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Yes many catholic popes were murdered. Here is the list: * Stephen VI (896-897) - Strangled * Stephen VII/(IX)(939-942) - Mutilated * John XII (955-964) - Murdered by cuckolded husband * Benedict VI (973-974) - Strangled * John XIV (983-984) - Either by starvation, ill-treatment or direct murder * Gregory V (996-999) - Poisoned * Boniface VIII (1294-1303) - Death possibly (though unlikely) from the effects of ill-treatment one month before * John VIII b - Allegedly poisoned and then clubbed to death * Adrian III(884-885)- Allegedly poisoned * Leo V (903) - Allegedly strangled * John X (914-928) - Allegedly smothered with pillow * Stephen VII/(VIII) (928-931) - Allegedly murdered * Sergius IV (1009-1012) - Allegedly murdered * Clement II (1046-1047) - Allegedly poisoned * Damasus II (1048) - Allegedly murdered * Benedict XI (1304-1305) - Allegedly poisoned; no evidence provided * John Paul I (1978) - Surprising death just 33 days after Papal election prompted scrutiny and birthed a myriad of conspiracies theories; no evidence provided

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