Crescentii

Crescentii
Country Papal States
(modern day Italy)
Founded10th century
FounderCrescenzio
Titles
Dissolution1761

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]

  1. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pope John XIII" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.