Saturday, March 12, 2005

Benedict (x)

Original name  Giovanni Mincio , Latin  Johannes Mincius  antipope from April 1058 to January 1059. His expulsion from the papal throne, on which he had been placed through the efforts of the powerful Tusculani family of Rome, was followed by a reform in the law governing papal elections. The new law, enacted in 1059, established an electoral body, which subsequently became the Sacred College of Cardinals, charged with

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