Pope Benedict IX (3rd reign)
1012 CE–1056 CE · Tusculum
After Clement II's death in 1047, Benedict IX—born Theophylactus of Tusculum—seized Rome a third time, backed again by his family, and held it for several months. Emperor Henry III refused to recognize him and dispatched forces that drove him out in 1048, clearing the way for the German pope Damasus II. Excommunicated, Benedict withdrew to the Tusculan lands and reportedly spent his final years in penitence at the abbey of Grottaferrata, where tradition says he died around 1055–1056. His thrice-held, simony-stained career became the emblematic abuse against which the Gregorian reform defined itself.
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Christian world
- Symeon the New Theologian· 949 CE–1022 CE
- Pope St. Leo IX· 1002 CE–1054 CE
- Peter Damian· 1007 CE–1072 CE
- Pope St. Gregory VII· 1015 CE–1085 CE
- Pope Victor II· 1018 CE–1057 CE
- Pope Bl. Victor III· 1026 CE–1087 CE
- Anselm of Canterbury· 1033 CE–1109 CE
- Pope Bl. Urban II· 1035 CE–1099 CE
- Pope Alexander II· –1073 CE
- Pope Sylvester III· –1063 CE
- Pope Nicholas II· –1061 CE
- Pope Stephen IX· –1058 CE
- Pope Gregory VI· –1048 CE
- Pope Paschal II· –1118 CE
- Pope Gelasius II· –1119 CE
- Pope Callixtus II· –1124 CE
- Pope Sergius IV· –1012 CE
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Rulers world
- Emperor Renzong of Song· 1010 CE–1063 CE
- al-Qa'im· 1001 CE–1075 CE
- Constantine IX Monomachos· 1000 CE–1055 CE
- Tughril I· 990 CE–1063 CE
- Anawrahta· 1014 CE–1077 CE
- al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah· 1005 CE–1036 CE
- Alp Arslan· 1029 CE–1072 CE
- Yaroslav the Wise· 978 CE–1054 CE
- William the Conqueror· 1028 CE–1087 CE
- Rajendra Chola I· 971 CE–1044 CE
- al-Mustansir Billah· 1029 CE–1094 CE
- Lady Six Monkey 'War Quechquemitl'· –1101 CE
- Ly Thai To· 974 CE–1028 CE
- Mahmud of Ghazni· 971 CE–1030 CE
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