Pope Anastasius III

Pope Anastasius III
Bishop of Rome
Denarius of Anastasius III
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	April 911
Papacy ended	June 913
Predecessor	Sergius III
Successor	Lando
Personal details
Born	Anastasius c. 865 Rome, Papal States
Died	June 913 Rome, Papal States
Other popes named Anastasius

Pope Anastasius III (c. 865 — June 913^[1]) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from April 911 to his death.

Anastasius was a Roman by birth.^[2] A Roman nobleman, Lucian, is sometimes recognized as his father, although other sources assert that he was the illegitimate son of his predecessor, Pope Sergius III.^{[citation needed]}

Almost nothing is recorded of Pope Anastasius III, his pontificate falling in the period when Rome and the papacy were in the power of Theophylact I of Tusculum and Theodora, who approved Anastasius III's candidacy. Under his reign, the Normans of Rollo were evangelized. Anastasius III's papacy faced renewed threats from the Saracens, after they established themselves on the Garigliano river.^[3] He was buried in St. Peter's Basilica.

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•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Anastasius". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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