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image=[[Image:Otto III wird von Papst Gregor V. zum Kaiser gesalbt.jpg|150px]]|
birth_name=Bruno von Kärnthen|
term_start=May 3, 996|
term_end=February 18, 999|
predecessor=[[Pope John XV|John XV]]|
successor=[[Pope Silvester II|Silvester II]]|
other=Gregory}}
'''Gregory V''', né '''Bruno von Kärnthen''' (c. 972 –– February 18, 999), [[Pope]] from May 3, 996 to February 18, 999, son of the [[Salian]] [[Otto I, Duke of Carinthia]], who was a grandson of the Emperor [[Otto I the Great]] (936–973936–973). Gregory V succeeded [[Pope John XV]] (985–996985–996), when only twenty-four years of age. He was the chaplain of his cousin, Emperor [[Otto III]] (983–1002983–1002), who presented him as candidate.
Gregory V was the first German Pope. Sometimes [[Pope Boniface II]] (530–532530–532) is considered the first German Pope, although he was an [[Ostrogoths|Ostrogoth]].
Politically Gregory V acted consistently as the Emperor's representative in Rome and granted manyma,ny exceptional privileges to monasteries within the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. One of his first acts was to crown Otto III Emperor on May 21 996. Together they held a synod a few days after Otto III's coronation, in which [[Arnulf, Archbishop of Reims|Arnulf]] was ordered to be restored to the [[See of Reims]], and Gerbert, the future [[Pope Silvester II]] (999–1003999–1003), was condemned as an intruder. [[Robert II of France]] (996–1031996–1031), who had been insisting on his right to appoint bishops, was ultimately forced to back down, and ultimately also to put aside his wife Bertha, by the rigorous enforcement of a sentence of excommunication on the kingdom.
Until the council of [[Pavia]] (997) Gregory V had a rival in the person of the [[antipope John XVI]] (997–998997–998), whom [[Crescentius II]] and the nobles of Rome had chosen, in revolt against the will of the youthful Emperor Otto III, the Pope's cousin. The revolt of Crescentius II was decisively suppressed by the Emperor, who marched upon Rome. John XVI fled, and Crescentius II shut himself up in the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]]. The Emperor's troops pursued the antipope, captured him, cut off his nose and ears, cut out his tongue, blinded him, and publicly degraded him before Otto III and Gregory V. He was sent to the monastery of [[Fulda]], in Germany, where he lived until 1013. The Castel Sant'Angelo was besieged, and when it was taken, Crescentius II was hanged upon its walls (998).
Gregory V died suddenly, and not without suspicion of foul play, on February 18, 999. He is buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica]] near [[Pope Pelagius I]]. His successor was Gerbert, who took the name of [[Silvester II]].
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