Pope John XIII
Head of the Catholic Church from 965 to 972 · Italy · Religious Figures · Died 972
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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.
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