# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-viii-q314017
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:15:30.317Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-viii-q314017"
name: "John VIII"
slug: "john-viii-q314017"
description: "Antipope John VIII or Antipope John was an antipope of the Roman Catholic church, in the year 844. On the death of Pope Gregory IV, the populace of Rome declared John, a deacon with no known links to the aristocracy as his successor. They seized the Lateran Palace and enthroned him there. However, the lay aristocracy elected as pope the elderly, nobly born archpriest Sergius, ejected John from the Lateran, and swiftly crushed the opposition. Pope Sergius II's consecration was rushed through immediately, without waiting for imperial ratification from the Frankish court. Although some of his supporters wanted John put to death for what they considered his presumption, Sergius intervened to save his life and John was confined to a monastery. Nothing further is known about him."
tagline: "Antipope in 844"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "790"
deathDate: "0874-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.95180133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_VIII_(motp%C3%A5ve)"
    title: "Johannes VIII (motpåve)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenpous_Johannes_VIII"
    title: "Teenpous Johannes VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_VIII._(Gegenpapst)"
    title: "Johannes VIII. (Gegenpapst)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD_VIII_(%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0)"
    title: "Йоан VIII (антипапа)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_VIII_(antipapa)"
    title: "Joan VIII (antipapa)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_VIII._(Gegenpapst)"
    title: "Johannes VIII. (Gegenpapst)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%99%CF%89%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%97%CE%84"
    title: "Αντίπαπας Ιωάννης Η΄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope_John_VIII"
    title: "Antipope John VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_(Antipapa)"
    title: "Juan (Antipapa)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_VIII.a_(antipapa)"
    title: "Joan VIII.a (antipapa)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_VIII_(vastapaavi)"
    title: "Johannes VIII (vastapaavi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_VIII_(antipape)"
    title: "Jean VIII (antipape)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xo%C3%A1n_VIII%2C_antipapa"
    title: "Xoán VIII, antipapa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_VIII.%2C_protupapa"
    title: "Ivan VIII., protupapa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIII._J%C3%A1nos_(ellenp%C3%A1pa)"
    title: "VIII. János (ellenpápa)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%BD_VIII_(%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%BA)"
    title: "Հովհաննես VIII (հակապապ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipapa_Giovanni_VIII"
    title: "Antipapa Giovanni VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%8F%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B98%E4%B8%96_(%E5%AF%BE%E7%AB%8B%E6%95%99%E7%9A%87)"
    title: "ヨハネス8世 (対立教皇)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_VIII_(antipapa)"
    title: "Ioannes VIII (antipapa)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenpaus_Johannes_VIII"
    title: "Tegenpaus Johannes VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_VIII_(antypapie%C5%BC)"
    title: "Jan VIII (antypapież)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipapa_Jo%C3%A3o_VIII"
    title: "Antipapa João VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_VIII_(%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0)"
    title: "Иоанн VIII (антипапа)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipapa_Ivan_VIII"
    title: "Antipapa Ivan VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protipape%C5%BE_Janez_VIII."
    title: "Protipapež Janez VIII."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314017"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump