Pope Benedict IV
head of the Catholic Church
850 CE to 903 CE
Pope Benedict IV (Latin: Benedictus IV; died July 903) is the head of the Catholic Church from 1 February 900 to his death in 903.
He is the son of Mammalus, a native of Rome.
The tenth-century historian Flodoard, who nicknamed him the Great, commended his noble birth and public generosity.
He succeeds Pope John IX (898–900) and is followed by Pope Leo V (903).
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Louis has traveled onward from Pavia to Rome, where, in 901, he is crowned Emperor by Pope Benedict IV, who has upheld the ordinances of Pope Formosus.
However, Louis’s inability to stem the Magyar incursions and impose any meaningful control over northern Italy sees the Italian nobles quickly abandon his cause and once again align themselves with Berengar.
Benedict also excommunicates Baldwin II of Flanders for murdering Fulk, Archbishop of Reims.
Berengar defeats Louis's armies in 902, forcing him to flee to Provence and promise never to return to Italy.