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John (Name born by Popes who reigned)

a name born by 23 Popes who reigned in the following order:

John I 523-526 John II 533-535 John III .560-573 XVI......

John IV .640-642 ohn XVI, John V. .685-686 pope)...

John VI .701-705 ohn XVII John VII 705-707 ohn XVII 1 John VIII 872-882 ohn XIX John IX 896-900 ohn XX John X. oba XXI John XI John XII On XX save histori e of Tusca ir on the d heodoric, K Arian, thre a, where Catholic an, was ele eath of Ad , an tri Pope at the e influence of Guy, D er Alberico and her in where Joh of Alberic vian; bor in 956. A ed over Ital assistance elivered the ho at Ros but anited in 968, and ope was a crimes, whi sed. On t er, Johu e readful cr ed in 964. 'Euse), a e patrona to whose igh ecclesie was elected urbed by the Corde ed to for his fres John XIV ...983-984 John XV or XVI 985-996 XVI....

John XVI, (antipope) ...997 John XVII .....1003 John XVIII 1003-1009 John XIX 1024-1033 JOHN skilled in medicine and wrote medical works.

JOHN XXIII. (Balthasar Cossa), a Neapolitan who was legate at Bologna, and chamberlain to Boniface IX., and succeeded Alexander V., 1410. To pacify factions he promised to resign the tiara if Gregory XII. and Peter de Lune, or Benedict XIII., would also abandon their pretensions. Though these conditions were accepted and ratified in the council John XX.1042-1046 of Constance, he reassumed the office and 914-928 John XXI .1276-1277 .931-936 John XXII.1316-1334 956-964 John XXIII 1410-1415 John XIII ...965-972 The following only have historical importance:

JOHN I. was a native of Tuscany, and ascended the papal chair on the death of Hormisdas in 523. Theodoric, King of the Goths, a violent Arian, threw him into prison at Ravenna, na, where he died in 526. The Roman Catholic Church honors him as a martyr.

JOHN VIII., a Roman, was elected to the pontificate on the death of Adrian II., in 872. He crowned the Emperor Charles the Bald in 875, and three years after went to France, where he held a council at Troyes. In his time Italy was ravaged by the Saracens, who obliged the Pope to pay tribute. He died in 882.

JOHN XI. was made Pope at the age of 25, in 931, through the influence of his mother, Marozia, wife of Guy, Duke of Tuscany; but his brother Alberico afterward threw both him and her into the castle of St. Angelo, where John died in 936.

JOHN XII., the son of Alberico, and originally called Octavian; born 938.

He was elected Pope in 956. At that time Berenger tyrannized over Italy, and the Pope implored the assistance of the Emperor Otho I., who delivered the country. John crowned Otho at Rome, and promised him fidelity, but united with the son of Berenger against his deliverer.

Otho returned to Rome in 963, and called a council, in which the Pope was accused of sacrilege and other crimes, which being proved, he was deposed. On the departure of the emperor, John entered Rome and exercised dreadful cruelties on his enemies . He died in 964.

JOHN XXII (James d'Euse), a native of Cahors, who by the patronage of Charles II. of Naples, to whose son he was preceptor, rose to high ecclesiastical dignities, and in 1316 was elected Pope.

His pontificate was disturbed by various quarrels, especially with the Cordeliers, whose order he intended to suppress.

He died 1334, respected for his frugality, prudence, and sanctity. He was well insignia of sovereign pontiff; but he was soon after deposed and imprisoned. In 1418, he was restored to liberty, and compelled to acknowledge the election of Martin V. He died 1419.