Pope Stephen IX
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Pope Stephen IX was the Bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 3 August 1057 to his death on 29 March 1058. He was a member of the Ardenne-Verdun family, who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine, an
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Emperor Henry III and Empress Agnes kneeling before the Virgin Mary, Speyer Evangeliary
Pope Victor in the Pontifical of Gundekar
Stephen IX on a 19th-century religious card
Papal name
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A papal name or pontifical name is the regnal name taken by a pope. Both the head of the Catholic Church, usually known as the pope, and the pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria choose pap
Pope Stephen IX
…poisoned by Romans, while endeavouring to crown his brother Godfrey the Bearded as Holy Roman emperor. He remains the most recent pope to take the pontifical name "Stephen". Christened Frederick, he was a younger brother of Godfrey the Bearded, Duke of Lorraine, and part of the Ardennes-Verdun dynasty that played…
A list of popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican as of 2024