Pope John VIII Assassinated
12/16/882 AD killed by
Assassinated by his own clerics —the first pope to be assassinated.
According to Barbara M. Kreutz, the factors include
- his exhaustion of the papal treasury
- lack of support among the Carolingians
- failure to stop the Saracen raids
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Pope John VIII (Giovanni ) Pope of Catholic Church ...
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