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Pope (973-974) |
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June 974 |
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He was born in Rome as the son of Hildebrand and was chosen with great ceremony and installed as Pope under the protection of the Emperor Otto I (936–973) on January 19, 973. During his pontificate, Benedict VI confirmed the privileges of some of the monasteries and churches. On the death of the Emperor, the people of Rome confined him in the Castel Sant'Angelo.
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After a period of less than two months, the Pope was strangled by order of Crescentius I, the son of the notorious Theodora, to prevent his release by Sicco, the imperial envoy of Otto II (973–983). |
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Most Evil Crimes |
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List of most evil crimes |
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973 CE |
Of rape and sodomy: (973 CE) That Pope Benedict VI did openly commission, participate in and observe as regular entertainment the raping, sodomization and then dismemberment of both women and children within the church walls of St. Peters. |
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