September 1045 A.D. Benedict IX Dies—Rome’s 145th, 147th, and 150th; Deposed Twice & Restored a 3rd Time; Nephew of 2 Earlier Popes; Installed Age 12; Faces off with (Another, 46 of Them) Antipope
September 1045 A.D. Benedict IX Dies—Rome’s 145 th , 147 th , and 150 th ; Deposed Twice & Restored a 3 rd Time; Nephew of 2 Earlier Popes; Installed Age 12; Faces off with (Another, 46 of Them) Antipope; Excommunicated Archbishop of Milan; Leads Dissolute Life; Some Bad Associates; Allegedly Repents & Dies in Penitence Mann, Horace. "Pope Benedict IX. " The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02429a.htm . Accessed 30 Aug 2014. Benedict IX The nephew of his two immediate predecessors, Benedict IX was a man of very different character to either of them. He was a disgrace to the Chair of Peter. Regarding it as a sort of heirloom, his father Alberic placed him upon it when a mere youth, not, however, apparently of only twelve years of age (according to ...