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Pope Gregory VI (Latin: Gregorius VI; died 1048), born Giovanni Graziano (John Gratian) in Rome (Latin: Johannes Gratianus), was bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 1 May 1045 until his resignation at the Council of Sutri on 20 December 1046.
Gregory VI was the pope from 1045 to 1046. He was elected pope on May 5, 1045, after he paid Pope Benedict IX to resign in order to save the papacy from scandal arising from Benedict’s licentious behaviour. But Gregory was accused of simony at the Council of Sutri, Papal States, held by the Holy.
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Pope Gregory VI was the sixth man to use the Gregory name and the 148th pope of the Church. He also shared his name with an antipope who served several months in 1012. Known as the “Pope Who Bought the Papacy”, he ruled for just over one year.
Gregory (VI) (flourished 11th century, Italy) was an antipope from May to December 1012. From the middle 10th to the early 11th century, Rome, and particularly the papacy, was chiefly ruled by the Crescentii, a powerful Roman family.
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Gregory VI. 148th Pope of the Catholic Church.
Nov 5, 2021 · On 1 May 1045, Cardinal Gratian became Pope Gregory VI. Many were happy with the ease with which Benedict left. However, Benedict had left once before and there was another man, Sylvester III, who had been consecrated Pope some years back. He had gone back to his see until now.
GREGORY VI, POPE. Pontificate: May 1, 1045 to Dec. 20, 1046; b. John de Gratiano; d. probably Cologne, Germany, c. November 1047. He was possibly related by marriage to both the converted Jewish family of Benedict the Christian (see. pierleoni) and to Hildebrand (see gregory vii, pope).
