"Stephen VII" redirects here. For the Moldavian ruler, see Ștefan Tomșa.
In sources prior to the 1960s, this pope is called Stephen VIII and Pope Stephen VI is called Stephen VII; see Pope-elect Stephen for a detailed explanation.
Pope
Stephen VII
Bishop of Rome
Church
Catholic Church
Papacy began
February 929
Papacy ended
15 March 931
Predecessor
Leo VI
Successor
John XI
Personal details
Born
Stephanus de Gabrielli
Rome, Papal States
Died
c. 15 March 931 Rome, Papal States
Previous post(s)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Anastasia (928-929)
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Pope Stephen VII (Latin: Stephanus VII; died 15 March 931)[1] was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from February 929 to his death in 931. A candidate of the infamous Marozia, his pontificate occurred during the period known as the Saeculum obscurum.
^Archibald Bower, The History of the Popes: from the foundation of the See of Rome to A.D. 1758 (1845), pg. 311
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succeeded by StephenVII. He was buried at St. Peter’s Basilica. Mann, Horace K., The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages, Vol. IV: The Popes in the...
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brother, PopeStephen II, in negotiations with the Lombard kings. Paul was a Roman aristocrat and member of the Orsini family. He and his brother Stephen had...
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of the Crescentii. Ferrucci was then proclaimed as the new pope, taking the name Boniface VII. Hearing of the overthrow of Benedict VI, Otto II sent an...
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demand the pope's release. When Sicco arrived at Castel Sant’Angelo, a priest named Stephen strangled Benedict VI, possibly on orders of Boniface VII. Boniface...
in Rome, in 867. In January 897, PopeStephen VI held what is known as the Cadaver Synod. He had the body of Pope Formosus, the rival of his ally, Lambert...
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