... Benedict IX as ... that wretch , from the beginning of his pontificate to the end of his life , feasted on immorality . In 1046 , after ' that wretch ' was driven out for an amazing second time from Rome ' for plunder , murder and ...

... Benedict IX was eleven years old in October 1032 when he became Pope in the footsteps of his father Pope John XIX ... wretch, from the beginning of his Pontificate to the end of his life, feasted on immorality.'” ~ Peter de Rosa, Vicars ...

This book contains the earliest biographies of both popes, presented here for the first time in English translation with detailed commentaries.

Reproduction of the original: The Power of the Popes by Pierre Claude François Daunou

Henry Dwight Sedgwick's volume A Short History of Italy is an invaluable book on Italian history, taking a reader from the fall of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the twentieth century.

At the dawn of the third millennium, this is the story of papal abuse of power in the first two thousand years.

... Feast on May 7 . Benedict III . , 855-858 . Between St. Leo IV and Benedict ... wretched province of Africa , " he consecrated the priest James , who had been sent ... Benedict IX . ( COUNT OF TUSCULUM ) , 1032-1045 . " Serpens Ecclesice ...

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