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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Benedict Viii, Pope
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Reigned from May 18, 1012 to April 9, 1024. 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. He held a synod at Pavia in order to restrain simony.
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Entry for 'Benedict Viii, Pope'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/b/benedict-viii-pope.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Benedict Viii, Pope'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/b/benedict-viii-pope.html. 1910.
