Gregory VI
Gregory VI
On the death of Sergius IV in June, 1012, “a certain Gregory”, opposed the election of Benedict VIII, and got himself made pope, seemingly by a small faction. Promptly expelled from Rome, he made his way to Germany, and craved the support of King Henry II (25 Dec., 1012). That monarch, however, after promising him that his case should be carefully examined in accordance with canon law and Roman custom, took away from him the papal insignia which he was wearing, and bade him cease to act as pope in the meanwhile. After this, history knows the “certain Gregory” no more.
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Chronicle of Thietmar, IV, lxi, in P.L., CXXXIX.
HORACE K. MANN Transcribed by Janet van Heyst
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VICopyright © 1909 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, September 1, 1909. Remy Lafort, CensorImprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York
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Gregory VI
OF ARMENIA (surnamed Aibirad), nephew of Gregory III, was elected after the deposition of Gregory V. The inhabitants of Great Armenia, and particularly the monks, refused to recognise him, because the place of his residence,. the strong castle of Hrhomgla, in Cilicia, or Little Armenia, was too far away from them. They chose as their patriarch Basil of Ani. When the persecution of the Armenians by the Greeks had broken out, Gregory VI vainly tried to bring back the emperor Alexis to principles of tolerance. Under his patriarchate the ‘Armenian Church had a good understanding with that of Rome. He died in 1202. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.