# Pope John XVIII - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-john-xviii
Pontificate: 25 December 1003 – 18 July 1009
Number in the papal list: 141
Born-Died: c. 965 - 1009
Papal era: Ottonian & Tusculan Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_XVIII

Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. First pope born after the Papal States became a state of the Holy Roman Empire in 962.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope John XVII](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-john-xvii)
- Next in list: [Pope Sergius IV](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-sergius-iv)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1009 - [Destruction of the Holy Sepulchre](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1009-destruction-of-the-holy-sepulchre)