Papacy News of Victor's death was brought to Rome by Cardinal Boniface of Albano on 31 July. For the rest of that day, and all the next day, the clergy and populace of Rome discussed what to do next, and specifically whether they should proceed to a papal election. From their discussions, five names emerged as viable candidates: Cardinal Humbert, Cardinal Giovanni of Velletri, Bishop Ottcharius of Perugia, Cardinal Pietro of Tusculum (Frascati), and Hildebrand, the subdeacon of the Roman Church. None of these seemed quite satisfactory, and they compelled Cardinal Frederick to leave his refuge at S. Maria in Pallaria and attend their assembly at the Basilica of S. Peter in vinculis.Watterfich, p. 193. On 2 August 1057,Kelly and Walsh, Oxford Dictionary of Popes, p. 149. Frederick was chosen to become the new pope. He took the name Stephen IX.He was elected on the Feast of St. Stephen. He explicitly took the name and the number IX. He signed all his official documents Stephanus Nonus Papa (Stephen Ninth Pope), although some lists called him Stephen X from the second half of the 16th century to the first half of 20th. He was escorted to the Lateran Palace, and next day escorted to St. Peter's Basilica, where he was crowned.Gregorovius, p. 100.
Papacy News of Victor's death was brought to Rome by Cardina?l Boniface of Albano on 31 July. For the rest of that day, and all the next day, the clergy and populace of Rome discussed what to do next, and specifically whether they should proceed to a papal election. From their discussions, five names emerged as viable candidates: Cardinal Humbert, Cardinal Giovanni of Velletri, Bishop Ottcharius of Perugia, Cardinal Pietro of Tusculum (Frascati), and Hildebrand, the subdeacon of the Roman Church. None of these seemed quite satisfactory, and they compelled Cardinal Fred!erick to leave his refuge at S. Maria in Pallaria and attend their assembly at the Basilic?a of S. Peter in vinculis.Watterfich, p. 193. On 2 August 1057,Kelly and Walsh, Oxford Dictionary of Popes, p. 149. Frederick was chosen to become the new pope. He took the name Stephen IX.He was elected .on the Feast of St. Stephen. He explicitly took the name and the number IX. He signed all his official documents Stephanus Nonus Papa (Stephen Ninth Pope), although some lists called him Stephen X from the second half ?of the 16th century to the first half of 20th. He was escorted to the Lateran Palace, and next day escorted to St. Peter's Basilica, where he was crowned.Gregorovius, p. 100.