RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Benedict V

930 - 965

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Pope Benedict V (Latin: Benedictus V; died 4 July 965) was the pope and ruler of the Papal States from 22 May to 23 June 964, in opposition to Leo VIII. He was overthrown by Emperor Otto I. His brief pontificate occurred at the end of a period known as the Saeculum obscurum. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Benedict V is the 495th most popular religious figure (up from 666th in 2019), the 568th most popular biography from Italy (up from 806th in 2019) and the 228th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Benedict XVI is most famous for resigning from the papacy in 2013, the first pope to do so in nearly 600 years.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Benedict V ranks 495 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Agapetus I, Saint Spyridon, Maximus the Confessor, Saint Walpurga, Basilios Bessarion, and Antipope Benedict XIII. After him are Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pope Stephen II, Zaynab bint Ali, Dionysius the Areopagite, Alcuin, and John Climacus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 930, Pope Benedict V ranks 1. After him are Pope John XIII, Almanzor, Haakon Sigurdsson, Lanzelin of Klettgau, Roman of Bulgaria, Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi, David III of Tao, and Constantine Lekapenos. Among people deceased in 965, Pope Benedict V ranks 1. After him are Pope Leo VIII, Al-Mutanabbi, Bruno the Great, Hedwig of Saxony, Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, Ibn Hibban, Gero, Otto, Duke of Burgundy, and Joseph Bringas.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Benedict V ranks 568 out of 5,161. Before him are Giuseppe Peano (1858), Ornella Muti (1955), Alberto Ascari (1918), Petronius Maximus (396), Marcello Lippi (1948), and Carlo Gesualdo (1566). After him are Giuseppe Farina (1906), Pope Stephen II (715), Lambert of Italy (880), Scribonia (-70), Livius Andronicus (-280), and Publius Cornelius Scipio (-260).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Benedict V ranks 228. Before him are Pope Miltiades (250), Alphonsus Liguori (1696), Tarcisio Bertone (1934), Januarius (272), Pope Agapetus II (900), and Pope Agapetus I (490). After him are Pope Stephen II (715), Pope Marcellinus (250), Pope Boniface II (470), Pope Leo V (870), Pope John XIII (930), and Pope Anastasius II (450).

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