Editing Pope Victor III (section)

== Synod and death ==
In August 1087, a [[synod]] was held at [[Benevento]] which renewed the [[excommunication]] of the Antipope Clement III, the condemnation of [[Investiture Controversy|lay investiture]], proclaimed a crusade against the [[Saracens]] in northern Africa, and anathematised Hugh of Lyons and Richard, Abbot of Marseilles.{{sfn|Robinson|1999|p=264}} After three days, Victor became seriously ill and retired to [[Monte Cassino]] to die. He had himself carried into the chapter-house, issued various decrees for the benefit of the abbey, appointed with the consent of the monks the prior, [[Cardinal Oderisius]], to succeed him in the abbacy, just as he himself had been appointed by Stephen IX, and proposed Odo of Ostia to the assembled cardinals and bishops as the next pope. He died on 16 September 1087 and was buried in [[List of extant papal tombs|the tomb he had prepared for himself]] in the abbey's [[chapter-house]]. Odo was duly elected his successor as [[Pope Urban II]].