Consecration of Pope Nicholas I following the death of Pope Benedict III earlier that month.
Head of the Catholic Church from 858 to 867
🗓️ 24 April 0858
Pope Nicholas I, called Nicholas the Great, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 858 until his death on 13 November 867. He is the last of the three popes listed in the Annuario Pontificio with the title "the Great", alongside Leo I and Gregory I.
