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Encyclopedia > Pope Damasus II
Damasus II
Birth name Poppo
Papacy began July 17, 1048
Papacy ended August 9, 1048
Predecessor Benedict IX
Successor Leo IX
Born  ???
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Died August 9, 1048
Rome, Italy
Other popes named Damasus

Damasus II (died August 9, 1048), born Poppo, Pope from July 17, 1048 to August 9, 1048, was the second of the German pontiffs nominated by Emperor Henry III (1039–56). A native of Bavaria, he was the third German to become Pope. His original name was Poppo, and he was bishop of Brixen when the Emperor raised him to the papacy. Image File history File links B_Damasus_II1. ... hellotyle=float:right; |- | |- | |} July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ... Benedict IX, né Theophylactus (Rome, c. ... Leo IX, born Bruno of Eguisheim-Dagsburg (June 21, 1002 – April 19, 1054) was Pope from February 12, 1049 to his death. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban... Damasus I ( 305 - 383) was pope from 366 to 383. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ... The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ... hellotyle=float:right; |- | |- | |} July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ... Henry III, from a miniature of 1040. ... The geographic region and Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Country Italy Region Trentino-South Tyrol Province Bozen/Bolzano (BZ) Mayor Albert Pürgstaller Elevation 560 m Area 84. ...


The Catholic Encyclopedia is quite scathing in its coverage of Damasus II's election, commenting that; The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language encyclopedia published in 1913 by The Encyclopedia Press. ...

After the death of Pope Clement II (1046–47) in July 1047, the Tusculan faction reasserted its power in Rome, and, with the secret aid of Boniface, Margrave of Tuscany, restored its wretched creature Pope Benedict IX (1032–44, 1045, 1047–48), who continued in his wonted manner to disgrace the papacy for a further period of eight months before disappearing entirely from history. Clement II, né Suidger of Morsleben (born Hornburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, 1005 – died October 9, 1047), Pope from December 25, 1046 to October 9, 1047). ... The counts of Tusculum were the most powerful secular noblemen in Latium during the tenth through twelfth centuries. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban... Boniface III (also numbered IV) (c. ... The rulers of Tuscany have varied over time, sometimes being margraves, the rulers of handfuls of border counties and sometimes the heads of the most important family of the region. ... Benedict IX, né Theophylactus (Rome, c. ...

Election

On Christmas Day in 1047, an embassy sent by the Roman people brought the tidings of Clement II's death to Henry III, at Pölthe in Saxony, and sought the Emperor, in his position as Patricius of the Romans to appoint a worthy successor. The envoys, according to their instructions, suggested as a suitable candidate, Halinard, the Archbishop of Lyon, who was a fluent speaker of Italian, and was well respected in Rome. However, in January 1048, Henry III appointed Poppo, Bishop of Brixen, in Tyrol, and at once directed the Margrave Boniface to conduct the Pope-designate to Rome. Boniface at first refused, alleging the installation of Benedict IX, but Henry III's decisive threat soon reduced him to obedience. After Benedict IX's removal, the Bishop of Brixen entered the city and was enthroned at the Lateran as Pope Damasus II on 17 July 1048. His pontificate, however, was of short duration. After the brief space of twenty-three days, he died at Palestrina, whither he had gone shortly after the installation to escape the summer heat of Rome. The Pope was buried in S. Lorenzo fuori le mura. Joseph and Mary with baby Jesus, at the first Christmas Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stat Sakska) is the easternmost federal state of Germany. ... Patricians (patricii) were originally the elite caste in ancient Rome. ... The archbishop of Lyon is the head of the Roman Catholic diocese of the French city of Lyon. ... The bishopric of Brixen (modern Brixen-Bressanone, in what is now the autonomous province of Bolzano) is a former independent state of Northern Italy which was created in 1179 and existed until 1803, when it was absorbed into the Habsburgs Holy Roman Empire. ... Coat of arms of Tyrol: *[1] The Tyrol is a historical region in Western Central Europe, which includes the Austrian state of Tyrol (consisting of North Tyrol and East Tyrol) and the Italian regions known as the South Tyrol and Trentino. ... hellotyle=float:right; |- | |- | |} July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ...


The shortness Damasus II's reign led to rumors that he had been poisoned, but it is more likely that he died of malaria. The skull and crossbones symbol traditionally used to label a poisonous substance. ... Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. ...


See also

Urban VII, the shortest-reigning pope This is the list of 10 shortest-reigning popes. ...

Reference

  • "Pope Damasus II" in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia.
Preceded by
Benedict IX
Pope
1048
Succeeded by
Leo IX

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Pope Damasus is said in the Pontifical to have been a Spaniard; which may be true of his extraction, but Tillemont and Merenda show that he seems to have been born at Rome.
Rufin clears Damasus of any way concurring to, or approving of such barbarous proceedings, and the schismatics fell into the snare they had laid for him,[7] by which it seems they demanded an inquiry to be made by the rack, which turned to their own confusion and chastisement.
This edict Pope Damasus caused to be read in all the churches of Rome, and he was very severe in putting the same into execution, so as to give great offence to some unworthy persons who, on that account, went over to the schismatics; but some time after returned to their duty.
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