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Benedict VII

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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VII. was pope from 974 to 983. He was elected through the intervention of a representative of the emperor, Count Sicco, who drove out the intruded Franco (afterwards Pope Boniface VII.). Benedict governed Rome quietly for nearly nine years, a somewhat rare thing in those days.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Benedict VII'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/benedict-vii.html. 1910.
 
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