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Benedict VI, Pope of Rome
X Century
Roman by birth, Benedict was elected pope in 972 and was crowned with the
approval of Otto I the following year. Benedict forbade the sale of
clerical offices. In early 974, the consul Crescentius I led a rebellion
in Rome and imprisoned the pope in the Castel Sant'Angelo, where he was
strangled in July of that year.
Karen Rae Keck
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