Pope Benedict IV
head of the Catholic Church
Years: 850 - 903
Pope Benedict IV (Latin: Benedictus IV; died July 903) is the head of the Catholic Church from 1 February 900 to his death in 903.
He is the son of Mammalus, a native of Rome.
The tenth-century historian Flodoard, who nicknamed him the Great, commended his noble birth and public generosity.
He succeeds Pope John IX (898–900) and is followed by Pope Leo V (903).
