Pope Benedict IX

Pope Benedict IX (c. 1012 – c.1085), born Theophylactus of Tusculum, was Pope on three occasions between 1032 and 1048. One of the youngest popes, he was the only man to have been Pope on more than one occasion and the only man ever to have sold the papacy.
Benedict IX’s immoral character aroused much indignation. In 1044 a Roman faction drove him from office as unfit to rule due to his dissolute lifestyle but a year later he reinstated himself. The pope proceeded to marry his cousin and sell the papacy to his godfather, Gregory VI. In 1047 Benedict regained the papal throne again before finally being driven out from Rome a year later. After 16 years under Benedict the papacy had reached an all-time low in immorality and debauchery.