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155th Roman Pontiff
Nicholas II
NICOLAVS Secundus
Gerald de Bourgogne
155th Successor of St Peter · 1058–1061 · France · b. Château de Chevron, County of Savoy
1058
Elected
1061
Reign ended
3 years
Length
11th
Century
The Life
Subject of the County of Savoy. Was of French ethnicity. Designated the College of Cardinals as the sole body of pope electors in the bull In nomine Domini (1059).
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