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1046Clement II elected popeGerman bishop Suidger becomes pope after the Sutri synodFollowing 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.