pope
b. c. 1000 · d. 9 Aug 1048
151st Bishop of Rome (Pope) · 23 Jul 1048–9 Aug 1048
Pope Damasus II was the Bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 17 July 1048 to his death on 9 August that same year. He was the second of the German pontiffs nominated by Emperor Henry III. A native of Bavaria, he was the third German to become pope and had one of the shortest papal reigns.
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