Gregory VI,
pope from 1044 to 1046, who as Johannes Gratianus had earned a high reputation for learning and probity, succeeded
Benedict IX, having boght off the
antipopes [Sylvester III]
? and [John XX]
?. In a council held by the emperor Henry III at Sutri in 1046, he was accussed of
simony, and his election was found to have been informal. This led to his degraadation, and was followed by his withdrawal into Germany, where he died in the following year (1047). He was succeeded by
Clement II
from the 9th edition (1880) of an unnamed encyclopedia
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