# Pope Benedict IX - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-benedict-ix
Pontificate: 21 October 1032 – 31 December 1044
Number in the papal list: 145
Born-Died: c. 1012 - c. 1055
Papal era: Ottonian & Tusculan Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_IX

Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. First term; youngest person to have been pope.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope John XIX](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-john-xix)
- Next in list: [Pope Sylvester III](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-sylvester-iii)