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| | NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Pope John XIV |
 | | Antipope Boniface VII, on the strength of the popular feeling against the new pope, returned from Constantinople and placed John in prison, in Castel Sant'Angelo, where he died either by starvation or poison. |
 | | Boniface VII (died July 20, 985), who attained the papal chair in 974, is sometimes styled an antipope. |
 | | John XIV (died August 20, 984), Pope from 983 to 984, successor to Benedict VII, was born at Pavia, and before his elevation to the papal chair was imperial chancellor of Otto II, and was the latter's second choice. |
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