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134th Roman Pontiff
Benedict VI
BENEDICTVS Sextus
Benedetto
133rd Successor of St Peter · 973–974 · Rome · b. Rome, Papal States
973
Elected
974
Reign ended
1 year
Length
10th
Century
The Life
Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Was of Lombard ethnicity. Deposed and murdered.
Portrait: Artaud de Montor (1772–1849) / Wikimedia Commons