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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/John XVIII (pope)

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7777851911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 15 — John XVIII (pope)

JOHN XVIII., pope from 1003 to 1009, was, during his whole pontificate, the mere creature of the patrician John Crescentius, and ultimately he abdicated and retired to a monastery, where he died shortly afterwards. His successor was Sergius IV.