Romano (Tuscolo) dei Conti di Tuscolo

Born [date unknown] in Rome, Holy Roman Empire

Ancestors

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Biography

Pope John XIX (Tuscolo) dei Conti di Tuscolo is Notable.

Romano dei conti di Tuscolo was born in Rome, the third son of Count Gregory I of Tusculum and his wife Mary.^[1][2]

At the time his brother was Pope Benedict VIII, Romano was a consul and senator. It was on the death of his brother Benedict VIII that Romano was elected to succeed him and was immediately ordained deacon, priest and bishop to enable him to ascend to the papacy taking the name John XIX.^[2]

Platina^[3] states:

John the Nineteenth, a Roman, son of Gregory, was, as some will have it, Bishop of Porto, though others say he never was in holy orders at all.

On his death in 1032 he was succeeded by his nephew Benedict IX.^[2]

Research Notes

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Sources

1. ↑ Vatican
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Wikipedia Pope John XIX
3. ↑ Platina, Bartolomeo (1479) The Lives of the Popes From the Time of Our Saviour Jesus Christ to the Accession of Gregory VII, I, London: Griffith Farran & Co., pp269-267, retrieved 2021-04-04.