# Pope Nicholas II - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-nicholas-ii
Pontificate: 6 December 1058 – 27 July 1061
Number in the papal list: 155
Born-Died: c. 990 - 1061
Papal era: Gregorian Reform
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Nicholas_II

Subject of the County of Savoy. Was of French ethnicity.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Stephen IX](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-stephen-ix)
- Next in list: [Antipope Benedict X](https://christianity-history.com/popes/antipope-benedict-x)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1059 - [Papal election decree](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1059-papal-election-decree)