Pope Benedict VIII

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John XIX
Personal details
Born
Theophylactus

c. 980
Rome, Papal States
Died(1024-04-09)9 April 1024
Rome, Papal States
Other popes named Benedict
Text from a bull of Benedict VIII

Pope Benedict VIII (

bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 18 May 1012 until his death. He was born Theophylact to the noble family of the counts of Tusculum. Unusually for a medieval pope, he had strong authority both in Rome
and abroad.

Theophylact was born to Count

Benedict VII (r. 973–974). Theophylact became pope on 18 May 1012 and took the name Benedict VIII.[2]

Pontificate

Benedict VIII was opposed by an

incontinence of the clergy.[7] The reformation sponsored by Cluny Abbey was supported by him, and he was a friend of its abbot, St. Odilo
.

In 1020, Benedict VIII travelled to Germany to confer with Henry II about the renewed

Æthelnoth of Canterbury, who had traveled to Rome to obtain the pallium.[9]

To further the interest of peace, Benedict VIII encouraged the

John XIX.[2]

Family tree

Benedict VIII was closely related to five other popes who reigned in the 10th and 11th centuries, as well as some of the most powerful rulers of Italy at the time.[10]

Theophylact I of Tusculum
Theodora
Hugh of ItalyMarozia
Alda of VienneAlberic II of Spoleto
905–954		David or DeodatusPope John XI
r. 931–935
Gregory I of Tusculum
Pope Benedict VII
r. 974–983
Pope Benedict VIII
r. 1012–1024
Alberic III of Tusculum
Pope John XIX
r. 1024–1032
PeterPope Benedict IX
r. 1032–1044

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church".
  2. ^ a b c d  Mann, Horace (1907). "Pope Benedict VIII". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  3. ^ Mosheim, Johann Lorenz; Murdock, James (1867). Institutes of Ecclesiastical History Ancient and Modern, Vol. II. A. H. Maltby, 5th Ed. p. 356.
  4. ISBN 978-0300060485
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  5. ^ Gregorovius, Ferdinand; Hamilton, Annie (2010). History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages. Cambridge University Press. p. 25.
  6. ISBN 9780631181842
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  7. ^ Walker, Williston (1921). A History of the Christian Church. Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 218.
  8. ^ Ottosen, Knud (2008). The Responsories and Versicles of the Latin Office of the Dead. Books on Demand. p. 263.
  9. ^ Ortenberg "Anglo-Saxon Church and the Papacy" English Church and the Papacy p. 49
  10. ^ Mann, Horace K. (1902). The lives of the popes in the early middle ages. London, K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, & co. p. 66.
Catholic Church titles
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