Pope Stephen VII


Stephen VII
Bishop of Rome
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy beganFebruary 929
Papacy ended15 March 931
PredecessorLeo VI
SuccessorJohn XI
Previous post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Anastasia (928-929)
Personal details
Born
Stephanus de Gabrielli

Diedc. 15 March 931
Rome, Papal States
Other popes named Stephen

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.

  1. ^ Archibald Bower, The History of the Popes: from the foundation of the See of Rome to A.D. 1758 (1845), pg. 311