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John VIII

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John VIII

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Also known as Pope John VIII, Ioannes VIII

Head of the Catholic Church from 872 to 882

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John VIII was a historical figure who died on 12 December 0882. He was born in 820. In the context of music, an artist group of this name is associated with the area of Cagliari.

A separate author named Townsend, John, VIII has one recorded work, titled *101 Things You Didn't Know about Your Body*. This individual is distinct from the historical figure mentioned above.

The name John VIII appears in the Popes collection. Additionally, the subject is referenced by 535 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 11 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ioannes
Gender
male
Citizenship
Papal States
Place of birth
Rome
Place of death
Rome
Occupation
writer
Position held
Pope
Languages spoken
Latin
Religion
Catholic Church
Image
Ludvi2 Jan8.jpg
Work location
Papal States
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described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Commons category
Ioannes VIII
date of death
0882-12-16
date of birth
0820-00-00
place of burial
St. Peter's Basilica
name in native language
Ioannes PP. VIII
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Encyclopedic overview

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 most able popes of the 9th century.

John devoted much of his papacy to attempting to halt and reverse the Muslim gains in southern Italy and their march northwards. When his efforts to obtain assistance from either the Franks or the Byzantines failed, John strengthened the defences of Rome. He supported Methodius of Thessalonica in his mission to the Slavs, defended him against the Carolingian rulers and Bavarian clergy, and authorized the translation of the Bible into Old Church Slavonic. John also extended diplomatic recognition to the Duchy of Croatia and resolved the Photian schism. John's pontificate ended with his assassination, and the papacy became significantly weaker in the aftermath.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John VIII” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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