other predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place image_size name birth_date term_start image article_title term_end birth_name type
benedict john xii leo viii 965 7 4 y rome , papal states hamburg , holy roman empire 220px benedict v ??? 22 may 964 pope benedict v illustration.jpg pope benedict v
 23 june 964 benedetto pope
pope benedict v

pope benedict v -lrb- ; died 4 july 965 -rrb- was pope from 22 may to 23 june 964 , in opposition to pope leo viii .
he was overthrown by emperor otto i. his pontificate occurred at the end of a period known as the saeculum obscurum .
