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Antipope in 1012
This article is about the antipope. For the Gregory VI today reckoned a true pope, see
Pope Gregory VI
.
On the death of
Pope Sergius IV
in June 1012, "a certain Gregory" opposed the party of the
Theophylae
(which elected
Pope Benedict VIII
against him), and had himself made
pope
, seemingly by a small faction.
[1]
Gregory VI was the first to claim to be pope as successor to Sergius IV, and that Benedict VIII's claim was subsequent.
Promptly expelled from Rome, Gregory made his way to
Germany
, and craved the support of the
Emperor Henry II
(25 December 1012). That monarch, however, after promising him that his case should be carefully examined in accordance with
canon law
and Roman custom, took away from him the papal insignia which he was wearing, and bade him cease to act as pope in the meanwhile. After this, history knows the "certain Gregory" no more.
[1]
Of Benedict VIII, the
Catholic Encyclopedia
says:
he was, though a layman, imposed on the chair of Peter by force, on May 18, 1012. Nevertheless, dislodging a rival, he became a good and strong ruler ...
[2]
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