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Pope John XV (Latin: Ioannes XV; born in Rome died April 1 996) was Pope from August 985 to his death in 996. He succeeded Boniface VII. He was said to have been Pope after another Pope John who reigned four months after Pope John XIV (983–984) and was named Papa Ioannes XIV Bis or Pope John XIVb. This supposed second John XIV never existed rather he was confused with a certain cardinal deacon John son of Robert who was opposed to Boniface VII and is now excluded from the papal lists.
