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BENEDICT III

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 718 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BENEDICT III  . was
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pope from 855 to 858 . He was chosen by the
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clergy and
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people of
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Rome, but the
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election was not confirmed by the
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emperor,
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Louis II., who appointed an
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anti-pope,
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Anastasius (the librarian) . But the candidature of this
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person, who had been deposed from the presbyterate under
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Leo IV., was in-defensible . The imperial
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government at length recognized
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Benedict and discontinued its opposition, with the result that he was at last successful . The mythical pope
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Joan is usually placed between Benedict and his predecessor, Leo IV .

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