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Popes of the 10th century Pontiff number Pontificate Name: English · Latin Date and Place of birth Age at start/ end Notes 118 30 July 903 – Dec 903 (124 days) Leo V LEO Quintus: Ardea, Papal States Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Deposed and murdered. — October 903 – January 904 (92 days) Christopher CHRISTOFORO ...
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1742 print of the corpse of John XII, one of the most infamous popes, being carried by a crowd. Saeculum obscurum (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈsɛː.ku.lu.m obsˈkuː.rum], "the dark age/century"), also known as the Pornocracy or the Rule of the Harlots, was a period in the history of the papacy during the first two thirds of the 10th century, following the chaos after the death of Pope Formosus ...
In the 17th century it was estimated that 300 or 400 writers, more or less, reported (on the authority of a single polemical anti-Catholic source) a story that when someone had quoted to Leo a passage from one of the Four Evangelists, he had replied that it was common knowledge "how profitable that fable of Christe hath ben to us and our ...
Pope Gregory X (Latin: Gregorius X; c. 1210 – 10 January 1276), born Teobaldo Visconti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 September 1271 to his death and was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order.
A total of 83 out of 265 deceased popes have been recognised universally as canonised saints, including all of the first 35 popes (31 of whom were martyrs) and 52 of the first 54. If Pope Liberius is numbered amongst the saints as in Eastern Christianity , all of the first 49 popes become recognised as saints, of whom 31 are martyr-saints, and ...
Pope John X (Latin: Ioannes X; died 28 May 928) was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from March 914 to his death. A candidate of the counts of Tusculum , he attempted to unify Italy under the leadership of Berengar of Friuli , and was instrumental in the defeat of the Saracens at the Battle of Garigliano . [ 1 ]
Pope John VII was restored as pope after the death of Pope Gabriel III. This is the only occasion in history when the Coptic Orthodox Church had two popes at the same time. 79 17 July 1294 – 13 January 1300 (5 years, 5 months, 28 days) Pope Theodosius III Theodosios • Ⲑⲉⲟ́ⲇⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ • ثيئودوسيوس: Abdelmasih ibn Ruwail