John XII
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This period also saw the papacy of John XII, who became pope at 18 in 955.
From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2022
Pope John XII also served as prince of Rome, like other pontiffs figures of the era, so he wasn’t the first Pope who split his duties between secular and sacred.
From Time • Jan. 13, 2017
Case in point: John XII kicked his papacy off with a bang, leading an army against two Italian duchies to try to reclaim key papal states.
From Time • Jan. 13, 2017
John's nephew, who was even more debauched, duly became John XII when barely 18.
From Time Magazine Archive
John XII was only nineteen when he became Pope.
From Historical Miniatures by Strindberg, August
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