 In the election of 1085, Cencius advanced Odo of Lagery, the cardinal-bishop of Ostia and future Pope Urban II, as a candidate.However, the electors selected Desiderius of Benevento as Victor III.Cencius and Victor had strained relations, but he participated in the Council of Capua, at which Victor was confirmed as pope, in March [1087 with the Normans.