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
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
Pope John XII soon aligned with Berengar II’s son behind Otto’s back.
From Time ● Jan. 13, 2017
John's nephew, who was even more debauched, duly became John XII when barely 18.
From Time Magazine Archive
He went to free the Papacy from the bondage of a Roman faction, the party of the infamous John XII, again rearing its head under a new leader.
From Medieval Europe by H. W. C. (Henry William Carless) Davis
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