translation. But when I am taken home, I trust that, by the intercession of the apostle, the pagan ravages will cease." See also List of shortest-reigning popes References Gregorovius, Ferdinand, The History of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. III (1895) Mann, Horace K., The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages, Vol. IV: The Popes in the Days of Feudal Anarchy, 891-999 (1910) Notes Popes 10th-century popes Italian popes 965 deaths Year of birth unknown