Benedict Benedict VII

Rome, Province of Rome, Italy

Before his election to the papacy, he had previously served as Bishop of Sutri. He belonged to the noble family of the Counts of Tusculum. He was elected by the Roman clergy and people in October 974 under the influence of Sicco, imperial envoy of Emperor Otto World War II He governed a Rome that was uncharacteristically politically quiet. Benedict VII"s date of birth is not known with certainty, but it is known that he was related to Prince Alberic II and connected to the Crescenti family. He succeeded to the papacy as a compromise candidate to replace antipope Boniface VII (974, 984–985). Boniface VII was excommunicated and unsuccessfully did not retake the papacy. Benedict VII promoted monasticism and ecclesiastical reform along with Emperor Otto World War II In 978 Benedict issued a bull defining the boundaries of the diocese of Vic for bishop Froia, thereby rescinding the bulls issued by Pope John XIII that had made Vic an archdiocese. In March 981, Benedict presided over a synod in Street Peter"s that prohibited simony. In September 981, he convened a Lateran Synod.

Benedict Benedict VII Edit Profile

Background

Benedict was born in Rome, the son of David or Deodatus (brother of Alberic II of Spoleto).

Career

Before his election to the papacy, he had previously served as Bishop of Sutri. He belonged to the noble family of the Counts of Tusculum. He was elected by the Roman clergy and people in October 974 under the influence of Sicco, imperial envoy of Emperor Otto World War II He governed a Rome that was uncharacteristically politically quiet.

Benedict VII"s date of birth is not known with certainty, but it is known that he was related to Prince Alberic II and connected to the Crescenti family.

He succeeded to the papacy as a compromise candidate to replace antipope Boniface VII (974, 984–985). Boniface VII was excommunicated and unsuccessfully did not retake the papacy.

Benedict VII promoted monasticism and ecclesiastical reform along with Emperor Otto World War II In 978 Benedict issued a bull defining the boundaries of the diocese of Vic for bishop Froia, thereby rescinding the bulls issued by Pope John XIII that had made Vic an archdiocese. In March 981, Benedict presided over a synod in Street Peter"s that prohibited simony.

In September 981, he convened a Lateran Synod.

Main Photo