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(Previously called POPPO)
A native ofBavaria and the third German to be elevated to the See of Peter. On the death ofClement II, July, 1047, the Tusculan faction reasserted its power inRome, and, with the secret aid of Boniface, Margrave ofTuscany, restored its wretched creatureBenedict IX, who continued in his wonted manner to disgrace thepapacy for a further period of eight months before disappearing entirely from history. OnChristmas Day, 1047, an embassy sent by the Roman people brought the tidings of Clement's death toHenry III, at Pölthe inSaxony, and besought the emperor asPatricius of the Romans to appoint a worthy successor. The envoys, according to their instructions, suggested as a suitable candidate, Halinard,Archbishop ofLyons, who had a perfect command of the Italian tongue and was popular inRome. Henry, however, in January, 1048, appointed Poppo,Bishop ofBrixen, in Tyrol, and at once directed the Margrave Boniface to conduct thepope-designate toRome. Boniface at first refused, alleging theinstallation of Benedict, but Henry's decisive threat soon reduced him to obedience. After Benedict's removal, theBishop ofBrixen at length entered the city and wasenthroned at the Lateran as Damasus II, 17 July, 1048. His pontificate, however, was of short duration. After the brief space of twenty-three days, he died — a victim of malaria — atPalestrina, whither he had gone shortly after the installation to escape the summer heat ofRome. Thepope wasburied in S. Lorenzo fuori le mura.
Liber Pontif., ed DUCHESNE, II, 274; JAFFÉ,Regesta RR. PP., 2nd ed., I, 528 sq.; Höfler,Die deutschen Päpste (Regensburg, 1839), I, 269 sqq.
APA citation.Oestereich, T.(1908).Pope Damasus II. InThe Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company.http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04614a.htm
MLA citation.Oestereich, Thomas."Pope Damasus II."The Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 4.New York: Robert Appleton Company,1908.<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04614a.htm>.
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