Editing Antipope Benedict X (section)

===Deposition===
Nicholas then proceeded towards Rome, along the way holding a [[synod]] at [[Sutri]], where he pronounced Benedict deposed and excommunicated. The supporters of Nicholas then gained control of Rome, and forced Benedict to flee to the castle of Count Gerard of [[Galeria, Italy|Galeria]]. Having arrived in Rome, Nicholas was crowned as pope on 24 January 1059. He then proceeded to wage war against Benedict and his supporters, with the assistance of [[Normans|Norman]] forces based in southern Italy, after he agreed to recognize Count [[Richard of Aversa]] as ruler of [[Capua]]. An initial battle was fought in [[Campagna]] in early 1059, which was not wholly successful for Nicholas; but later that same year, his forces conquered [[Praeneste]], Tusculum and [[Mentana|Nomento]], and then attacked Galéria, forcing Benedict to surrender and to renounce the papacy in the Fall of that year.<ref name=CE />

After he returned to Rome, Archdeacon Hildebrand interrogated the cardinals about their behavior in regard to the oath they had taken, not to elect a pope until he had returned from his embassy to the German court. Some did not defend themselves, saying that it was not done well, and that those who enthroned Benedict did not do so with their consent. Others defended themselves, saying, "Since he was good, wise, humble, chaste, kindly, and whatever else is found in a good person was found in him, what we did we believe that we did well." The disagreement between them and Hildebrand continued.<ref>Watterich, p. 203.</ref> One of those cardinals, Peter Damiani, testified independently to Benedict's character, stating that he was ''bene litteratus'', with a lively personality, chaste and with no suspicion, and generous in giving charity.<ref>Peter Damiani, "Epistle to Aechbishop Henricus of Ravenna", 3 (Watterich, p. 205).</ref>

Benedict was allowed to go free, departing from the Lateran Palace a few days before the consecration of Nicholas II (24 January 1059). He retired to one the castle of Passerani (a suburb of Rieti), which was held by Regetellus, the son of the Prefect Crescentius, and from there to Galeria (not far from Bracciano), which was held by Count Gerard, the son of Rainerius. In March 1060 he returned to Rome and took up residence in his own house near S. Maria Maggiore, where he remained for thirty days. Then the Archdeacon Hildebrand arrested him by force, and brought him along with himself to the Lateran, where the council was in session.<ref>"Annales Romani", in: ''Monumenta Germaniae Historia Scriptorum Tomus V'', p. 471.</ref> Pope Nicholas deemed his submission inadequate and had him publicly tried in April 1060, with Hildebrand serving as his prosecutor. Hildebrand put a document into Benedict's hands, and demanded that he read it aloud and sign it. Benedict refused, unwilling to accuse himself and saying it had nothing to do with himself. With tears and lamentations, he was forced to read it. Despite Benedict's pleading that he had been forced to assume the papal crown, he was convicted, deposed, and stripped of all his titles and his ordination as priest and bishop.<ref name="Watterich p. 218">Watterich, p. 218, from the "Annales Romani".</ref> He was further sentenced to confinement in the guest house ('hospitium') attached to the [[Basilica]] of {{lang|it|[[Sant'Agnese fuori le mura]]|italic=no}}.

Suppus, the Archpriest of S. Anastasia, who was the spiritual advisor of Pope Nicholas II, requested that he show Benedict indulgence, and thereupon Benedict was restored to the post of Lector.<ref name="Watterich p. 218"/>

He died, still in confinement, sometime during the reign of Gregory VII, between 1073 and 1080. The Archpriest Seppus went to Pope Gregory to inform him of the death and the ceremonies with which they had buried him. Gregory burst out, saying they should have buried him with pontifical honors, and on the pope's orders, he was interred with those honors in the Basilica of Saint Agnes.<ref>watterich, pp. 218-219.</ref>