13 April 965 A.D. Leo VIII Dies—Rome’s 131st; “Leo the Layman” Holds the Office
13 April 965 A.D. Leo VIII Dies—Rome’s 131 st ; “Leo the Layman” Holds the Office Mann, Horace. "Pope Leo VIII." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09160b.htm . Accessed 28 Aug 2014. Pope Leo VIII Date of birth unknown; d. between 20 February and 13 April, 965. When the Emperor Otho I illegally brought about the deposition of the unworthy Pope John XII (Nov., 963), he equally illegally caused to be elected, to fill his place, a layman , "Leo, the venerable protonotary". Leo was a Roman and the son of one John. His family was well known in the Clivus Argentarii (now Via di Marforio, between the Corso and the ForumRomanum), and he himself gave his name to various streets in the neighbourhood of his home. Chos...