<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> (965 - 07 - 04) 4 July 965 Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Other popes named Benedict </Td> </Tr> <P> Pope Benedict V (Latin: Benedictus V; died 4 July 965) was Pope from 22 May to 23 June 964, in opposition to Pope Leo VIII . He was overthrown by emperor Otto I. His pontificate occurred at the end of a period known as the Saeculum obscurum . </P> <P> Benedict was the son of a Roman called John, and was born and raised in Rome around the vicinity of the Theatre of Marcellus . A Cardinal - deacon before his election, Benedict was renowned for his learning, for which his contemporaries gave him the additional name of Grammaticus . He was also a Notarius and had taken part in the deposition of Pope John XII and the subsequent election of Pope Leo VIII . </P>

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