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145th Roman Pontiff
Benedict IX
BENEDICTVS Nonus
Teofilatto di Tuscolo
145th Successor of St Peter · 1032–1044 · Rome · b. Rome, Papal States
1032
Elected
1044
Reign ended
12 years
Length
11th
Century
The Life
Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. First term; youngest person to have been pope.
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