{"slug": "pope-john-viii", "label": "Pope John VIII", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_VIII", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170504", "qid": "Q170504", "description": "Head of the Catholic Church from 872 to 882", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [872, 882], "span_label": ["872 CE", "882 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 7}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pavia", "label": "Pavia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-the-bald", "label": "Charles the Bald", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-the-german", "label": "Louis the German", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-the-fat", "label": "Charles the Fat", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gaul", "label": "Gaul", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "west-francia", "label": "West Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "latin", "label": "Latin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "great-moravia", "label": "Great Moravia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saints-cyril-and-methodius", "label": "Saints Cyril and Methodius", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 872, "year_label": "872 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 14", "text": "December 14 – Pope Adrian II dies (at age 80), after a 5-year reign. He is succeeded by John VIII, as the 107th pope of Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267071842#Religion", "title": "872", "revid": 1267071842, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 875, "year_label": "875 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 29", "text": "December 29 – King Charles the Bald, supported by Pope John VIII, travels to Italy. He receives the Imperial Regalia at Pavia, and is crowned Holy Roman Emperor as Charles II at Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352180718#Europe", "title": "875", "revid": 1352180718, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 876, "year_label": "876 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June", "text": "June – Synod of Ponthion: Charles II summons a council, in which a papal brief is read from Pope John VIII. He appoints Ansegisus as papal legate and primate over Gaul, in the West Frankish Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267070562#Religion", "title": "876", "revid": 1267070562, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 878, "year_label": "878 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – Pope John VIII crowns Louis the Stammerer as king of the West Frankish Kingdom, in the cathedral at Troyes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353695287#Religion", "title": "878", "revid": 1353695287, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 879, "year_label": "879 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 7", "text": "June 7 – Pope John VIII recognizes the Duchy of Croatia, under Duke (knyaz) Branimir, as an independent state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348046041#Religion", "title": "879", "revid": 1348046041, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 880, "year_label": "880 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Pope John VIII issues the bull Industriae Tuae, creating an independent ecclesiastical province in Great Moravia, with archbishop Methodius as its head. Old Church Slavonic is recognized as the fourth liturgical language, besides Latin, Greek and Hebrew.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372561483#Religion", "title": "880", "revid": 1372561483, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 881, "year_label": "881 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – King Charles the Fat, the third son of the late Louis the German, is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John VIII at Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129955#Europe", "title": "881", "revid": 1341129955, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 882, "year_label": "882 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 16", "text": "December 16 – Pope John VIII is assassinated at Rome after a 10-year reign, probably the victim of a political conspiracy. He is succeeded by Marinus I, as the 108th pope of the Catholic Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345951089#Religion", "title": "882", "revid": 1345951089, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 882, "year_label": "882 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 16", "text": "December 16 – John VIII, pope of the Catholic Church", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345951089#Deaths", "title": "882", "revid": 1345951089, "section": "Deaths"}}]}