Person
Pope Benedict IX
head of the Catholic Church
Pope Benedict IX (Latin: Benedictus IX; c. 1012 – c. 1056), born Theophylactus of Tusculum in Rome, is the leader of the Catholic Church on three occasions between October 1032 and July 1048.
Aged approximately 20 at his first election, he is one of the youngest popes in history.
He is the only man to have been Pope on more than one occasion and the only man ever to have sold the papacy.