The Crescentii (in modern Italian Crescenzi) were a baronial family, attested in Rome from the beginning of the 10th century and which in fact ruled the city and the election of the popes until the beginning of the 11th century.[1]
^Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pope John XIII" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
The Crescentii (in modern Italian Crescenzi) were a baronial family, attested in Rome from the beginning of the 10th century and which in fact ruled the...
Marozia, born Maria and also known as Mariuccia or Mariozza (c. 890 – 937), was a Roman noblewoman who was the alleged mistress of Pope Sergius III and...
incorporating the struggle for power of Roman aristocratic families such as the Crescentii. The son of a Roman of German ancestry named Hildebrand, Benedict was...
influence and power of the Crescentii clan. During his whole pontificate, he was allegedly subordinate to the head of the Crescentii, who controlled Rome,...
obscurum", the practice passed from the Emperor to powerful Roman nobles—the Crescentii and then the Counts of Tusculum. In many cases, the Papal coronation was...
The Crescenti cutthroat trout or the Lake Crescent cutthroat trout is a North American freshwater fish, a local form (f. loc.) of the coastal cutthroat...
reform." Both the Crescentii and the Counts of Tusculum were descended from Theophylact I, the former papal vestararius. The Crescentii had cooperated with...
Antonio De Crescentiis (born 8 May 1968 in Pratola Peligna) is an Italian politician and former President of the Province of L'Aquila. In September 1984...
The selection of the Pope, the Bishop of Rome and Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, prior to the promulgation of In Nomine Domini in AD 1059 varied...
papacy was 867–1049. This period includes the Saeculum obscurum, the Crescentii era, and the Tusculan Papacy. The papacy came under the control of vying...
orchestrating the defeat of the Saracens in Sardinia and subjugating the Crescentii. In 1022, he held a synod at Pavia with the Emperor to restrain simony...
Papacy (537–752) Frankish Papacy (756–857) Saeculum obscurum (904–964) Crescentii era (974–1012) High and Late Middle Ages Tusculan Papacy (1012–1044 /...
grandson of Marozia, by her son Alberic II of Spoleto After several Crescentii family popes up to 1012, the Theophylacti still occasionally nominated...
replaced by powerful Roman families during the saeculum obscurum, the Crescentii era, and the Tusculan Papacy. From 1048 to 1257, the papacy experienced...
returns from Constantinople and gains support from the powerful Roman Crescentii family. He takes hold of the papal throne. Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad...
epitaph on his tomb (Armellini, Le Chiese di Roma, 586) is still visible. Crescentii Counts of Tusculum "CRESCENZIO de Theodora - Treccani". Treccani (in Italian)...
place San Pancrazio, Rome Known for De facto ruler of Rome Parent Crescentius the Elder (father) Relatives John Crescentius (brother) Family Crescentii...
families had established ties with Ptolemy I of Tusculum by 1105. The Crescentii, the traditional rivals of the Tusculani in Rome, had taken over Terracina...
that his father was the Roman noble John Crescentius, a member of the Crescentii family who had married into the family of Count Theophylact I of Tusculum...
cutthroat trout O. c. clarki f. crescentii – Lake Crescent cutthroat trout, Crescenti trout (sometimes O. c. crescentii) O. c. henshawi (Richardson, 1836)...
where he is strangled to death through the influence of the powerful Crescentii family. Crescentius I (the Elder), Italian politician and aristocrat,...
rest of his life. John Crescentius died in May 1012, and with him the Crescentii disappeared from the history of Rome. 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia: Herbermann...
When Pope John XIII, born Giovanni Crescentius, of the powerful Roman Crescentii family, died on 6 September 972, the majority of the electors who adhered...
Constantinople in April 984 and his installation as pope by the influential Crescentii family, John was assaulted, deposed, and confined at Castel Sant'Angelo...
Papacy (537–752) Frankish Papacy (756–857) Saeculum obscurum (904–964) Crescentii era (974–1012) High and Late Middle Ages Tusculan Papacy (1012–1044 /...
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