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JOHN XV

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 435 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN XV ., See also:pope from 985 to 996, generally recognized as the successor of See also:Boniface VII., the pope John who was said to have ruled for four months after John XIV., being now omitted by the best authorities. John XV. was the son of See also:Leo, a See also:Roman See also:presbyter. At the See also:time he mounted the papal See also:chair Crescentius was patrician of See also:Rome, but, although his See also:influence was on this See also:account very much hampered, the presence of the empress See also:Theophano in Rome from 989 to 991 restrained also the ambition of Crescentius. On her departure the pope, whose venality and nepotism had made him very unpopular with the citizens, died of See also:fever before the arrival of See also:Otto III., who elevated his own kinsman See also:Bruno to the papal dignity under the name of See also:Gregory V.

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