Pope Sergius II

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Bishop of Rome
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy beganJanuary 844
Papacy ended27 January 847
PredecessorGregory IV
SuccessorLeo IV
Personal details
Born
Rome, Papal States
Died(847-01-27)27 January 847
Other popes named Sergius

Pope Sergius II (

bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from January 844 to his death in 847. Sergius II's pontificate saw the Arab raid against Rome
as well as the city's redevelopment.

Rise

Born to a noble family, Sergius was educated in the schola cantorum and ordained

cardinal-priest of the Church of Sts. Martin and Sylvester by Pope Paschal I. Under Pope Gregory IV, he became archpriest.[1]

At a preliminary meeting to

consecrated, without seeking ratification of the Frankish court.[1] Emperor Lothair I, however, disapproved of this abandonment of the Constitutio Romana of 824, which included a statute that no pope should be consecrated until his election had imperial approval. He sent an army under his son Louis, the recently appointed king of Italy, to re-establish his authority. The Church and the emperor reached an accommodation, with Sergius crowning Louis as king,[2]
but the pope did not accede to all the demands made upon him.

Pontificate

Sergius contributed to urban redevelopment in Rome, improving churches, aqueducts, and the Lateran Basilica.[1] He and his brother, Benedict, funded their building plans by selling appointments to various church positions to the highest bidder.[3]

During his pontificate, the outskirts of Rome were ravaged, and the churches of

Ostia in August 846.[2] During the raid, he and the people of Rome looked on helplessly as they hid behind the Aurelian walls.[4] Despite having been forewarned of the intentions of the raiders, Sergius is seen as having not acted adequately enough to prepare for that which eventuated.[5]

Sergius died while negotiating between the

patriarchs of Aquileia and Grado.[6] He was succeeded by Leo IV
.

Popular culture

Pope Sergius was portrayed by John Goodman in the 2009 film Pope Joan.

References

  1. ^ a b c Mann, Horace. "Pope Sergius II." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 14 September 2017
  2. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sergius § Sergius II" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 667.
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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pope Sergius II". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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