# Pope Agapetus II

> He held the keys to Christendom during the Saeculum obscurum — the "dark age" — when Rome's prince, not faith, chose the pope.

*Catholic pope, 946-955*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-agapetus-ii

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 900
- **Died:** 955
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 911, Agapetus became bishop of Rome on 10 May 946, not by the will of cardinals but by the word of Alberic II of Spoleto, the strongman who ruled the city. His pontificate unfolded entirely within the Saeculum obscurum, the century when Roman noble families controlled the papacy like a family business. He governed the Papal States under that shadow until his death on 8 November 955, one more name in the long roll of popes who reigned when temporal power outweighed spiritual authority.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 26.9 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 22.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 81.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #225

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Writer / Author, #Literature, #Religion, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Agapetus_II)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103389)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope%20Agapetus%20II)
- [أغابيتس الثاني](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A)
- [اجابيتس التانى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89)
- [Агапій II](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B9_II)
- [Агапет II](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82_II)
- [Agapetus II](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapetus_II)
- [Agapit II](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapit_II)
- [Gáu-huòng Agapetus 2-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Agapetus_2-si%C3%A9)
- [Agapito II](https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapito_II)
- [Agapetus II.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapetus_II.)
- [Agapitus II.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapitus_II.)
- [Agapetus II](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapetus_II)
- [Πάπας Αγαπητός Β΄](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B7%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%84)
- [Agapito II](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapito_II)
- [Agapetus II](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapetus_II)
- [Agapeto II.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapeto_II.a)
- [پاپ آگاپتوس دوم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%D8%A2%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85)
- [Agapetus II](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapetus_II)
- [Agapet II](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapet_II)
- [Pápa Agapetus II](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1pa_Agapetus_II)
- [Agapito II, papa](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapito_II%2C_papa)
- [Kau-fòng Agapetus 2-sṳ](https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kau-f%C3%B2ng_Agapetus_2-s%E1%B9%B3)
- [אגפטוס השני](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%92%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99)
- [Pous Agapetus II](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Agapetus_II)
- [Agapitus II.](https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapitus_II.)

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