Pope Agapetus II

Agapetus II was pope from 946 to 955, at the time when Alberic[?], son of Marozia, was governing the independent republic of Rome under the title of "prince and senator of the Romans."

Agapetus, a man of some force of character, did his best to put a stop to the degradation into which the Papacy had fallen, the so-called "Pornocracy[?]," which lasted from the accession of Sergius III[?] in 904 to the deposition of John XII[?] in 963. His appeal to Otto the Great[?] to intervene in Rome remained without immediate effect, since Alberic's position was too strong to be attacked, but it bore fruit after his death.

Agapetus died on November 8, 955.

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Initial text from 1911 encyclopedia

previous pope: Pope Marinus II (942-946)

following pope: Pope John XII[?] (955-963)