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==== Religion ====
* February &ndash; Pope [[Pope John XII|John XII]] returns with his supporters to Rome. He convenes a synod that deposes Antipope [[Pope Leo VIII|Leo VIII]] who finds refuge at the court of Otto I. John dispatches a delegation under [[Bishop of Speyer|Otgar]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer|Speyer]], to negotiate an agreement. 
* [[May 14]] &ndash; [[Pope John XII]] dies (rumoured to be by apoplexy, or at the hands of a cuckolded husband, during an illicit sexual liaison) after a 9-year reign. The Romans elect [[Pope Benedict V|Benedict V]], who is acclaimed by the city militia. He begins his [[pontificate]] as the 131st [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. 
* [[June 23]] &ndash; Benedict V is deposed and ecclesiastically degraded after Otto I besieges Rome. He starves the Romans into submission and restores Leo VIII to the papal [[throne]].