Sources
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Pope Clement II
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Clement II | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Birth name | Suidger of Morsleben |
| Papacy began | December 25, 1046 |
| Papacy ended | October 9, 1047 |
| Predecessor | Gregory VI |
| Successor | Benedict IX |
| Born | 1005 Hornburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| Died | October 9, 1047 Rome, Italy |
| Other popes named Clement | |
Clement II, né Suidger of Morsleben (1005 – October 9, 1047) was Pope from December 25, 1046 to October 9, 1047.
Born in Hornburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, he was the son of Count Konrad of Morsleben and Hornburg and his wife Amulrad. Before he was elected Pope, Suidger had been bishop of Bamberg from 1040 to 1046.
King (later Emperor) Henry III (1039–56) nominated Suidger for the Papacy upon the abdication of Pope Gregory VI (1045–46) which took place on December 1046 following the Council of Sutri. Immediately after his election, Clement II crowned Henry III as Holy Roman Emperor. All this was met with criticism from church reformers, although Clement II's short pontificate, starting with the Roman synod of 1047, initiated an improvement on the state of things in the Roman Catholic Church, particularly through enacting decrees against simony.
Clement II died in October 1047, and was interred at Bamberg, which he had loved dearly. A recent toxicologic examination of his remains confirmed centuries old rumors that the Pope had been poisoned with lead sugar. It is, however, not clear whether he was assassinated or not, as lead sugar in those times was often used as a cure for venereal diseases. Clement II's tomb in the western choir of the Bamberg Cathedral is the only tomb of a Pope north of the Alps.
"Pope Clement II" in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia.
| Catholic Church titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Gregory VI |
Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Peter (deprecated A.D. 495), Vicar of Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles Supreme Pontiff (Pontifex Maximus) Patriarch of the West (deprecated 2006), Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province Servant of the Servants of God Pope 1046–47 |
Succeeded by Benedict IX |