski, the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Loreto.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_Cardinal_Ratzinger (7587 words)

	Pope Benedict XVI
		He was a close confidant to Pope John Paul II (1978-2005), who appointed him in charge of the Doctrine of the Faith, the same organisation once known as the Inquisition.
		Benedict XVI was elected pope at the age of 78.
		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)

	Pope Benedict V - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Benedict V (born in Rome; died July 4, 965), Pope (22 May 964 - 23 June 964), was elected by the Romans on the death of John XII.
		However the Roman emperor Otto I did not approve of the choice and had him deposed after only a month, and the ex-pope was carried off to Hamburg and was placed under the care of Adaldag, Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen.
		At the synod which deposed him the pastoral staff was broken over him by Leo VIII; this is the first mention of the papal sceptre.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pope_Benedict_V (186 words)

	The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Creations of Cardinals of the XI Century
		Deposed as pope by the synod of Sutri on December 20, 1046.
		Pope Clement II, Cardinal Suidger Morsleben von Horneburg, bishop of Bamberg, Germany, title not known, was designated as pope by Emperor Henry III in Sutri, and elected on December 21, 1046.
		Relapsed and was excommunicated by Pope Victor III in the Council of Benevento in August 1087.
	www.fiu.edu /~mirandas/consistories-xi.htm (6224 words)

	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.
	www.cfpeople.org /Books/Pope/POPEp144.htm (519 words)

	Biography – Pope Benedict XIII – The Papal Library
		Finally, Benedict XIII, by a decree of the 25th of September, 1756, ordered as of precept (in which consists the equipollent canonization) that throughout the Church the office and the Mass of Saint Gregory VII should be celebrated on the 25th of May, as a double.
		Benedict XIII, on succeeding to the pontificate, availed himself of an intimacy formed with Cardinal de Noailles during the conclave in which Innocent XII was elected, and since maintained, to induce that cardinal to withdraw his opposition to the bull Unigenitus.
		Benedict decided that the Catholic king would never be inclined to allow improper comedies to be performed in his dominions, and absolved the inhabitants from their vow, on condition of their giving an alms to the poor of not less than five hundred dollars.
	www.saint-mike.org /Library/Papal_Library/BenedictXIII/Biography.html (3831 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Benedict VIII
		The first of the Tusculan popes, being the son of Gregory, Count of Tusculum, and Maria, and brother of John XIX, he was, though a layman, imposed on the chair of Peter by force (18 May, 1012).
		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.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02428e.htm (498 words)

	Benedict VIII -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Benedict's predecessor, Sergius IV, was the choice of the Crescentii, and Benedict ousted another of their candidates when he became pope.
		Benedict's rule was acceptable to King Henry II of Germany, whom he crowned as Holy Roman emperor in 1014.
		Benedict appears to have been more of a feudal baron than a pope: he restored papal authority in the Campagna and in Roman Tuscany by force of arms; he defeated the Saracens' attack on northern Italy (1016–17); and he encouraged the Norman freebooters in their attacks on Byzantine power in the south.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9078563 (731 words)

	A guide to popes through the ages who, like Cardinal Ratzinger, have taken the name Benedict. -- Beliefnet.com
		The 146th pope was the Count of Tusculum and a nephew of the two preceding popes.
		Benedict X was imprisoned and died in the hospice of St. Agnese.
		Born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, the 248th pope was the son of Marcello Lambertini and Lucretia Bulgarini, of Bologna.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/165/story_16542_2.html (606 words)

	Can the Pope Retire? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He was the nephew of Pope Benedict VIII (1012—1024) and Pope John XIX (1024—1032), and a member of one of the powerful families.
		Pope Sylvester III was consecrated on January 20, 1045.
		Pope Gregory XII (1406—1415) was elected as the legitimate pope at a time when there were two anti-popes: the Avignon Pope, Benedict XIII, who was supported by the French king; and the Pisa Pope, John XXIII, who was supported by conciliarists of the renegade Council of Pisa.
	www.catholicexchange.com /vm/index.asp?vm_id=6&art_id=27743 (1245 words)

	SBU Dept. of History & Political Science: HIS 1113 Lecture Twenty-six (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
	www.sbuniv.edu /~hgallatin/hi13le26.html (4529 words)

	PunditGuy: Pope Benedict XVI
		Pope Benedict XI served in the 14th century as political issues were building tension in the church.
		Pope Benedict XVI family was not at all friendly to the fascist german government.
		Pope Benedict when he was drafted right at the end of the war, like many young boys of his age, he deserted the army, risking death.
	www.punditguy.com /2005/04/german_pope.html (2912 words)

	papal resignation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On the other hand, Pope St. Silverius, who was consecrated pope on June 1, 536, was the first pope forcibly deposed.
		He was the nephew of Pope Benedict VIII (1012 — 1024) and Pope John XIX (1024 — 1032), and a member of one of the powerful families.
		Pope Gregory XII (1406 — 1415) was elected as the legitimate pope at a time when there were two anti-popes: The Avignon Pope, Benedict XIII, who was supported by the French king; and the Pisa Pope, John XXIII, who was supported by conciliarists of the renegade Council of Pisa.
	www.catholicherald.com /saunders/05ws/ws050303.htm (1229 words)

