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

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    —A.J.P. (Alan John Percivale)

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