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Byzantine emperor Isaac I Comnenus abdicates in favor of ConstantineX (Ducas).
Pope Nicholas II decrees that the cardinal clergy of Rome are responsible for electing a new Pope, thus eliminating secular rulers from the election process. Though he is unable to enforce the decree against opposition from the Emperor of the Romans, he establishes the important precedent of reserving power within the Church to the ecclesiastical hierarchy.
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