Talk:Antipope Benedict X

So when did the official ruling come in about this man being antipope?
Presumably it came after there had already been a Pope Benedict XI. So, we are left with no legitimate Benedict X because it is impossible to ignore this antipope when it comes to numbering. The number used by each subsequent Pope Benedict is advanced by one (and this includes the present officeholder, Benedict XVI).
 * According to one of the sources given, it was only in the 14th century that his legitimacy was questioned. The next pope to take the name (in 1303) did use the number XI, instead of X. Presumably the issue arose after his papacy. One noted cardinal of the 18th century defended Benedict's legitimacy. Daniel the Monk (talk) 07:16, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Who is this Guido? I have done a lot of research on this family, and everything that I have seen shows that Alberic had four sons: Theophylact, Gregory, Octavian, and Peter. Here is a link to a very detailed genealogy of the family: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CENTRAL%20ITALY.htm#_Toc246900378. I think that John Mincius was probably related to Benedict IX, but not that closely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guastafeste (talk • contribs) 17:42, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

I strongly feel that the reference to Guido should be deleted. Theophylact became Pope Benedict IX in 1032. No one thinks that he was older than 20 at the time. In 1050 John Mincius was appointed bishop. Theophylact would have been no more than 38. Theophylact had two known younger brothers and one younger sister. Guido, if he was the youngest sibling, would then have been no more than 34 years old when his son became a bishop. Given that John Mincius was appointed by a pontiff from a faction that was bitterly opposed to the Tusculan counts, it seems incredible that he might have been only a teenager, but that is the only way that the current Wikipedia explanation seems possible. [Guastafeste] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guastafeste (talk • contribs) 20:37, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

His intellectual faculties
The Lead reports: "He reportedly later was given the nickname of Mincius (thin) due to his ignorance." And yet, he was made a cardinal, and was recommended as one of five cardinals who might best be chosen pope. These two ideas do not agree with one another. I suspect that the sentence quoted is nothing but mud which was slung at Benedict during the controversies over his status; it looks like a false etymology. It really doesn't belong here.

--Vicedomino (talk) 05:39, 13 June 2021 (UTC)