# Pope Stephen VIII - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-stephen-viii
Pontificate: 14 July 939 – 30 October 942
Number in the papal list: 127
Born-Died: c. 1000 - 942
Papal era: Saeculum Obscurum
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Stephen_VIII

Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Sometimes called Stephen IX.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Leo VII](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-leo-vii)
- Next in list: [Pope Marinus II](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-marinus-ii)