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Pope John XIV

Pope John XIV

?–984 CE · Pavia

John XIV, born Pietro Canepanova, was bishop of Pavia and chancellor to Emperor Otto II, who installed him as pope. When Otto died in 983, John lost his imperial protector. The antipope Boniface VII, returning from Constantinople with Byzantine backing, seized Rome, imprisoned John in the Castel Sant'Angelo, and let him die there in 984—whether by starvation or violence is unclear. His brief, tragic pontificate exemplifies how thoroughly the tenth-century papacy had become a prize contested between imperial and Roman aristocratic factions, the pope often powerless before them.

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Pavia

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About Pavia

Pavia, a city in Lombardy, northern Italy, a Lombard royal capital. The philosopher Boethius was imprisoned and executed near Pavia c. 524, and his relics are venerated in the city.

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