Leo VIII
915 CE – 965 CE · aged 50
Pope
- Born
- 915 CE · Rome
- Died
- 965 CE · Rome
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- 915 CEBornBorn in Rome
- 964 CE – 965 CERolePope
- 965 CEDiedDied in Rome
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Biography
Pope Leo VIII (c. 915 – 1 March 965) was a Roman prelate who claimed the Holy See from 963 until 964 in opposition to John XII and Benedict V and again from 23 June 964 to his death. Today, he is considered by the Catholic Church to have been an antipope during the first period and the legitimate pope during the second. An appointee of Holy Roman Emperor Otto I, Leo VIII's pontificate occurred after the period known as the saeculum obscurum.
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