JOHN XVI

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JOHN XVI .,

pope

or antipope from 997 to 998, was a Calabrian Greek by

birth

BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

, and a favourite of the empress Theophano, from whom he had received the bishopric of Placentia. His

original

ORIGINAL

name was Philagathus. In 995 he was sent by Otto III. on an embassy to

Constantinople

CONSTANTINOPLE
CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

to negotiate a

marriage

MARRIAGE

with a Greek princess. On his way back he either accidentally or at the

special

SPECIAL

request of Crescentius visited Rome. A little before this Gregory V., at the end of 996, had been compelled to flee from the city; and the wily and ambitious Greek had now no

scruple

SCRUPLE

in accepting the papal tiara from the hands of Crescentius. The arrival of Otto at Rome in the

spring

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger.
springer
- SPRINGER (Fr. rein)
- SPRINGER, ANTON HEINRICH (1825–1891)
, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

of 998 put a sudden end to the teacherous compact. John sought safety in flight, but was discovered in his place of hiding and brought back to Rome, where after enduring cruel and ignominious tortures he was immured in a

dungeon

DUNGEON

.

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