Lando (Pope)

Lando (lat. Landus , * in the 9th century east of Rome ; † 914) was Pope from 913 to 914 .

Life

Very little is known of Lando: he, whose father was called Taino, was born not far east of Rome . In July or August of 913 he was elected Pope and served for about six months.

From Lando's pontificate, only the donations and privileges in favor of the diocese of Sabina are known, which he previously presided over.

Presumably, the Pope was completely under the control of the Roman city lord Theophylact I of Tusculum , who both as Vestarar (papal chamberlain) controlled the entire property management of the church and as doge headed the Senate, as consul of the militia, as well as the so-called pornocracy (mistress rule ), which Theodora I of Tusculum and her daughter Marozia under Sergius III. had been established.

He was the last Pope whose name was not adopted by any later Pope, and before John Paul I (1978) and Pope Francis (2013) had a name previously unused.

reception

The narrow source situation and the short pontificate of Lando was thematized by the Austrian artist collective monochrom in the song "Hello Lando", which honors him as the "least important Pope" ("No history is good history"). The song appeared on the album Carefully Selected Moments .

Web links

Commons : Lando - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

Harald Zimmermann: Lando. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 1071. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
Entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia , Robert Appleton Company, New York 1913.

Individual evidence

↑ On the papal pornocracy with special consideration of Marozias ( memento of October 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) by Peter de Rosa in the Internet Archive at archive.org, as of October 7, 2007, as of November 28, 2010
^ Lombardi: Pope's name is Francis and not Francis I , kath.net , March 14, 2013
↑ Monochrom, text accompanying "Hello Lando" , accessed November 8, 2017.

predecessor	Office	successor
Anastasius III.	Pope 913-914	John X.

personal data
SURNAME	Lando
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Pope
DATE OF BIRTH	9th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	east of Rome
DATE OF DEATH	after 913

[1] On the papal pornocracy with special consideration of Marozias ( memento of October 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) by Peter de Rosa in the Internet Archive at archive.org, as of October 7, 2007, as of November 28, 2010

[2] Lombardi: Pope's name is Francis and not Francis I , kath.net , March 14, 2013

[3] Monochrom, text accompanying "Hello Lando" , accessed November 8, 2017.