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Pope Benedict VI
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- Benedict VI (died June, 974) was Pope from January 19, 973 to June, 974. He was born in Rome as the son of Hildebrand and was chosen with great ceremony and installed as Pope under the protection of the Emperor Otto I (936–973) on January 19, 973....
Pope Boniface VIII
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- Benedetto Caetani
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- Pope Boniface VIII (c. 1235 – October 11, 1303), born Benedetto Caetani, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303. Today, Boniface VIII is probably best remembered for his feuds with Dante, who placed him in a circle of Hell in his...
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Pope Gregory V
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- Bruno von Kärnthen
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- Gregory V, né Bruno von Kärnthen (c. 972 – February 18, 999), Pope from May 3, 996 to February 18, 999, son of the Salian Otto I, Duke of Carinthia, who was a grandson of the Emperor Otto I the Great (936–973). Gregory V succeeded Pope John XV (985...
Pope Stephen VI
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- Pope Stephen VI (d. August, 897) was Pope from May 22, 896 to August 897. He had been made bishop of Anagni by Pope Formosus. The circumstances of his election are unclear, but he was sponsored by one of the powerful Roman families, the house of...
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Pope Stephen VII
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- Pope Stephen VII (3 February, 929 – 15 March, 931). Stephen was a Roman by birth, the son of Theodemundus, and perhaps a member of the Gabrielli family. He was elected – probably handpicked – by Marozia from the Tusculani family, the unquestioned...
Pope John XIV
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- Pietro Canepanova
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- John XIV (died August 20, 984) was Pope from December, 983 to August 20, 984, successor to Pope Benedict VII (974–983) He was born at Pavia, and before his elevation to the papal chair was imperial chancellor of Emperor Otto II (973–983), and was...
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Pope John XII
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- Octavianus
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- John XII, born Octavianus (c. 937–May 14, 964), was Pope from December 16, 955 to May 14, 964. The son of Alberic II, Patrician of Rome (932–954), and his stepsister Alda of Vienne, he was a seventh generation descendant of Charlemagne on his mother...
Pope John X
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- John X, Pope from March, 914 to May, 928, was deacon at Bologna when he attracted the attention of Theodora, the wife of Theophylact, Count of Tusculum, the most powerful noble in Rome, through whose influence he was elevated first to the see of...