	St. Pachomius Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Benedict, at the emperor's request, ordered that the controversial filioque be sung as a part of the creed during the mass.
		The pope took part in a naval battle against the Arabs in 1016 and helped to restore papal power in the Campagna and Tuscany.
		A synod at Pavia in 1022 forbade clerical marriage and concubinage; it also condemned the children of such unions to serfdom.
	www.voskrese.info /spl/Xbenet8.html (92 words)

	Pope Benedict XIV - 26 July 1755 On the observance of Oriental Rites
		The same teaching is conveyed in the Decrees of Urban VIII in reference to the Greco-Ruthenian rite, issued at the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in his presence on February 7 and July 6, 1624.
		Among the errors of the Armenians which Pope Benedict XII condemned, the fifty eighth was their declaration that the Eucharist as well as Confirmation must be given to children at baptism to ensure the validity of their baptism and their eternal salvation (Raynaldus, 1341, sect.
		The Pope rejected the Cardinal's advice because he felt that each one should remain in his own rite in accordance with the provisions of the Canons and that a priest should not be permitted to change the rite in which he celebrated Mass.
	www.ewtn.com /library/ENCYC/B14ALLAT.HTM (12783 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Benedict V
		Benedict V was elected pope (May, 964) in very critical circumstances.
		It is more probable that Benedict was degraded by force than that he voluntarily declared himself an intruder.
		Placed under the care of Adaldag, Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, who treated him with great consideration, he was even then acknowledged as pope by some of the German clergy.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02428b.htm (363 words)

	History of the Mass (10histot.htm)
		With Pope Benedict VIII's death on April 6, 1024 and the subsequent death of Holy Roman Emperor Henry II that same year the baton of power was passed to Pope John XIX and Conrad II.
		Now they had their man in office and the selection of this wise and elderly Pope Gregory VI met with the approval of the electorate who felt this would be a welcome change from the immature and young Benedict who had shown his true colors.
		Many suspected Benedict IX had had Clement poisoned by paid assassins posing as gypies on the road to the abbey and when his body was exhumed on October 22, 1733 they found traces of poison in his blood but it could not be determined the cause.
	www.dailycatholic.org /10histot.htm (2065 words)

	Ignatius Press Home
		This is a glorious volume from Joseph Ratzinger,(now Pope Benedict XVI), who pays tribute to his predecessor, mentor and close friend, Pope John Paul II.
		George Weigel’s bestselling biography of Pope John Paul II, Witness to Hope, set the standard by which all portraits of the modern papacy are now measured.
		This formal portrait of Pope Benedict XVI features the same Papal image displayed in the National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Washington D.C., and is a dignified addition to any parish or home.
	www.ignatius.com (589 words)

	Wikipedia: 1014
		February 14 - Pope Benedict VIII recognizes Henry of Bavaria as King of Germany
		July 29 - Battle of Kleidion: Basil II inflicts not only a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, but his subsequent savage treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of shock.
		Henry II of Germany crowned Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Benedict VIII (ruled since 1003)
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/10/1014.html (293 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Benedict VIII, Pope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Born in Rome, Italy as Theophylact of Tusculum; died there.
		Count of Tusculum, and brother of Pope John XIX (XX), he was a layman before his election.
		As pope he subdued the Crescentii, defeated the Saracens, and crowned Henry II of Germany as Holy Roman Emperor, from whom he received a charter confirming the donations of Charlemagne and Otto.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/ncd01181.htm (79 words)

	World Magazine Blog: Comment on Pope Benedict XVI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pope Benedict (gad, that's going to take some time to get used to!) could well change the celibacy rule.
		Benedict seems to be a man of principle who tries no theological or moral turns outside of the orthodox.
		And with Pope Benedict 78 years old the decision might be made sooner rather than later.
	www.worldmagblog.com /cgi-bin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=14194 (9460 words)

	~ Why JP II [was] & Benedict XVI [is] an Antipope~
		Baltimore Catechism #3, Lesson 12, Q. The grave question(s) of whether John Paul II was a legitimate pope or not, and likewise if the current claimant Benedict XVI is a legitimate pope or not, is not a mere 'matter of opinion'.
		A pope who would be separated from the Church by heresy, therefore, would by that very fact itself cease to be head of the Church.
		However, with the temporal aid of King Henry II of Saxony, Pope Benedict VIII was restored to His rightful papal throne in 1014 A.D. King [Saint] Henry was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Benedict VIII in the same year.
	www.opusdeialert.com /footnotes.htm (5601 words)

	A BRIBE FROM THE WICKED POPE - R.S. CONNETT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is said that The most Evil pope was Benedict VIII (1294-1303).
		This painting is an absurdity, as absurd as saying you shall not have immortality except through Jesus Christ.
		If only the Pope would give credibility to the other religions of the world.
	www.vomitus.com /bribe_pope_minisite/bribe_ofthe_pope2.html (262 words)

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