The previously deposed Pope Benedict IX had …
Years: 1048 - 1048
The previously deposed Pope Benedict IX had seized the Lateran Palace in November 1047, a month after the death of Pope Clement II German troops drive him away in July 1048.
To fill the power vacuum, Bishop Poppo of Brixen is elected as Pope Damasus II and universally recognized as such.
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People
Groups
- Germans
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
- Italy, Kingdom of (Holy Roman Empire)
- Benevento, Lombard Duchy of
