Pope Benedict IV [SEP] date of death
Pope Benedict IV
Pope Benedict IV (; died 30 July 903) was Pope from 1 February 900 to his death in 903. The tenth-century historian Flodoard, who nicknamed him "the Great", commended his noble birth and public generosity. He succeeded Pope John IX (898–900) and was followed by Pope Leo V (903).
Biography.
Benedict was a native of Rome, the son of one Mammalus, and was ordained priest by Pope Formosus. In 900, he excommunicated Baldwin II of
to his death in 579
- Pope Benedict II (635–685), also a saint
- Pope Benedict III (died 858), head of the Catholic Church from 29 September 855 to his death in 858
- Pope Benedict IV (died 903), head of the Catholic Church from 1 February 900 to his death in 903
- Pope Benedict V (died 965), head of the Catholic Church from 22 May to 23 June 964, in opposition to Pope Leo VIII
- Pope Benedict VI (