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AD 1059

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Nicholas chosen pope; Benedict expelled

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Ingram/Giles translation) records under 1059 that Nicholas, who had been Bishop of Florence, was chosen pope, and Benedict, who was pope before, was expelled.

Limits: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a monastic chronicle, used here through the 19th-century English translation of Ingram/Giles (Old English not checked); this records what the Chronicle says, not independent confirmation. These are events in Rome reported by an English chronicle; the passage gives no dates within the year.

  • Quoted from a published English translation, not from the original-language text.

Source: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (English translation by J. Ingram, with J. A. Giles)Read the source