Benedetto di Roma

Born [date unknown] in Rome, Holy Roman Empire

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Biography

Pope Benedict V di Roma is Notable.

Benedict was the son of a Roman called John and born in the vicinity of the Theatre of Marcellus in Rome.^[1]

His nickname of Grammaticus resulted from his great love of learning.^[2]

Benedict was consecrated bishop and crowned pope on 22 May 964.^[3][1]

Platina^[4] states:

Benedict the Fifth, a Roman, in the sedition was of a deacon made Pope...

He died on 4 July 965 and was buried in Hamburg Cathedral then transferred to Rome prior to 988.^[1]

Research Notes

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Wikipedia Pope Benedict V
2. ↑ Mann, Horace K., The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages, Vol. IV: The Popes in the Days of Feudal Anarchy, 891-999 (1910) pg 274
3. ↑ Vatican
4. ↑ Platina, Bartolomeo (1479) The Lives of the Popes From the Time of Our Saviour Jesus Christ to the Accession of Gregory VII, I, London: Griffith Farran & Co., p254, retrieved 2021-04-04.