Crescentius the Elder

Crescentius de Theodora († 984 on the Aventine / Rome) - sometimes referred to as Crescentius I., which means that then his son Crescentius I. Nomentanus be conducted II as Crescentius needs - was a Roman patrician and influential politicians at the time of Emperor Otto II

He was the son of John Crescentius and Theodora II and brother of Pope John XIII. From his marriage with Sergia had two sons, I. Crescentius Nomentanus and John I. Crescentius, Count of Terracina.

Crescentius de Theodora was 974 the leader of a revolt against Pope Benedict VI. , Which led to the election of the anti-pope Boniface VII. However, the revolt collapsed through the intervention of Otto II and Boniface VII had initially fled to Byzantium. For Cresentius However, this failure remained without major direct consequences and his family continued to be an influential player in the Roman policy.

Crescentius de Theodora died as a monk in the monastery of SS Bonifacio e Allessio ( Alexius Monastery ) on the Aventine Hill in Rome.