Pope Sergius III - Pope Sergius III Sergius III, succeeded Christopher as pope in 904 and reigned till 911. His pontificate, so far as is known, was remarkable for nothing but the rise of the "pornocracy" of Theodora and her daughters. Sergius restored the Lateran palace, which had been shattered by an earthquake. After him, Anastasius sat on the pontifical throne. from the 9th edition (1886) of an unnamed encyclopedia. Preceded by: Pope Christopher List of popes Succeeded by: Pope Anastasius III.
Pope Anastasius III - Pope Anastasius III Anastasius III, pope from 911-913, was a Roman by birth. Practically nothing is recorded of him, his pontificate falling in the period when Rome was in the power of the Roman nobles. Initial text from 1911 encyclopedia -- Please update as needed Preceded by: Pope Sergius III List of popes Succeeded by: Pope Lando.
Pope Agapetus II - Pope Agapetus II Agapetus II was Pope from 946 to 955, at the time when Alberic, son of Marozia, was governing the independent republic of Rome under the title of "prince and senator of the Romans." Agapetus, a man of some force of character, did his best to put a stop to the degradation into which the Papacy had fallen, the so-called "Pornocracy," which lasted from the accession of Sergius III in 904 to the deposition of John XII in 963. His appeal to Otto the Great to intervene in Rome remained without immediate effect, since Alberic's position was too strong to be attacked, but it bore fruit after his death. Agapetus died on November 8, 955. Initial text from 1911 encyclopedia Preceded by: Pope Marinus.
Pope Formosus - Pope Formosus Pope Formosus was born around 816, probably in Rome. He became Cardinal-Bishop of Porto in 864. He undertook diplomatic missions to Bulgaria (866) and France (869 and 872), he persuaded Charles the Bald, King of France, to be crowned by the pope. As early as 872 he had been a candidate for the papal see. But due to political complications he left Rome and the court of Pope John VIII in that year. John convened a synod, and Formosus was ordered to return or be excommunicated on charges that he had aspired to the Archbishopric of Bulgaria and the Chair of Peter, had opposed the emperor and had deserted his diocese without papal permission, had despoiled the cloisters in Rome, had performed the divine.
Pope Leo IV - Pope Leo IV Leo IV, pope from 847 to 855, was a Roman by birth, and was unanimously chosen to succeed Sergius II. His pontificate was chiefly distinguished by his efforts to repair the damage done by the Saracens during the reign of his predecessor to various churches of the city, especially those of St Peter and St Paul. It was he who built and fortified the suburb on the right bank of the Tiber still known as the Civiats Leonina. A frightful conflagration, which he is said to have extinguished by his prayers, is the subject of Raphael's great work in the Sala dell'Incendio of the Vatican. He held three synods, one of them in 850, distinguished by the presence of Louis II, but none.
Pope John XI - Pope John XI John XI, pope from 931 to 935, was the son of Marozia and the reputed son of Sergius III. Through the influence of his mother he was chosen to succeed Stephen VII at the early age of twenty-one. He was the mere exponent of the purposes of his mother, until her son Alberic succeeded in 933 in overthrowing their authority. The pope was kept a virtual prisoner in the Lateran, where he is said to have died in 935, in which year Leo VII was consecrated his successor. Preceded by: Stephen VII List of popes Succeeded by: Leo VII Reference This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica..
List of popes - List of popes Note on numbering of popes: There has never been a Pope John XX, Pope Martin II or Pope Martin III. until 499 St. Peter (33(?)-67(?)) St. Linus (67(?)-79(?)) Pope Anacletus I (79(?)-88) Pope Clement I (88-97) Pope Evaristus (97-105) Pope Alexander I (105-115) Pope Sixtus I (115-125) Pope Telesphorus (125-136) Pope Hyginus (136-140) Pope Pius I (140-155) Pope Anicetus (155-166) Pope Soter (166-175) Pope Eleuterus (175-189) Pope Victor I (189-199) Pope Zephyrinus (199-217) Pope Callixtus I (217-222) Pope Urban I (222-230) Pope Pontian (230-235) Pope Anterus (235-236) Pope Fabian (236-250) Pope Cornelius (251-253) Pope Lucius I (253-254) Pope Stephen I (254-257) Pope Sixtus II (257-258) Pope Dionysius (260-268) Pope Felix I (269-274) Pope Eutychian (275-283) Pope Caius (283-296) Pope Marcellinus (296-304) Pope Marcellus I (308-309) Pope Eusebius (309-310).
