Stephen IX

Also known as Frederick of Lorraine, Pope Stephen IX, Stephanus X, Pope Stephen X, Esteban IX o X

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Stephen IX, born Frederick, was a male Catholic priest and Pope who also held the position of cardinal-deacon. He was a member of the Benedictines and was educated at the Abbey of Monte Cassino. His father was Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine, and his siblings included Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine, and Gothelo II of Lower Lorraine. He was born in the Duchy of Lorraine around 1000 or 1020.

Stephen IX worked in Rome and the Papal States. He was consecrated by Humbert of Silva Candida. He died in Florence on March 29, 1058, or January 1, 1058. He is buried at Santa Reparata in Florence. He is recognized as a saint with a feast day on March 29.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Frederick
Gender: male
Place of birth: Duchy of Lorraine
Place of death: Florence
Father: Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine
Occupation: Catholic priest
Position held: cardinal-deacon
Educated at: Abbey of Monte Cassino
Religion: Catholic Church
Image: Paus Stefanus IX Stephanus nonus (titel op object) Liber Chronicarum (serietitel), RP-P-2016-49-67-5.svg
Work location: Papal States
Religious order: Benedictines

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place of burial: Santa Reparata, Florence
Commons category: Stephanus IX
date of death: 1058-01-01
date of birth: 1020-00-00
described by source: Wikitólica
canonization status: saint
consecrator: Humbert of Silva Candida
feast day: March 29
different from: Stephen VIII
described at URL: www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/e/esteban_ix.htm
name in native language: Stephanus IX

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Pope Stephen IX (Latin: Stephanus, christened Frederick; c. 1020 – 29 March 1058) 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, and started his ecclesiastical career as a canon in Liège. He was invited to Rome by Pope Leo IX, who made him chancellor in 1051 and one of three legates to Constantinople in 1054. The failure of their negotiations with Patriarch Michael I Cerularius of Constantinople and Archbishop Leo of Ohrid led to the permanent East–West Schism. He continued as chancellor to the next pope, Victor II, and was elected abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Montecassino.

Stephen was elected to succeed Victor on 2 August 1057. As pope, Stephen retained the Montecassino abbacy, enforced the Gregorian Reform, and continued Leo IX's efforts to expel Normans from southern Italy. He died in Florence, apparently 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".

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