John IX
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John IX was pope from 898 to 900. He was a Benedictine monk. He was made pope because of the support of Emperor Lambert of Spoleto. Lambert was of the Formosian party. Pope Sergius III who had been elected by the Anti-Formosians was chased from office with arms. He died unexepectedly in the year 900, which again ledad to feuds between different clans.