{"id":"pope-john-viii","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-john-viii","language":"en","name":"Pope John VIII","name_en":"Pope John VIII","name_ne":null,"description":"Head of the Catholic Church from 872 to 882","headline":"Head of the Catholic Church from 872 to 882","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Pope John VIII (Latin: Ioannes VIII; died 16 December 882) was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from 14 December 872 to his death. He is often considered one of the most able popes of the 9th century.","summary_more":["John devoted much of his papacy to attempting to halt and reverse the Muslim gains in southern Italy and their march northwards. When his efforts to obtain assistance from either the Franks or the Byzantines failed, John strengthened the defences of Rome. He supported Methodius of Thessalonica in his mission to the Slavs, defended him against the Carolingian rulers and Bavarian clergy, and authorized the translation of the Bible into Old Church Slavonic. John also extended diplomatic recognition to the Duchy of Croatia and resolved the Photian schism. John's pontificate ended with his assassination, and the papacy became significantly weaker in the aftermath."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"820","date":"0820"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170504#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Rome","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170504#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"16 December 882","date":"0882-12-16"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170504#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Rome","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170504#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Papal States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170174"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170504#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"Catholic priest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250867"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170504#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Pope (17 December 872 – 16 December 882)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19546","start":"0872-12-17","end":"0882-12-16"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170504#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_VIII","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170504"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pope John VIII born?","a":"Pope John VIII was born on 820 in Rome."},{"q":"What positions has Pope John VIII held?","a":"Positions held by Pope John VIII include: Pope (0872–0882)."}],"related":[{"name":"Pope Telesphorus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-telesphorus"},{"name":"Pope Gregory XIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xiii"},{"name":"Pope Clement VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-vii"},{"name":"Pope Pius I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-i"},{"name":"Pope Boniface I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-boniface-i"},{"name":"Pope Agapetus I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-agapetus-i"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pope-john-viii-964164af9b.jpg","width":500,"height":494,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Anonymous Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ludvi2_Jan8.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope John VIII","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_VIII","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q170504","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170504","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Ludvi2 Jan8.jpg by Anonymous Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ludvi2_Jan8.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Pope John VIII, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Ludvi2 Jan8.jpg — Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Pope John VIII\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-john-viii. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-john-viii","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-john-viii","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-john-viii?lang=ne"}}