The papal election of 24 May 1086 ended with the election of Desiderus, abbot of Monte Cassino as Pope Gregory VII's successor after a year-long period of sede vacante.
He was born in 1026 or 1027 to a branch of the Lombard dukes of Benevento as son of Prince Landulf V of Benevento.
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