Pope Stephen VII

Stephen VII ( VIII ) (* probably in Rome, † February 931, buried in Rome) was pope from May 929 to February 931 He was supposed Roman origin, but the traditional name of the Father Theudemund could also include Germanic origin. The name means " the crown " (Greek )

The cardinal priest Stephen was still alive of the deposed, imprisoned Pope John X of the Roman Senatrix Marozia as successor Pope Leo VI. employed.

Only a few unsecured information about the privileging of monasteries have survived from the short pontificate of only two years. Thus, the endorsement of the reform monastery Brogne by its founding abbot Gerard had been obtained.

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