Abdication of Benedict IX
History of Italy
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| | 1045 | Benedict IX | |
| Pope Benedict IX abdicates and, for a large sum of money, turns the papacy over to his godfather, archpriest John Gratian, who becomes Pope Gregory VI |
| 1045 | Gregory VI | |
| Pope Benedict IX abdicates and, for a large sum of money, turns the papacy over to his godfather, archpriest John Gratian, who becomes Pope Gregory VI |
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