Pope Sergius III

head of the Catholic Church

860 CE to 911 CE

Pope Sergius III (c. 860 − 14 April 911) is the head of the Catholic Church from 29 January 904 to his death in 911.

He is pope during a period of feudal violence and disorder in central Italy, when the Papacy is a pawn of warring aristocratic factions.

Sergius III had reputedly ordered the murder of his two immediate predecessors, Leo V and Christopher, and is the only pope to have allegedly fathered an illegitimate son who later becomes pope (John XI).

He is the first Pope to be depicted wearing the papal tiara.

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