John xviii
Encyclopedia Britannica
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.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 13, p. 711
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