Benedict VII

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noun

1. died a.d. 983, pope 974–83.

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It was repaired by Gregory II. early in the eighth century; the monastery was added by Benedict VII. about 975, and the whole was rebuilt by Lucius II. in 1144.

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Benedict VII. a Roman, nephew of the patrician Alberic, installed in 975, died 10th of July 983 139.

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Boniface VII. the usurper of the Holy See, after having plundered the churches, fled with his booty to Constantinople: they hesitated not to fill his place, and the imperial influence determined the election in favor of Benedict VII. who belonged to the family of Alberic, now counts of Tusculum; a powerful family, by whom the Emperor Otho II. and his agents, strengthened the German party.

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In 983, when Benedict VII. died, the Romans and their consul elected John XVI.

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The basilica of S. Croce in Gerusalemme contains but one tomb, that of Benedict VII., whose career is described in a metric inscription of seventeen verses, inserted in the wall of the nave on the right of the entrance.

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