Spoke 10: The Biblewheel and The 10th Century - Pope Gregory V Son of Salian Otto

Spoke 10: The Biblewheel and The 10th Century
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Pope Gregory V Son of Salian Otto

Pope Gregory V was the son of another Otto related to Otto I the Great:

Pope Gregory V

Pope Gregory V, born Bruno of Carinthia (Latin: Gregorius V; c. 972 – 18 February 999) was Pope from 3 May 996 to his death in 999.

He was a son of the Salian Otto I, Duke of Carinthia,^[1] who was a grandson of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor. Gregory V succeeded Pope John XV when only twenty-four years of age. He was the chaplain of his cousin Emperor Otto III, who presented him as candidate.

Gregory V was the first German Pope (or the second if Boniface II, an Ostrogoth, is counted).^[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_V

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Otto

Meaning & History

Later German form of Audo or Odo, originally a short form of various names beginning with the Germanic element aud meaning "wealth, fortune". This was the name of four kings of Germany, starting in the 10th century with Otto I, the first Holy Roman emperor, who was known as Otto the Great. This name was also borne by a 19th-century king of Greece who was originally from Bavaria. Another notable bearer was the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898).

https://www.behindthename.com/name/otto

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The Number 10

The spiritual significance of the number 10 in Hebrew (H6235 - `eser)

ten

with other numbers

From עָשַׂר (H6237)

H6237 - `asar

to tithe, take the tenth part of, give a tithe, take a tithe

(Qal) to tithe

(Piel) to give a tithe

(Hiphil) to take a tithe

A primitive root (ident. with עָשַׁר (H6238))

H6238 - `ashar

to be or become rich or wealthy, enrich, pretend to be rich

(Qal) to be or become rich

(Hiphil)

to make rich

to gain riches

(Hithpael) to enrich oneself, pretend to be rich

A primitive root