Pope Anastasius III

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Anastasius III
Birth name Anastasius
Papacy began September 911
Papacy ended November 913
Predecessor Sergius III
Successor Lando
Born  ???
Rome, Italy
Died November 913
Rome, Italy
Other Popes named Anastasius

Anastasius III (died June 913) was Pope from September 911 to November 913, was a Roman by birth. He was allegedly the illegitimate son of his predecessor Pope Sergius III (904–911). Another sources mentions a Roman nobleman, Lucian, as his father.

Practically nothing is recorded of Pope Anastasius III, his pontificate falling in the period when Rome and the Papacy were in the power of Theophylact, Count of Tusculum and his wife Theodora, who approved Anastasius III's candidacy. Under his reign the Normans of Rollo were evangelized.

He was buried in St. Peter's Basilica.

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Preceded by
Sergius III
Pope
911–913
Succeeded by
Lando