John VIII

John VIII may refer to:

  • Pope John VIII, Pope from 872 to 882
  • Antipope John VIII, antipope in 844
  • Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople, Patriarch from 1064 to 1065
  • John VIII Palaiologos (1392–1448), Byzantine Emperor
  • John VIII, Count of Harcourt, 1398–1424
  • John VIII, Count of Vendôme, 1426–1477
  • John VIII, Archbishop of Antivari, d. 1571
  • John VIII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, 1583–1638
  • The mythical Pope Joan, in some versions of her legend

Famous quotes containing the word viii:

    “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
    What is man, that thou art mindful of him?”
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm VIII (l. VIII, 3–4)