# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pope-stephen-viii
# Generated: 2026-09-01T03:34:17.074Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/pope-stephen-viii"
name: "Pope Stephen VIII"
slug: "pope-stephen-viii"
description: "A tenth-century pope whose reign fell squarely in the Saeculum obscurum — the \"dark age\" — when Roman pontiffs answered less to God than to the counts of Tusculum, and Stephen's survival hung on the favor of Alberic II of Spoleto."
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image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pope_Stephen_VIII.jpg"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1000"
deathDate: "942"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           22.071244
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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    title: "Стэфан VIII (IX)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Stefan VIII"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1n_VIII."
    title: "Štěpán VIII."
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    title: "Stephan VIII."
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  - url: "https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_VIII"
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    title: "پاپ استفان هشتم"
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    title: "Étienne VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pápa Stiofán VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estevo_VIII%2C_papa"
    title: "Estevo VIII, papa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kau-f%C3%B2ng_Stephanus_8-s%E1%B9%B3"
    title: "Kau-fòng Stephanus 8-sṳ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Stefanus VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Stefanus_VIII"
    title: "Pous Stefanus VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Stephen VIII became bishop of Rome on 14 July 939, stepping into a papacy stripped of real power by feuding Italian nobles. His pontificate unfolded entirely within the Saeculum obscurum, that span when ambitious aristocrats reduced popes to pieces on their chessboard. Stephen's patron was Alberic II of Spoleto, whose rivalry with King Hugh of Italy defined the politics Stephen navigated. He died in October 942, three years into a tenure memorable mostly for what he couldn't control.