List of popes
10th century

List of popes

Section Title: 10th century
Table Section Text: None

Pontiff number	Pontificate	Portrait	Name: English · Latin	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/ end of papacy	Notes

117	1 Feb 900 – 30 July 903 (3 years, 179 days) (1274)	-	Benedict IV Papa BENEDICTUS Quartus	Benedetto	c. 840 Rome, Papal States	60 / 63	Italian.

118	30 July 903 – Dec 903 (124 days) (124)	-	Leo V Papa LEO Quintus	Leone Britigena	c. 845 Ardea, Papal States	58 / 58 (†59)	Italian. Deposed and murdered.

–	Oct 903 – Jan 904 (92 days) (92)	-	Christopher Antipapa CHRISTOFORO	Cristoforo	Rome, Papal States	Italian. In opposition to Pope Leo V and Pope Sergius III

119	29 Jan 904 – 14 April 911 (7 years, 75 days) (2632)	-	Sergius III Papa SERGIUS Tertius	Sergio di Tuscolo	c. 860 Rome, Papal States	44 / 51	Italian. "Saeculum obscurum" begins. The first pope to be depicted with the Papal Tiara.

120	14 April 911 – June 913 (2 years, 48 days) (779)	-	Anastasius III Papa ANASTASIUS Tertius	Anastasio	c. 865 Rome, Papal States	46 / 48	Italian.

121	7 July 913 – 5 Feb 914 (213 days) (213)	-	Lando Papa LANDO	Lando	c. 865 Sabina, Papal States	48 / 49	Italian.

122	March 914 – 28 May 928 (14 years, 88 days) (5202)	-	John X Papa IOANNES Decimus	Giovanni	c. 860 Tossignano, Romagna (formally part of the Papal States)	54 / 68	Italian.

123	28 May 928 – Dec 928 (187 days) (187)	-	Leo VI Papa LEO Sextus	Leone	c. 880 Rome, Papal States	48 / 48	Italian.

124	3 Feb 929 – 13 Feb 931 (2 years, 10 days) (740)	-	Stephen VII (Stephen VIII) Papa STEPHANUS Septimus (Octavus)	Stefano	c. 880 Rome, Papal States	49 / 51	Italian. Sometimes called Stephen VIII.

125	15 March 931 – Dec 935 (4 years, 261 days) (1722)	-	John XI Papa IOANNES Undecimus	Giovanni di Tuscolo	c. 910 Rome, Papal States	21 / 25	Italian. Probably, according to the Liber Pontificalis and Liutprand of Cremona, the son of Pope Sergius III, and not of Alberic I of Spoleto, who was Marozia's husband.

126	3 Jan 936 – 13 July 939 (3 years, 191 days) (1287)	-	Leo VII Papa LEO Septimus	Leone O.S.B.	c. 885 Rome, Papal States	41 / 44	Italian. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.

127	14 July 939 – 30 Oct 942 (3 years, 108 days) (1204)	-	Stephen VIII (Stephen IX) Papa STEPHANUS Octavus (Nonus)	Stefano	c. 900 Rome, Papal States	39 / 42	Italian. Sometimes called Stephen IX.

128	30 Oct 942 – 1 May 946 (3 years, 183 days) (1279)	-	Marinus II Papa MARINUS Secundus	Marino	c. 900 Rome, Papal States	42 / 46	Italian.

129	10 May 946 – 8 Nov 955 (9 years, 182 days) (3469)	-	Agapetus II Papa AGAPETUS Secundus	Agapito	c. 905 Rome, Papal States	41 / 50	Italian.

130	16 Dec 955 – 6 Dec 963 (8 years, 356 days) (3278)	-	John XII Papa IOANNES Duodecimus	Ottaviano di Tuscolo	c. 930/37 Rome, Papal States	18 (25) / 26 (33)	Italian. Second Pope not to use his personal name, after John II.

–	6 Dec 963 – 26 Feb 964 (82 days) (82)	-	Leo VIII Antipapa LEO Octavus	Leone	c. 915 Rome, Papal States	48 / 49	Italian. Appointed antipope by Emperor Otto in 963 in opposition to John XII and Benedict V.

