fled. Nicholas was consecrated pope on 24 January 1059 with wide acceptance of the Roman people. Keen to avoid future controversy in papal elections and to curb the outside influence exerted by non-ecclesiastical parties, in April 1059 he summoned a synod in Rome. In nomine Domini was the codification of the synod's resolutions.

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Rights of the Holy Roman Emperor

The bull curtailed the rights of the emperor in papal elections. Specifically the following was brought into the

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