Pope Anastasius III

Pope Anastasius III is a Roman by birth.

A Roman nobleman, Lucian, is sometimes recognized as his father, although other sources assert that he was the illegitimate son of his predecessor Pope Sergius III.

Almost nothing is recorded of Pope Anastasius III, his pontificate falling in the period when Rome and the Papacy are in the power of Theophylact, Count of Tusculum, and his wife Theodora, who had approved Anastasius III's candidacy.

Under his reign the Normans of Rollo have been evangelized.