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Pope Sergius IV

Head of the Catholic Church from 1009 to 1012

Head of the Catholic Church from 1009 to 1012

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nameSergius IV
titleBishop of Rome
churchCatholic Church
birth_namePietro Martino Buccaporci
term_start31 July 1009
term_end12 May 1012
predecessorJohn XVIII
successorBenedict VIII
consecration1004
cardinal1004
created_cardinal_byJohn XVIII
birth_placeRome, Papal States,
death_date12 May 1012
death_placeRome, Papal States,
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otherSergius
imageSergius IV (Saint Paul Outside the Walls).png

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Pope Sergius IV (died 12 May 1012) was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from 31 July 1009 to his death. His temporal power was eclipsed by the patrician John Crescentius. Sergius IV may have called for the expulsion of Muslims from the Holy Land, but this is disputed. 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.

Early life

Pietro Martino Buccaporci was born in Rome in the "Pina" district, at an unknown date, the son of Peter the Shoemaker and Stephania. Buccaporci ("Pig's snout") was neither his birth name nor the name of his family, but apparently a nickname given to him because of his personal habits.

In 1004, he became the bishop of Albano. He was elected pope after the abdication of John XVIII in 1009, and adopted the name Sergius IV.

Pontificate

The power held by Sergius IV was small and often overshadowed by the patrician, John Crescentius, the ruler of the city of Rome at the time. With the help of Crescentius, Sergius resisted the attempts of Emperor Henry II to establish control over Rome. Sergius IV acted to relieve famine in the city, and he exempted several monasteries from episcopal rule.

A papal bull calling for Muslims to be driven from the Holy Land after the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was destroyed in 1009 by the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah has been attributed to Sergius IV, although its authenticity has long been a matter of debate. Carl Erdmann considered it genuine, but it was rejected at length by Aleksander Gieysztor, who suggested that it was actually invented around the time of the First Crusade in order to help justify that expedition to Jerusalem. Subsequently, Hans Martin Schaller has argued for the document's authenticity.

Death and legacy

Sergius died on 12 May 1012 and was buried in the Basilica of St. John Lateran. There was some suspicion that he was murdered, as he died within a week of Crescentius, considered by many to have been his patron. Sergius was followed in the papacy by Benedict VIII.

References

Sources

References

  1. (1970). "PAPA QUI ET EPISCOPUS: ZUM SELBSTVERSTÄNDNIS DES REFORMPAPSTTUMS IM 11. JAHRHUNDERT". Archivum Historiae Pontificiae.
  2. Duchesne, p. 267.
  3. Alphonsus Ciaconius (Alfonso Chacón). (1677). "Vitae et res gestae pontificum romanorum: et S.R.E. cardinalium". P. et A. De Rubeis.
  4. His epitaph, quoted by Duchesne, p. 264, states, ''Albanum regimen lustro venerabilis uno rexit''. A ''lustrum'' is a five-year period.
  5. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13729b.htm Mann, Horace. "Pope Sergius IV." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 8 November 2017
  6. ""Sergius IV", The Holy See".
  7. Jules Auguste Lair. (1899). "Bulle du pape Sergius IV.: Lettres de Gerbert". A. Picard et fils.
  8. Carl Erdmann. (1965). "Die Entstehung des Kreuzzugsgedankens". [[W. Kohlhammer]].
  9. Aleksander Gieysztor. (1950). "The Genesis of the Crusades: The Encyclical of Sergius IV (1009–1012)".
  10. Hans Martin Schaller (1991), 'Zur Kreuzzugensyklika Papst Sergius' IV.', in: ''Papsttum, Kirche und Recht im Mittelalter. Festschrift für Horst Fuhrmann zum 65. Geburtstag'', ed. Hubert Mordek (Tubingen 1991), 135–153 (in German).
  11. Although not canonized, Sergius is sometimes venerated as a saint by the [[Benedictine]]s of which he was a member.Richard P. McBrien, ''Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to Benedict XVI'', (HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), 168.
  12. "Catholic Online".
  13. {{Catholic. Mann. Horace
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