Pope John IX

This article is about the Catholic pope. For the Coptic pope, see Pope John IX of Alexandria.
Pope

John IX
Bishop of Rome
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy beganJanuary 898
Papacy endedJanuary 900
PredecessorTheodore II
SuccessorBenedict IV
Orders
Ordinationby Pope Formosus
Personal details
Bornc.825
Tivoli, Papal States
DiedJanuary 900 (aged about 75)
Rome, Papal States
Other popes named John

Pope John IX (Latin: Ioannes IX; died January 900) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from January 898 to his death.[1]

  1. ^ Platina, Bartolomeo (1479), The Lives of the Popes From The Time Of Our Saviour Jesus Christ to the Accession of Gregory VII, vol. I, London: Griffith Farran & Co., pp. 240–241, retrieved 25 April 2013