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People: Faris ad-Din Aktai
Topic: Conquest of Wales by Edward I
Location: Foix Midi-Pyrenees France

Little is known about John IX before …

Years: 898 - 898
January

Little is known about John IX before he became Pope.

Born in Tivoli in an unknown year, he had been ordained as a Benedictine priest by Pope Formosus.

With the support of the powerful House of Spoleto he is elected Pontiff in early 898 following the sudden death of Pope Theodore II.