Ruler · 820 – 882

Pope John VIII

Lived 820 – 882; writer. Pope of Papal States, 872 – 882.

Wikidata's English label: John VIII.

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Lived: 820 – 882; 62 years
In office: 10 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Papal States
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Pope

Papal States · the 16th of 163 dated reigns · 757 – 1878 · read from the line of Vatican City

12 before

Pope Joan855 – 858

Nicholas I858 – 867

Adrian II867 – 872

Pope John VIII872 – 882

Marinus I882 – 884

Adrian III884 – 885

Stephen V885 – 891

144 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 872 – 882 · 10 years · came to it aged 52

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 882, the year they died

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