Editing Pope Sergius IV (section)

==Early life==
Pietro Martino Buccaporci was born in [[Rome]] in the "Pina" district, at an unknown date, the son of Peter the Shoemaker and Stephania.<ref>Duchesne, p. 267.</ref> ''Buccaporci'' ("Pig's snout") was neither his birth name nor the name of his family, but apparently a nickname given to him because of his personal habits.<ref>{{cite book|author=Alphonsus Ciaconius (Alfonso Chacón)|editor=Agostinus Olduinus|title=Vitae et res gestae pontificum romanorum: et S.R.E. cardinalium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0RdFAAAAcAAJ|volume=Tomus primus|year=1677|publisher=P. et A. De Rubeis|location=Roma|language=Latin|page=765}}</ref>

In 1004, he became the [[bishop of Albano]].<ref>His epitaph, quoted by Duchesne, p. 264, states, ''Albanum regimen lustro venerabilis uno rexit''. A ''lustrum'' is a five-year period.</ref><ref name=Mann>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13729b.htm Mann, Horace. "Pope Sergius IV." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 8 November 2017</ref> He was elected [[pope]] after the [[papal abdication|abdication]] of [[John XVIII]] in 1009, and adopted the name Sergius IV.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://w2.vatican.va/content/vatican/en/holy-father/sergio-iv.html| title = "Sergius IV", The Holy See}}</ref>