| John VIII | |
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| Birth name | ??? |
| Papacy began | December 13, 872 |
| Papacy ended | December 16, 882 |
| Predecessor | Adrian II |
| Successor | Marinus I |
| Born | ??? Rome, Italy |
| Died | December 16, 882 ??? |
| Other popes named John | |
John VIII was pope from December 13, 872 to December 16, 882. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Events By Place Europe Battle of Hafrsfjord: Harald Fairhair becomes the first king of Norway. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Events By Place Europe Carloman King of the West Franks, becomes sole king upon the death of his brother Adrian II (also known as Hadrian II) (792&ndash872 Pope from December 14 867 to December 14 872 was a member of a noble Roman family and became pope in Marinus I (or Martin II) Pope between December 16, 882 and May 15, 884. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Events By Place Europe Carloman King of the West Franks, becomes sole king upon the death of his brother Pope John has been the most common Papal name in the Roman Catholic Church, used by 21 Popes though the numbering of them has been irregular through history History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Events By Place Europe Battle of Hafrsfjord: Harald Fairhair becomes the first king of Norway. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Events By Place Europe Carloman King of the West Franks, becomes sole king upon the death of his brother He is often considered one of the ablest pontiffs of the ninth century[1] and the last bright spot on the papacy until Leo IX two centuries later. The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. Pope
He was born in Rome. Among the reforms achieved during his pontificate was a notable administrative reorganisation of the papal curia. The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Roman Catholic Church, together with the Pope With little help from European kings, he attempted to expel the Saracens from Italy after they had penetrated as far as Rome. Saracen was a term used by Europeans in the Middle Ages for Fatimids at first then later for all who professed the religion of Islam. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 He failed and was forced to pay tribute. John defended St. Methodius against his German enemies, who objected to his use of the Slavonic language in the liturgy. Saints Cyril and Methodius (Κύριλλος και Μεθόδιος Old Church Slavonic: Кѷриллъ и Меѳодїи) were two Byzantine Greek brothers born The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages) a group of closely related Languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages A liturgy is the customary public worship done by a specific religious group according to their particular traditions John later confirmed the permission to use Slavonic that had been originally granted by Pope Adrian II, John's predecessor. In 879 he recognised the reinstatement of Photius as the legitimate patriarch of Constantinople; Photius had been condemned in 869 by Pope Adrian II. Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS Consequently, John VIII was in favour of reciting the Creed without the filioque. A creed is a statement of Belief — usually Religious belief — or Faith often recited as part of a religious service Filioque, a Latin phrase meaning "and (from the Son" In Western Christianity, it was added to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed In 878 John crowned Louis II, king of France. Louis the Stammerer ( November 1, 846 — April 10, 879; Louis le Bègue) was the eldest son of Charles the Bald and He also crowned two Holy Roman Emperors: Charles II and Charles III. Charles the Bald ( 13 June 823 – 6 October 877) Holy Roman Emperor (875–877 as Charles II) and King of West Francia Charles the Fat (Carolus Pinguis 13 June 839 – 13 January 888) was the King of Alemannia from 876 King of Italy from
Legend of Pope Joan and its Connection to the Name John VIII
According to the legend of Pope Joan, a woman named Joan reigned as pope under the name of John earlier in the 9th century. Pope Joan is the name of a Female Pope (also La Papessa) who supposedly reigned for less than three years in the 850s between the papacies of The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. Her true gender was discovered, and she would eventually be erased from the historical record because of this. If she existed, when regnal numbering was applied to papal reigns in the 10th century, she would have been designated John VIII and the Pope John that is the subject of this article would have been John IX. Ordinal numbers or regnal numbers are used to distinguish among persons with the same name who held the same office However, most historians believe that Pope Joan did not exist and that the legend was created in the 13th century by the chronicler Martin of Opava. Pope Joan is the name of a Female Pope (also La Papessa) who supposedly reigned for less than three years in the 850s between the papacies of Martin of Opava, also known as Martin of Poland, was an important chronicler of the 13th century
Pope John VIII is not otherwise connected with this legend.
References
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia, "Pope John VIII" page undated, URL retrieved on 10 June 2007
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| Roman Catholic Church titles | ||
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| Preceded by Adrian II |
Pope 872 – 882 |
Succeeded by Marinus I |
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