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The book contains the following account of the female Pope: Pope John VIII: John, of English extraction, was born at Mentz and is said to have arrived at popedom by evil art; for disguising herself like a man, whereas she was a woman, she went when young with her paramour, a learned man, to Athens, and made such progress in learning under the ...
Pope John VIII (Latin: Ioannes VIII; died 16 December 882) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 14 December 872 to his death. He is often considered one of the ablest popes of the 9th century. [1] John devoted much of his papacy attempting to halt and reverse the Muslim gains in southern Italy and their march
Pope Joan giving birth. Woodcut from a German translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris.(British Museum)The premise of the work is the medieval European legend of a woman named Joan who ascended the church hierarchy and allegedly assumed the papal throne disguised as a man (sometimes identified as Pope John VIII) during the late 9th century.
Pope John VIII, Pope from 872 to 882; Antipope John VIII, antipope in 844; John VIII bar Abdoun, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (944-1033) John VIII of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (1010-1075) John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (1392–1448) John VIII, Count of Harcourt, 1398–1424; John VIII, Count of Vendôme, 1426 ...
Pope Paul III Farnese had four illegitimate children and made his illegitimate son Pier Luigi Farnese the first duke of Parma. This is a list of sexually active popes, Catholic priests who were not celibate before they became pope, and those who were legally married before becoming pope. Some candidates were allegedly sexually active before their election as pope, and others were thought to ...
Pope during the Council of Constantinople IV (869), the eighth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. 107 14 December 872 – 16 December 882 (10 years, 2 days) John VIII IOANNES Octavus: Ioannes Rome, Papal States Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. First pope to be assassinated. 108 16 December 882 – 15 May 884 (1 year ...
Antipope John VIII or Antipope John was an antipope of the Roman Catholic church, in the year 844. On the death of Pope Gregory IV (25 January 844), the populace of Rome declared John, a deacon with no known links to the aristocracy as his successor. [1] They seized the Lateran Palace and enthroned him there.
Pope John VIII (872–882) Pope John IX (898–900) Pope John X (914–928) ... Pope Joan; Pope John of Alexandria (disambiguation) This page was last edited on ...