Julius Caesar - drew the lots and was assigned with a questorship in Hispania Ulterior (a Roman province roughly situated in modern Portugal and southern Spain). On his return to Rome, Caesar pursued his judicial career until his election as curule aedile in 65 BC. The functions of this office were similar to a present day mayor and included regulation of construction, traffic, commerce and other aspects of Rome's daily life. It was also a dangerous office because it included the organization of the Roman games in the Circus Maximus. The public funding for this event was limited and, if the aedile wanted to offer the city magnificent games, in order to push forward his political career, this meant heavy expenses to their own purse. Caesar threw spectacular games that included the diversion of.
687 - - 687 - 688 689 690 691 692 Events: December 15 - Sergius succeeds Conon as Pope King Theuderic III of Neustria is defeated by Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Pepin of Herstal. Austrasia and Neustria are combined again; Pepin becomes de facto ruler of both areas. Egica succeeds Erwig as king of the Visigoths. Construction of the Dome of the Rock is started Births: Deaths: September 21 - Conon, Pope Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Christian Saint Erwig, king of the Visigoths.\n.
911 - - 912 913 914 915 916 Events Lower Seine area, is ceded to Scandinavian invaders as the duchy of Normandy. See Treaty of St.-Claire-sur-Epte Accession of Pope Anastasius III (911 - 913) Births Deaths Pope Sergius III (904 - 911) Earl Ethelred of Mercia, husband of Ethelfleda\n.
Robert Guiscard - Italy. From 1016 to 1030 the Normans were pure mercenaries, serving either Greeks or Lombards, and then Sergius of Naples, by installing the leader Rainulf in the fortress of Aversa in 1030, gave them their first pied-à-terre and they began an organized conquest of the land. In 1030 there arrived William and Drogo, the two eldest sons of Tancred of Hauteville, a petty noble of Coutances in Normandy. The two joined in the organized attempt to wrest Apulia from the Greeks, who by 1040 had lost most of that province. In 1042 Melfi was chosen as the Norman capital, and in September of that year the Normans elected as their count William "Iron Arm," who was succeeded in turn by his brothers Drogo, "comes Normannorum totius Apuliae et Calabriae," and Humfrey,.
Photius I of Constantinople - Greek, the name is Φoτιoς.) Life As soon as he had completed his own education, Photius began to teach grammar, rhetoric, divinity and philosophy. The way to public life was probably opened for him by the marriage of his brother Sergius to the princess Irene, sister of Theodora, who upon the death of her husband Theophilus II in 842, had assumed the regency of the empire. Photius became captain of the guard and subsequently first imperial secretary. The dissension between the patriarch Ignatius and Bardas, the uncle of the youthful Emperor Michael III, brought promotion to Photius. Ignatius was arrested and imprisoned (858), and upon refusing to resign his office was deposed, while Photius was inducted into the priesthood within six days, and was installed as patriarch in his place. Ignatius.
Willibrord - the society of Ecgberht and Wihtberht, from the former of whom he received his commission to missionary work among the North-German tribes. In his thirty-third year (c. 690) he started with twelve companions for the mouth of the Rhine. These districts were then occupied by the Frisians under their king, Rathbod, who gave allegiance to Pippin of Herstal. Pippin befriended him and sent him to Rome, where he was consecrated archbishop (with the name Clemens) by Pope Sergius I on St Cecilia's Day, 696. Bede says that when he returned to Frisia his see was fixed in Utrecht (Ultrajectum). He spent several years in founding churches and missionizing, till his success tempted him to pass into other districts. From Denmark he carried away thirty boys to be brought up among the.
Marozia - of two sister prostitutes, Marozia and Theodora, was founded on their wealth and beauty, their political and amorous intrigues. The most strenuous of their lovers were rewarded with the Roman mitre, and their reign may have suggested to darker ages the fable of a female pope. The bastard son, the grandson, and the great grandson of Marozia -- a rare genealogy -- were seated in the Chair of St. Peter." From this inaccurate description the term pornocracy has become associated with the effective rule in Rome of Theodora and her daughter Marozia through male surrogates. Her husbands were Alberico I, Duke of Spoleto; Guy of Tuscany; and Hugh of Provence. The latter two were half-brothers. Marozia had the great misfortune of having eloquent detractors. The Liber Pontificalis recorded that by Pope.
List of saints - do not officially canonize saints, though a number of traditional saints are often given the title. See also: saint, canonization, patron saint, list of Christians Saint Anglican Oriental Orthodox Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Abraham the Syrian -- Yes -- -- Adalbert of Magdeburg -- -- -- Yes Adalbert of Prague -- -- -- Yes Adelaide of Italy -- -- -- Yes Pope Adeodatus I -- -- Yes Yes Adrian of Nicomedia -- -- Yes Yes Pope Adrian III -- -- -- Yes Pope Agapitus I -- -- -- Yes Pope Agatho -- -- -- Yes Agnes -- -- -- Yes Aidan of Lindisfarne Yes -- -- Yes Alban Yes -- Yes Yes Pope Alexander I -- -- -- Yes Alphege -- -- Yes Yes Ambrose of Milan Yes -- Yes Yes.
