# Pope John XIII

> A tenth-century pope who survived kidnapping by Roman nobles and spent his papacy as Otto I's diplomatic instrument, brokering a Byzantine marriage to shore up the emperor's claim and planting church structures across Eastern Europe.

*Head of the Catholic Church from 965 to 972*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-john-xiii

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Died:** 0972-09-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

John XIII became bishop of Rome on 1 October 965 and immediately found himself caught between the Holy Roman emperor Otto I and the Roman nobility who resented imperial control. The nobles kidnapped him, forcing a rescue and years of tense maneuvering. He turned to diplomacy: after long negotiations, he arranged a Byzantine marriage for Otto II, an alliance meant to legitimize the Ottonian claim to imperial dignity through bloodline. He also established church hierarchy in Poland and Bohemia, extending Rome's reach eastward. He died on 6 September 972, having survived the violence but never escaped the vise.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 60.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.8 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

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

## Sources
- [Papa João XIII](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Jo%C3%A3o_XIII)
- [Paus Johannes XIII](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paus_Johannes_XIII)
- [Papa Giovanni XIII](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Giovanni_XIII)
- [若望十三世](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%A5%E6%9C%9B%E5%8D%81%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%96)
- [ヨハネス13世 (ローマ教皇)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%8F%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B913%E4%B8%96_(%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E6%95%99%E7%9A%87))
- [Иоанн XIII (папа римский)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_XIII_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9))
- [Jan XIII (papież)](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_XIII_(papie%C5%BC))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181952)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_XIII)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope%20John%20XIII)
- [Yann XIII](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_XIII)
- [Papa Joan XIII](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Joan_XIII)
- [Gáu-huòng Ioannes 13-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Ioannes_13-si%C3%A9)
- [Jan XIII.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_XIII.)
- [Johannes XIII. (Papst)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_XIII._(Papst))
- [Johannes XIII](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_XIII)
- [Πάπας Ιωάννης ΙΓ΄](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%99%CF%89%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%99%CE%93%CE%84)
- [Juan XIII](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_XIII)
- [Johannes XIII](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_XIII)
- [Joan XIII.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_XIII.a)
- [پاپ ژان سیزدهم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%85)
- [Johannes XIII](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_XIII)
- [Jean XIII](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_XIII)
- [Pápa Eoin XIII](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1pa_Eoin_XIII)
- [Xoán XIII, papa](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xo%C3%A1n_XIII%2C_papa)
- [Kau-fòng Ioannes 13-sṳ](https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kau-f%C3%B2ng_Ioannes_13-s%E1%B9%B3)
- [יוחנן השלושה עשר](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%A9%D7%A8)
- [Wikiquote](https://ru.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_XIII)
- [Йоан XIII (папа)](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD_XIII_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0))
- [Ян XIII](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_XIII)

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