Benedict IX
History of Italy
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| | 1032 | Pope | |
| Vatican Appointed Pope
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| 1044 | Restoration | |
| Rome The Romans drive Pope Benedict IX out of Rome for a 2nd time. John, bishop of Sabina, is appointed Pope Sylvester III, but Benedict's family base from Tusculum fight their way back into Rome and restore Benedict
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| 1044 | Siege of Rome | |
| Rome The Romans drive Pope Benedict IX out of Rome for a 2nd time. John, bishop of Sabina, is appointed Pope Sylvester III, but Benedict's family base from Tusculum fight their way back into Rome and restore Benedict
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| 1045 | Abdication | |
| Pope Benedict IX abdicates and, for a large sum of money, turns the papacy over to his godfather, archpriest John Gratian, who becomes Pope Gregory VI
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