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Benedict VII

noun

  1. died a.d. 983, pope 974–83.


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It was repaired by Gregory II. early in the eighth century; the monastery was added by Benedict VII. about 975, and the whole was rebuilt by Lucius II. in 1144.

Boniface VII. the usurper of the Holy See, after having plundered the churches, fled with his booty to Constantinople: they hesitated not to fill his place, and the imperial influence determined the election in favor of Benedict VII. who belonged to the family of Alberic, now counts of Tusculum; a powerful family, by whom the Emperor Otho II. and his agents, strengthened the German party.

In 983, when Benedict VII. died, the Romans and their consul elected John XVI.

Benedict VII. a Roman, nephew of the patrician Alberic, installed in 975, died 10th of July 983 139.

Boniface VII. imprisoned Benedict VII., and starved him to death.

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