Who reasserted himself while envoys were deciding the next pope?
Benedict IX
Clement II
Boniface III
Henry III
Answer
Benedict IX, who had been deposed and exiled in 1046, reasserted himself while envoys were deciding the next pope. He took control of the city of Rome and imprisoned the envoys, who were sent by the emperor Henry III. This act of defiance prompted Henry to invade Italy and depose Benedict a second time. Henry then installed his own candidate, Clement II, as pope.
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