04/984 AD deposed
Otto II dies shortly after John XIV's election, and heir Otto III, is only 3 years old and unable to protect John's position.
Boniface VII, on the strength of the popular feeling against the new pope, returns from Constantinople and places John XIV in prison in the Castel Sant'Angelo, where he dies either from starvation or poison.
Subjects Who or What deposed?
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Antipope Boniface VII (Franco Ferrucci) Catholic prelate who cla...
Objects To Whom or What was deposed?
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Pope (papacy) Head of the Roman Cathol... -
Pope John XIV (Ioannes XIV, Pietro Canepanova) Pope of the Catholic chu...
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