Pope Gregory V

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Sylvester II
Personal details
Born
Bruno of Carinthia

c. 972
Stainach, Duchy of Carinthia, Holy Roman Empire
Died(999-02-18)18 February 999 (aged c. 27)
Rome, Papal States
Other popes named Gregory

Pope Gregory V (

Emperor Otto III
.

Family

Bruno was a son of

Holy Roman Emperor Otto I
.

Papal election

Bruno was the chaplain of his cousin, Emperor

Crescentius II and the nobles of Rome had chosen against the will of Otto III.[3]

Policies

Politically, Gregory acted consistently as the Emperor's representative in Rome and granted many exceptional privileges to monasteries within the

Gerbert of Aurillac, was condemned as an intruder. King Robert II of France, who had been insisting on his right to appoint bishops, was ultimately obliged to retract his claim, and also to put aside his wife, Bertha of Burgundy, by the rigorous enforcement of a sentence of excommunication on the kingdom.[8]

Until the conclusion of the council of

monastery of Fulda in Germany, where he lived until c. 1001.[10]
The Castel Sant'Angelo was besieged, and when it was taken in 998, Crescentius was hanged upon its walls.

Death

Tomb of Pope Gregory V

Gregory V died suddenly, not without suspicion of foul play, on 18 February 999. He is buried in St. Peter's Basilica near Pope Pelagius I. His successor was Gerbert, who took the name Sylvester II.

References

  1. ^ Brooke 2014, p. 438.
  2. ^ Kalik & Uchitel 2019, p. 35.
  3. ^ a b Baumgartner 2003, p. 17.
  4. ^ Kitchin 1922, p. 52.
  5. ^ McBrien 2000, p. 138.
  6. ^ Collins 2001, p. 191.
  7. ^ Glenn 2004, p. 109.
  8. ^ Duckett 1988, p. 130.
  9. ^ Levillain 2002, p. 646.
  10. ^ "Agasso, Domenico. "San Nilo da Rossano", Santi e Beati, February 1, 2001".

Sources

  • Baumgartner, Frederic J. (2003). Behind Locked Doors: A History of the Papal Elections. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Brooke, Christopher (2014). Europe in the Central Middle Ages: 962-1154. Routledge.
  • Duckett, Eleanor Shipley (1988). Death and Life in the Tenth Century. University of Michigan Press.
  • Glenn, Jason (2004). Politics and History in the Tenth Century: The Work and World of Richer of Reims. Cambridge University Press.
  • Levillain, Philippe, ed. (2002). The Papacy: An Encyclopedia. Routledge.
  • McBrien, Richard P. (2000). Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to Benedict XVI. HarperCollins Publishers.
  • Kalik, Judith; Uchitel, Alexander (2019). Slavic Gods and Heroes. Routledge.
  • Collins, Roger (2001). Keepers Of The Keys Of Heaven: A History Of The Papacy. Basic Books.
  • Kitchin, William P.H. (1922). "A Pope-Philosopher of the Tenth Century: Sylvester II (Gerbert of Aurillac)". The Catholic Historical Review. 8 (1, April). Catholic University of America Press: 42–54.
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Pope Gregory V
Born: 972 Died: 999
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
John XV
 Pope
996–999 		Succeeded by
Sylvester II
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