Editing Pope Victor II (section)

== Death ==
[[File:Eichstätt - Dom 028.JPG|thumb|Inscription honouring Victor II in [[Eichstätt Cathedral]]]]
Victor died at [[Arezzo]], on 28 July 1057. He had ruled for two years, three months, and 27 (or 28, or 13) days.<ref name="Duchesne1892">{{cite book|author=Louis Duchesne|title=Le liber pontificalis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MfXRQpBhQc0C&pg=PA277|volume=II|year=1892|publisher=E. Thorin|location=Paris|language=Latin|page=277}} The count of 13 days is approximately correct, if the beginning point is the date of Pope Victor's enthronement. The other numbers would imply his official choice by the Emperor Henry III on 31 March or 1 April 1055.</ref> His death marked an end to the close relationship shared between the [[Salian dynasty]] and the papacy. Victor's retinue wished to bring his remains to [[Eichstätt Cathedral|the cathedral at Eichstätt]] for burial. Before they reached the city, however, the remains were seized by some citizens of [[Ravenna]] and buried there in the [[Mausoleum of Theodoric|Church of Santa Maria Rotonda]], the burial place of [[Theodoric the Great]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard P. McBrien|title=The Pocket Guide to the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LD59jfaKEIsC|year=2006|publisher=Harper|location=New York|isbn=978-0-06-113773-0|page=166}}</ref>

He was the last pope of German origin<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Walsh |editor1-first=Sister Mary Ann |title=From Pope John Paul II to Benedict XVI An Inside Look at the End of an Era, the Beginning of a New One, and the Future of the Church |year=2005 |publisher=Rowman and Littlefield Publishers |isbn=9781580512022 |chapter="Habemus Papam"}}</ref> until Pope [[Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI]] was elected [[2005 papal conclave|948 years later]].