Stephen VIII

Stephen VIII

127th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 939 - 942. During his pontificate he was subject to Alberic II of Spoleto, Prince of the Romans, and did not effectively rule the Papal States. His period as pope was during a brief interruption from the period when the church had been ruled by the so-called "pornocracy" of Roman noblewomen Theodora and Marozia.

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