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BENEDICT VIII

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 718 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BEC-BER
BENEDICT VIII .,
pope
  from 1012 to 1024, was called originally Theophylactus. He was a member of the family of the count of
Tusculum
 , and was opposed by an
anti
 -
pope
 , Gregory, but defeated him with the aid of King
Henry
  II. of Saxony, whom he crowned emperor in 1014. In his pontificate the Saracens began to attack the southern coasts of Europe, and effected a
settlement
  - in Sardinia.- The Normans also then began to settle in Italy. In Italy Benedict supported the policy of the emperor,
Henry
  II., and at the council of Pavia (1022) exerted himself in favour of ecclesiastical discipline, then in a state of
great
  decadence.


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