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Pope Benedict III ((ラテン語:Benedictus III); died 17 April 858) was Pope from 29 September 855 to his death in 858. Little is known of Benedict's life before his papacy. His father was Peter.〔 He was educated and lived in Rome and was cardinal priest of the church of San Callisto at the time of his election.〔J. N. D. Kelly, "Benedict III" in ''The Oxford Dictionary of Popes,'' (2006).〕 Benedict had a reputation for learning and piety. He was elected upon the refusal of Hadrian, the initial choice of the clergy and people. A group of important people preferred a different candidate, Anastasius. This latter group had Benedict's election disavowed and Anastasius installed. However, popular opinion was so strong that Benedict's consecration was allowed. The envoys of Holy Roman Emperor Louis II forced Benedict to handle Anastasius and his adherents leniently. The schism helped to weaken the hold of the emperors upon the popes, especially upon their elections. Benedict intervened in the conflict between the sons of Lothair I (the future King Lothair II of Lotharingia, Emperor Louis II and Charles of Provence) on the latter's death. He was active in other cases as well and adopted a firm position towards Constantinople. Æthelwulf of Wessex and his son, the future king Alfred the Great, visited Rome in Benedict's reign. The Schola Anglorum, which was destroyed by fire in 847, was restored by Benedict.〔 A medieval tradition claimed that Pope Joan, a woman disguised as a man, was Benedict's immediate predecessor. The legendary Joan is generally believed to be fictitious. ==References== *9th edition (1880s) of the Encyclopædia Britannica *Cheetham, Nicolas, ''Keepers of the Keys'', New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1983. ISBN 0-684-17863-X 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pope Benedict III」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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