Lando

Lando (also known as Landus) was the Pope for about 6 months from 913 until his death in 914. His short pontificate is very poorly attested and occurred during an obscure period in papal and Roman history, the so-called Saeculum obscurum (904–964).

According to the Liber pontificalis, Lando was born in the Sabina (Papal States), and his father was a wealthy Lombard count named Taino from Fornovo. The start of his pontificate has been placed as early as July or as late as November 913. The Theophylacti controlled papal finances through their monopoly of the office of vestararius, and also controlled the Roman militia and Senate. No document of Lando's chancery has survived. The only act of his reign that is recorded is a donation to his native diocese of Sabina mentioned in a judicial act of 1431.