The 132nd Pope
Benedict V
Pope Benedict V (964) – One month, that is all, one month. The interference of Emperor Otto I in the process of selecting popes placed the previous pope, Leo VIII, who was still living when the people chose the highly regarded candidate who became Pope Benedict V, into a debatable canonical status. The people and many clergy in Rome refused the re-instatement of Leo VIII and they declared the cardinal-deacon (Benedict) as pope.
Not about to acquiesce to this action, the emperor laid siege to Rome and starved the people into submission. Leo VIII resumed his papal reign and Benedict was deposed. Otto I sent Benedict into exile under the care of the bishop of Hamburg. Benedict was treated very well. On the death of Pope Leo VIII, there was talk of re-instating Benedict, but there was little energy behind the effort. Benedict lived and died in Germany still much admired and revered for his holy life. Two decades after his death, with the graces of Emperor Otto III, Benedict's body was moved back to Rome and was buried at a currently unknown location.
Habemus papam