Pope John XII (c. 930/937 – 14 May 964), born Octavianus, was Pope of the Catholic Church from 16 December 955 to 14 May 964. Related to the Counts of Tusculum and a member of the powerful Roman family of Theophylact which had dominated papal politics for over half a century, he was both the secular and spiritual ruler of Rome. His pontificate became infamous for the alleged depravity and worldliness with which he conducted it.
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“Whose laughs are hearty, tho’ his jests are coarse,
And loves you best of all things—but his horse.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death.”
—Bible: New Testament St. John the Divine, in Revelation, 6:8.