AGAPETUS II


Meaning of AGAPETUS II in English

born , Rome died December 955, Rome pope from 946 to 955. Elected on May 10, 946, he was a wise and pious administrator who endeavoured to restore ecclesiastical discipline. The chief events of his pontificate included the spread of Christianity in Denmark, the settlement of the dispute over the see of Reims, and the German king Otto I's first success in Italy (951).

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