Queers History: Benedict IX: The First (Primarily) Gay Pope (r. 1033-1045; 1047-1048)

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Benedict IX (r. 1033-1045; 1047-1048)Lynne Yamaguchi Fletcher, The First Gay Pope and Other Rerds, rightly lled Benedict IX (r. 1033-1045; 1047-1048) “the first pope known to be primarily homosexual.” Benedict’s pontifite, which “turned the Vatin to a male brothel,” was so sndalo that he was posed, not once but twice.Benedict IX (1021--. 1052) was…

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21 GAY POPES, CARDINALS AND ASSORTED CATHOLIC LEADERS.

Pope Benedict IX (1032–44; 1045; 1047–48) served three terms and he was known as one hell of a Pope. He was acced of almost every vile Satanic s the book cludg but not limed to bribery, simony, adultery, murr, rape, and pedophilia. Benedict IX threw gay i the Lateran Palace and engaged * pope benedict ix gay *

While the Roman Catholic Church has long nmned homosexual acts as sful, history neverthels shows many of the church’s lears engaged same-sex love.

There is evince that of the 266 pop history, nearly a dozen were gay, bisexual or, one se, transgenr. John XII (955-964)This church lear would mol his papacy on the le of Roman Emperor Elagabol, a potentially transgenr liberte, and would host gay i the papal palace, acrdg to historian Wayne Dyn’s Encyclopedia of Homosexualy.

Lynne Yamaguchi Fletcher, "First Gay Pope", lled Benedict IX (r. 1033-1045; 1047-1048) “the first pope known to be primarily homosexual.” Benedict’s pontifite, which “turned the Vatin to a male brothel,” was so sndalo that he was posed  not once, but twice.Benedict IX (1021--. 1052) was the son of the unt of Tculum. He imated… * pope benedict ix gay *

Benedict IX (1033-1045; 1047-1048)Consired by many to be the first “primarily homosexual” pope, Benedict would be acced of turng the Vatin to a “male brothel, ” acrdg to rearcher Lynne Yamaguchi Fletcher. Boniface VIII (1294-1303)Kg Philip IV of France, an enemy of the pope, would dispatch spi to gather rmatn on Boniface, and based on reports om Roman aristocrats, he would publicly acce the pope of sodomy, acrdg to Who’s Who Gay and Lbian History: From Antiquy to World War II.

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21 GAY POPES, CARDINALS AND ASSORTED CATHOLIC LEADERS. – BISHOP PAT BUCKLEY .

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