Pope Sergius II
Sergius II,
pope (
844-
847), a
Roman of noble birth, elected by the clergy and people to succeed
Gregory IV, was forthwith consecrated without waiting for the sanction of the emperor
Lothar, who accordingly sent his son
Louis with an army to punish the breach of faith. A pacific arrangement was ultimately made, and Louis was crowned king of
Lombardy by Sergius. In this pontificate Rome was ravaged, and the churches of St. Peter and St. Paul robbbed by
Saracens (August
846). Sergius was succeeded by
Pope Leo IV
from the 9th edition (1886) of an unnamed encyclopedia.