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392 - History's Worst Popes
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Clement II: The Anti-Pope
Benedict IX seized the Lateran Palace and held on for 252 days before being driven away by German troops in July 1048. He was back in charge for what was officially his third time, but if you count the bit where he reclaimed it from Gregory, it's kind of his fourth time as the pope. But guess who was there to claim the papacy once again? Wow. Oh my God. It's like a cursed chair. Don't smell the chair. The poison is on the chair.
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