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Benedict VIII (died April 9, 1024), born Theophylactus, Pope
Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of Vatican City. The current pope is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected April 19, 2005 in Papal conclave, 2005....
 from 1012 to 1024, of the noble family of the counts of Tusculum
Counts of Tusculum

The counts of Tusculum were the most powerful secular noblemen in Latium, near Rome, during the 10th century through 12th centuries. Their house furnished some List of popes and an antipope during the 11th century....
 (son of Gregory, Count of Tusculum, and Maria, and brother of future Pope John XIX), descended from Theophylact, Count of Tusculum like his predecessor Pope Benedict VI
Pope Benedict VI

Benedict VI was Pope from January 19, 973 to June, 974)He was born in Rome as the son of Hildebrand and was chosen with great ceremony and installed as Pope under the protection of the Emperor Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor on January 19, 973....
 (973–974). Benedict VIII was opposed by an antipope
Antipope

An antipope is a person who, in opposition to a sitting Bishop of Rome, makes a widely accepted claim to be the Pope. In the past, antipopes were typically those supported by a fairly significant faction of cardinal and kingdoms....
, Gregory VI
Antipope Gregory VI

On the death of Pope Sergius IV in June, 1012, "a certain Gregory" opposed the party of the Theophylae , and got himself made pope, seemingly by a small faction....
 (1012), who compelled him to flee Rome
Rome

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. He was restored by Henry II of Germany (1002–24), whom he crowned Emperor
Emperor

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 on February 14, 1014, and for his entire pontificate remained on good terms with him.






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Benedict VIII (died April 9, 1024), born Theophylactus, Pope
Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of Vatican City. The current pope is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected April 19, 2005 in Papal conclave, 2005....
 from 1012 to 1024, of the noble family of the counts of Tusculum
Counts of Tusculum

The counts of Tusculum were the most powerful secular noblemen in Latium, near Rome, during the 10th century through 12th centuries. Their house furnished some List of popes and an antipope during the 11th century....
 (son of Gregory, Count of Tusculum, and Maria, and brother of future Pope John XIX), descended from Theophylact, Count of Tusculum like his predecessor Pope Benedict VI
Pope Benedict VI

Benedict VI was Pope from January 19, 973 to June, 974)He was born in Rome as the son of Hildebrand and was chosen with great ceremony and installed as Pope under the protection of the Emperor Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor on January 19, 973....
 (973–974). Benedict VIII was opposed by an antipope
Antipope

An antipope is a person who, in opposition to a sitting Bishop of Rome, makes a widely accepted claim to be the Pope. In the past, antipopes were typically those supported by a fairly significant faction of cardinal and kingdoms....
, Gregory VI
Antipope Gregory VI

On the death of Pope Sergius IV in June, 1012, "a certain Gregory" opposed the party of the Theophylae , and got himself made pope, seemingly by a small faction....
 (1012), who compelled him to flee Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
. He was restored by Henry II of Germany (1002–24), whom he crowned Emperor
Emperor

An emperor is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress is the female equivalent. As a title, "empress" may indicate the wife of an emperor or a woman who rules in her own right ....
 on February 14, 1014, and for his entire pontificate remained on good terms with him. In Benedict VIII's pontificate the Saracens renewed their attacks on the southern coasts of Europe
Europe

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, and effected a settlement in Sardinia
Sardinia

Sardinia is the Mediterranean islands#By area island in the Mediterranean Sea . The area of Sardinia is . The island is surrounded by the France island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Tunisia and the Balearic Islands....
. The Normans
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
 also then began to settle in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. The Pope promoted peace in Italy by allying himself with the Normans, defeating the Saracens, and subjugating the Crescentii
Crescentii

The Crescentii clan ? if in fact they were an extended family ? essentially ruled Rome and controlled the Papacy from the middle of the 10th century until the unlucky, all but simultaneous deaths of their puppet pope Sergius IV and the patricius of the clan in 1012, after which their power dissipated....
. He held a synod in Pavia with the Emperor to restrain simony and clerical incontinence. The reformation effected by the monastery of Cluny was supported by him, and he was a friend of its abbot, St. Odilo.

In 1020, Benedict VIII travelled to Germany to confer with Henry II about the renewed Byzantine
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 menace in the Mezzogiorno
Mezzogiorno

Southern Italy generally refers to the southern portion of the continental Italian peninsula historically forming the Kingdom of Naples. It encompasses the modern regions of Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Apulia and Molise, which lie in Italy's south, and Abruzzo which is located in central Italy....
. Arriving at Bamberg
Bamberg

Bamberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from getting near to Bamberg....
 at Eastertide, he consecrated the new cathedral there, obtained a charter from Henry II confirming the donations of Charlemagne
Charlemagne

Charlemagne was List of Frankish kings from 768 to his death. He expanded the Franks kingdoms into a Carolingian Empire that incorporated much of Western Europe and Central Europe....
 (768–814) and Otto the Great (936–973), and visited the monastery of Fulda
Fulda

Fulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda ....
. He convinced the Emperor to lead an expedition into the south of Italy and subordinate his vassals who had defected to Greek authority.