During his pontificate he was subject to Alberic, Prince of the Romans, and did not effectively rule the Papal States. His period as pope was during a brief respite from the period when the church had been ruled by the so-called "pornocracy" of Theodora and Marozia, Roman noblewomen.
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Preceded by: Pope Leo VII |
List of popes |
Succeeded by: Pope Marinus II |