Pope Marinus II

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Agapetus II
Personal details
Born
Marinus

Rome, Papal States
DiedMay 946 (aged 46)
Rome, Papal States
Previous post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Ciriaco alle Terne
Other popes named Marinus

Pope Marinus II (died May 946) was the

Martin IV
.

Early career

Marinus was born in Rome, and prior to becoming pope he was attached to the Church of Saint

bishop of Augsburg.[1]

Pontificate

Marinus was elevated to the papacy on 30 October 942 through intervention of

Benedictine monks.[3] In fact, throughout his pontificate, Marinus favoured various monasteries, issuing a number of bulls in their favour.[4]

Marinus occupied the palace built by Pope John VII atop the Palatine Hill in the ruins of the Domus Gaiana.[5] He died in May 946 and was succeeded by Agapetus II.[6]

Name

Because of the similarity of the names Marinus and Martinus, Marinus I and Marinus II were, in some sources, mistakenly called Martinus II and Martinus III.

Notes

  1. ^ Mann, pgs. 218-219
  2. ^ Mann, pg. 219
  3. ^ DeCormenin, Louis Marie; Gihon, James L., A Complete History of the Popes of Rome, from Saint Peter, the First Bishop to Pius the Ninth (1857), pgs. 290-291
  4. ^ Mann, pg. 221
  5. ^ Mann, pg. 222
  6. ^ Mann, pg. 223

References

  • Mann, Horace K., The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages, Vol. IV: The Popes in the Days of Feudal Anarchy, 891-999 (1910)

External links

  • Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Latina with analytical indexes
  • Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pope Marinus II" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  • Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Marinus s.v. Marinus II." . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 722.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Stephen VIII
 Pope
942–946 		Succeeded by
Agapetus II
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