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137th Roman Pontiff
John XV
IOANNES Quintus Decimus
Giovanni di Gallina Alba
137th Successor of St Peter · 985–996 · Rome · b. Rome, Papal States
985
Elected
996
Reign ended
11 years
Length
10th
Century
The Life
Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. First pope to formally canonize a saint.
Portrait: Artaud de Montor (1772–1849) / Wikimedia Commons