Pope John XV

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

Pope985–996

Who

The first pope to canonise a saint by formal decree (Ulrich of Augsburg, 993).

Sources

Annuario Pontificio

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In the succession →

See of Rome, 985–996.

Succeeded: Pope John XIV983–984
See of Rome, 985–996
Succeeded by: Pope Gregory V996–999
See of Rome, 996–999

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