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April 928 A.D.   John X Murdered/Smothered in Bed—Rome’s 122 nd ;   Conflicts in Rome, Italy, Germany and with Slavs Kirsch, Johann Peter.   "Pope John X."   The Catholic Encyclopedia.   Vol. 8 .   New York: Robert Appleton Company,   1910.   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08425b.htm .   Accessed 22 Aug 2014. Pope John X Born at   Tossignano, Romagna;   enthroned , 914; died at   Rome , 928. First a   deacon , he became   Archbishop   of Ravenna   about 905, as   successor   of Kailo. In a document   dated   5 February, 914, he still appears as archbishop . Shortly afterwards, owing to the influence of the nobles dominant in   Rome , he was made   pope   in succession   to   Lando . The real head of this   aristocratical   faction was the elder   Theodora, wife of the Senator Theophylactus.   Liutprand of Cremona   ("...

21 March 547 A.D. Benedict of Nursia Dies at Mt. Cassino, Italy Graves, Dan. “Monastic Innovator, Benedict of Nursia.” Christianity.com. Jun 2007. http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/301-600/monastic-innovator-benedict-of-nursia-11629712.html .   Accessed 20 Mar 2015. For God's sake he deliberately chose the hardships of life and the weariness of labor." So wrote Pope Gregory I about Benedict of Nursia. Benedict, it seems, was born into a well-to-do family in sixth century Italy. At a young age, appalled at the degeneracy of Rome, he renounced wealth, the love of women, the bustle of the city and the promise of power in order to seek God. He took with him only the servant who had nursed him as a child. Later, he left even her behind when he sought to escape the notoriety of a miracle he had worked. Benedict settled in a cave below a monastery in the mountains. For three years, he remained in this place, praying, meditating and maturing in th...