"Pope John XII was the most depraved bishop ever to head the Church; His conduct was in complete contradiction to the principles of Christian ethics. He was hypocritical, cruel and thoughtless - he was the embodiment of the papal "pornocracy" of the first half of the tenth century. His insatiable lasciviousness eventually led him to a miserable downfall."
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Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore, Monsters. A History of Crime and Cruelty, publ. World of Books, transl. Jerzy Korpanty, 2010, ISBN 978-83-247-1548-0, p. 59.
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