130	26 Feb 964 – 14 May 964 (78 days) (78)	-	John XII Papa IOANNES Duodecimus	Ottaviano di Tuscolo	c. 937 Rome, Papal States	27 / 27	Italian. Murdered in 964.

131	22 May 964 – 23 June 964 (32 days) (32)	-	Benedict V Papa BENEDICTUS Quintus	Benedetto	c. 915 Rome, Papal States	49 / 49 (†50)	Italian. Elected by the people of Rome, in opposition to the Antipope Leo VIII who was appointed by Emperor Otto; he accepted his own deposition in 964 leaving Leo VIII as the sole pope.

132	23 June 964 – 1 March 965 (251 days) (251)	-	Leo VIII Papa LEO Octavus	Leone	c. 915 Rome, Papal States	49 / 50	Italian. Became the true pope after Benedict V was deposed, after being antipope from 963 to 964, in opposition to Pope John XII and Pope Benedict V.

133	1 Oct 965 – 6 Sep 972 (6 years, 341 days) (2532)	-	John XIII Papa IOANNES Tertius Decimus	Giovanni dei Crescenzi	c. 930 Rome, Papal States	45 / 52	Italian. Chronicled after his death as "the Good".

134	19 Jan 973 – 8 June 974 (1 year, 140 days) (505)	-	Benedict VI Papa BENEDICTUS Sextus	Benedikt	c. 925 Rome, Papal States	48 / 49	German Italian. Deposed and murdered.

–	July 974– July 974 (30 days) (30)	-	Boniface VII Antipapa BONFATIUS Septinus	Francone Ferucci	Rome, Italy, Roman Empire	Italian. In opposition to Pope Benedict VI and Pope Benedict VII

135	Oct 974 – 10 July 983 (8 years, 282 days) (3204)	-	Benedict VII Papa BENEDICTUS Septimus	Benedetto di Spoleto	c. 930 Rome, Papal States	44 / 53	Italian.

136	Dec 983 – 20 Aug 984 (263 days) (263)	-	John XIV Papa IOANNES Quartus Decimus	Pietro Canepanora	c. 940 Pavia, Kingdom of Italy, Holy Roman Empire	43 / 44	Italian. Fourth Pope not to use his personal name, after John II, John III and John XII.

–	20 Aug 984– 20 July 985 (334 days) (334)	-	Boniface VII Antipapa BONFATIUS Septinus	Francone Ferucci	Rome, Italy, Roman Empire	Italian. In opposition to Pope John XIV and Pope John XV

137	20 Aug 985 – 1 April 996 (10 years, 225 days) (3877)	-	John XV Papa IOANNES Quintus Decimus	Giovanni di Gallina Alba	c. 950 Rome, Papal States	35 / 46	Italian. The first pope to formally canonize a saint.

138	3 May 996 – 18 Feb 999 (2 years, 291 days) (1021)	-	Gregory V Papa GREGORIUS Quintus	Bruno von Kärnten	c. 972 Stainach, Duchy of Carinthia, Holy Roman Empire	24 / 27	The first German Pope and fifth not to use his personal name. Henceforth, this decision became tradition among future popes.

–	April 997– Feb 998 (306 days) (306)	-	John XVI Antipapa IOANNES Sextus Decimus	Iōánnēs Philágathos O.S.B.	c. 941 Rossano, Calabria, Italy, Byzantine Empire	55 / 56 (†60)	Greek. In opposition to Pope Gregory V

139	2 April 999 – 12 May 1003 (4 years, 40 days) (1500)	-	Sylvester II Papa SILVESTER Secundus	Gerbert d'Aurillac O.S.B.	c. 940/42 Belliac, France	52 (54) / 56 (58)	The first French (Occitan) pope.

Sentence(s)

Boniface VII (974, 984–985) and John XVI (997–998) are considered as antipopes.

final_sentence: Boniface VII (974, 984–985) and John XVI (997–998) are considered as antipopes.