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| | MARINO - LoveToKnow Article on MARINO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07) |
 | | MARINUS I., sometimes called Martin II., pope from 882 to 884, was the son of a Tuscan priest, and entered the church at an early age, becoming a deacon about 862. |
 | | Three successive popes sent him as legate to Constantinople, his mission in each case having reference to MARINUSMARION, H. the controversy excited by Photius (q.v.); and having become an archdeacon and a bishop, he also negotiated on behalf of pope John VIII. |
 | | MARINUS II., sometimes called Martin III., pope from 942 to 946, was merely the puppet of Alberic (d. |
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