|
See also:SERGIUS III ., elected See also:pope by one of the factions in See also:Rome in 898, simultaneously with See also:John IX., was expelled from the See also:city by his adversaries. Circumstances becoming more favour-able, he reappeared in 904, seized the two claimants, See also:Leo V. and See also:Christopher, who were disputing the See also:succession of See also:Benedict IV., and had them strangled. His adherents rallied See also:round the vestiarius See also:Theophylact, a powerful See also:Roman functionary, and his wife See also:Theodora. Sergius is reputed to have been the See also:lover of
Theodora's daughter Marozia, by whom he is said to have had a son, who became pope as John XI. This is the beginning of the so-called " pornocracy." Unlike John IX. and his successors, Sergius was very hostile to the memory of Pope See also:Formosus, and refused to recognize any of the ordinations celebrated by him, thus causing See also:grave disorders. He also affected to consider as See also:anti-popes, not only John IX., but also his successors down to and including Christopher. He restored the Lateran See also:basilica, which had fallen down in 897. He died on the 14th of See also:April 911, and was succeeded by See also:Anastasius III.
End of Article: SERGIUS III
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!