John VIII (antipope)

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The Deacon John was the end of January 844, after the death of Pope Gregory IV. By the people of Rome for Pope raised. He had military equipment brought in to forcefully enter the Lateran Palace . When Sergius II was elected rightful Pope shortly afterwards , he sentenced John to monastic imprisonment.

In the count of the Liber Pontificalis he is listed as John VIII and as an antipope .

literature

  • Ilaria Bonaccorsi:  Giovanni, antipapa. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 55:  Ginammi – Giovanni da Crema. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2000.
  • John ND Kelly: Gran Dizionario Illustrato dei Papi. Edizioni Piemme SpA, Casale Monferrato 1989, ISBN 88-384-1326-6 , p. 279.
  • Claudio Rendina: I papi. Ed. Newton Compton, Rome 1990, p. 266.
  • Christiane Laudage: Fight for the chair of Petri. The history of the anti-popes. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2012, ISBN 978-3-451-30402-6 , p. 52 f.

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SURNAME John VIII
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Antipope in 844
DATE OF BIRTH before 844
DATE OF DEATH after 844