Editing Antipope Boniface VII (section)

===Under Benedict VII===
Under the influence of Sicco, Benedict, Bishop of Sutri, was elected by the Roman clergy and people, as a compromise candidate  in October 974. He took the name of [[Pope Benedict VII|Benedict VII]]. He was from the noble family of the Counts of Tusculum, and connected to the Crescentii family. Benedict VII immediately held a synod where he excommunicated Boniface. The Emperor celebrated the Easter of 981 in Rome and so overawed the factions that Benedict was able to finish his pontificate in peace.<ref name=Brusher/> Benedict died on 10 July 983.