Pope John XVIII was born with the given name of Giovanni Fasano in the year A.D., and died in A.D. He began his reign as Pope in the year 1003 A.D. and ended his reign in the year 1009 A.D., during the Early Middle Ages. John XVIII was from Rome, and his papal number is: 143 out of 267 officially recognized Roman Catholic Popes.
Summary: Pope whose reign bridged local Roman pressures and wider reform currents.
Biography:John XVIII governed during a time when the papacy was still vulnerable to Roman noble interests but increasingly connected to larger movements of ecclesiastical reform. His pontificate appears to have been relatively stable by the standards of the age.
He maintained relations with major Christian powers and helped preserve ordinary ecclesial order in Rome. In periods without dramatic councils or wars, such faithful governance could still be of real importance.
John XVIII is remembered as a transitional pope serving between the darkest age of aristocratic dominance and the stronger reforming papacy to come.
