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.
Locations
People
- Adalbert II
- Arnulf of Carinthia
- Berengar I of Italy
- Guy IV of Spoleto
- Lambert II of Spoleto
- Pope John IX
Groups
- Franks
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Italy, Carolingian Kingdom of
- Spoleto, Duchy of
- Moravia, Great, Kingdom of
- Francia Occidentalis (West Francia, or France), Kingdom of
- Francia Orientalis (East Francia), Kingdom of
