Person:Poppo Unknown (1)
Pope Damasus II _____
 
d.9 Aug 1048 Palestrina
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  1. Kuno I von RottAbt 1015 - Bef 1086
  2. Pope Damasus II _____ - 1048
  3. Pilgrim (III) _____ - Abt 1055
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Name[1] Pope Damasus II _____
Alt Name[1] Poppo _____
Gender Male
Death[1] 9 Aug 1048 Palestrina
Reference Number? Q60063?


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Pope Damasus II (; died 9 August 1048, born Poppo de' Curagnoni) was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 July 1048 to his death on 9 August that same year. He was the second of the German pontiffs nominated by Emperor Henry III. A native of Bavaria, he was the third German to become pope and had one of the shortest papal reigns.

Upon the death of Clement II, envoys from Rome were sent to the emperor to ascertain who should be named pope. Henry named the bishop of Brixen, Poppo de' Curagnoni. While the envoys were away, the former pope Benedict IX reasserted himself and with the assistance of the disaffected Margrave Boniface III of Tuscany once again assumed the papacy. Henry ordered Boniface to escort Poppo to Rome, but Boniface declined, pointing out that the Romans had already enthroned Benedict. Enraged, the emperor ordered the margrave to depose Benedict or suffer the consequences. Poppo became pope in mid-July but died less than a month later, in Palestrina.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 POPPO, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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