List of Patriarchs of Constantinople - I (610-638) Pyrrhus I (638-641) Paul II (641-653) Peter (654-666) Thomas II (667-669) John V (669-675) Constantine I (675-677) Theodore I (677-679) George I (679-686) Paul III (687-693) Callinicus I (693-705) Cyrus (705-711) John VI (712-715) Germanus I of Constantinople (715-730) Anastasius (730-754) Constantine II (754-766) Nicetas (766-780) Paul IV (780-784) Saint Tarasius (784-806) Nicephorus I (806-815) Theodotus I of Cassiteras (815-821) Antony I of Constantinople (821-836) John VII Grammaticus (836-843) Methodius I (843-847) Ignatius I (847- December 25 858, 867- October 23 877) Photius I the Great (December 25 858-867, 877-886) Stephan I (886-893) Antony II Kauleas (893-901) Nicholas I Mysticus (901-907, 912-925) Euthymius I Syncellus (907-912) Stephan II of Amasea (925-928) Tryphon (928-931) Theophylactus (933-956) Polyeuctus (956-970) Basil I Skamandrenus (970-974) Antony III Studites (974-980) Nicholas II Chrysoberges (984-996).
List of people by name: Se - of Japan Senna, Ayrton, (1960-1994), formula 1 driver Sennacherib, 705-681 BCE Sennett, Mack, (1880-1960), movie director Seo Seok-heon Ham, (1901-1989) Sep Sepe, Majda, singer. Sepe, Mojmir, (born 1930), composer and musician. September, Dulcie, South African activist Septimius Severus, (146-211), Roman Emperor Seq Sequoyah, (Cherokee) Ser Serafim, (1819-1821), Metropolitan of Moscow Serapheim II, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople Serapheim I, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople Serbia, Xavier, (born 1967), singer, former member of Menudo Sercu, Patrick, cyclist Serebrov, Alexander, astronaut Sergel, Johan Tobias, (1740-1814), sculptor Sergius, (1893-1898), Metropolitan of Moscow Sergius II, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople Sergius I, Pope, (687-701) Sergius II, Pope, (844-847) Sergius III, Pope, (904-911) Sergius I, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople Sergius IV, Pope, (1009-1012) Sergius of Nizhny Novgorod, (1927-1943), Metropolitan of Moscow Seri, Pak, (LPGA Player) Serkis, Andy, (born 1964),.
List of Byzantine Empire-related topics - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T -U - V - W - X - Y - Z A Aachen Cathedral, Acacius of Constantinople, Academy, Aegean Sea, Aelia Eudoxia, Aelia Flacilla, Alans, Albania in the Middle Ages, Alexander III, Alexius I Comnenus, Alexius II, Alexius III, Alexius IV, Alexius Studites, Alexius V, Alp Arslan, Amalric I of Jerusalem, Ammonius Hermiae, Anastasius I, Anastasius II, Anatolia, Anatolius of Constantinople, Andronicus I, Andronicus II, Andronicus III, Andronicus IV, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, Ankara, Anna Comnena, Anno Domini, Anthemius, Anthimus I of Constantinople, Antioch, Antony I of Constantinople, Antony IV of Constantinople,.
Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor - king of Italy in 839, and taking up his residence in that country was crowned king at Rome by Pope Sergius II on June 15, 844. He at once preferred a claim to the rights of an emperor in the city, which claim was decisively rejected; but in 850 he was crowned joint emperor at Rome by Pope Leo IV, and soon afterwards married his cousin, Engelberga, a daughter of King Louis the German, and undertook the independent government of Italy. He took the field against the Saracens; quashed some accusations against Pope Leo; held a diet at Pavia; and on the death of his father in September 855 became sole emperor. The division of Lothair's dominions, by which he obtained no territory outside Italy, aroused his discontent, and in 857.
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy - Victor Emmanuel III of Italy - Victor Emmanuel III - Victor Emmanuel III (Italian Vittorio Emanuele III November 11, 1869 - December 28, 1947), nicknamed the Soldier, was the King of Italy (July 29, 1900 - May 9, 1946), Emperor of Ethiopia (1936 - 1946) and King of Albania (1939 - 1946). Victor Emmanuel III's position as Emperor of Ethiopia was not universally accepted, as Italy had overthrown the native Emperor, Haile Selassie. The United Kingdom, among many others, refused to recognise Victor Emmanuel's 'new' title (as indeed did many to his claim to be King of Albania) with King George VI as King of the United Kingdom on the advice of the British government accrediting ambassadors to Victor Emmanuel as merely 'King of Italy'. (In contrast in.
