Timeline December 1046

Events in December 1046 3

• 1046 Synod of Sutri deposes three rival popes Henry III resolves the papal schism At the Synod of Sutri, Emperor-elect Henry III presided over the deposition of competing claimants to the papacy: Benedict IX, Sylvester III, and Gregory VI. The council cleared the way for the election of a German bishop as pope, ending years of schism in Rome. Days later Clement II was installed as the new pontiff.
• 1046 Clement II elected pope German bishop Suidger becomes pope after the Sutri synod Following the deposition of three rival claimants at the Synod of Sutri, Suidger, Bishop of Bamberg, was elected pope and took the name Clement II. His election ended the contested papacy and secured a reform-minded pontiff backed by Emperor Henry III. The next day he crowned Henry III as Holy Roman Emperor in Rome.
• 1046 Henry III crowned Holy Roman Emperor Pope Clement II crowns Henry III in Rome on Christmas Day On Christmas Day 1046, newly elected Pope Clement II crowned Henry III as Holy Roman Emperor in St. Peter's Basilica. The coronation cemented Henry's dominance over both the German kingdom and the papacy after his intervention at Sutri. Henry's wife, Agnes of Poitou, was crowned empress alongside him.