LEONE VI, POPE. – He reigned from May to December 928. Son of the primicerius Cristoforo, he succeeded Giovanni X, who had died in prison in Castel S. Angelo, and his election was designated by Marozia; almost nothing is known about him; a single letter (listed by Jaffé-Wattenbach, 3579) is addressed to the bishops of Dalmatia, inviting them to respect the rights of the bishop of Spalato, a practice already initiated by Giovanni X.
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