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Since his time, the practice that the person who has been elected to the office of pope takes on a new name became a tradition.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"970","date":"0970"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227970#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/Q227970#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"12 May 1012","date":"1012-05-12"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227970#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/Q227970#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/Q227970#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"Catholic priest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250867"},{"text":"Catholic bishop","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611644","start":"1010-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227970#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Pope (6 August 1009 – 12 May 1012)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19546","start":"1009-08-06","end":"1012-05-12"},{"text":"diocesan bishop (1004–1009)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1144278","start":"1004","end":"1009-08-06"},{"text":"cardinal (since 1004)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45722","start":"1004"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227970#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sergius_IV","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227970"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pope Sergius IV born?","a":"Pope Sergius IV was born on 970 in Rome."},{"q":"What positions has Pope Sergius IV held?","a":"Positions held by Pope Sergius IV include: Pope (1009–1012); diocesan bishop (1004–1009); cardinal (since 1004)."}],"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"},{"name":"Pope Innocent XI","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-xi"},{"name":"Pope Benedict XII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-benedict-xii"},{"name":"Pope Alexander VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-alexander-vii"},{"name":"Pope Clement V","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-v"},{"name":"Pope Urban VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-urban-viii"},{"name":"Pope Paul III","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-paul-iii"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pope-sergius-iv-42a6b56f26.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Cesare Mariani","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sergius_IV_(Saint_Paul_Outside_the_Walls).png"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope Sergius IV","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sergius_IV","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q227970","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227970","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Sergius IV (Saint Paul Outside the Walls).png by Cesare Mariani (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sergius_IV_(Saint_Paul_Outside_the_Walls).png","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 Sergius IV, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Sergius IV (Saint Paul Outside the Walls).png — Cesare Mariani, Public domain.","cite":"\"Pope Sergius IV\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-sergius-iv. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T06:57:40Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-sergius-iv","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-sergius-iv","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-sergius-iv?lang=ne"}}