Editing Pope Leo VI (section)

==Pontificate==
Leo was elected pope around June 928, during a [[Saeculum obscurum|period of anarchy]].<ref name="m188"/> He was chosen by the ''senatrix'' [[Marozia]], who had gained control of Rome via the domination of her husband [[Guy, Margrave of Tuscany]], and who had ordered the imprisonment and death of Leo’s predecessor, [[Pope John X|John X]].<ref>Mann, pgs. 163-164</ref>

During his brief pontificate, Leo confirmed the decisions of the [[Synod of Spalato]].<ref name="m188"/> He completed his predecessor’s investigations into the ecclesiastical situation in [[Dalmatia]], and proceeded to give the [[pallium]] to Archbishop John of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska|Salona]], and ordered all the bishops of Dalmatia to obey him. He also ordered the bishop of Nona and others to limit themselves to the extent of their [[diocese]]s.<ref>Mann, page 168</ref> Leo then banned [[castrati]] from marrying.<ref>''Medical problems of performing artists, Volume 13'' (1998), page 151</ref> He also issued an appeal for help against the Arab raiders who were threatening Rome, stating that:
<blockquote>”Whoever died faithful in this struggle will not see himself refused entry into the heavenly kingdom.”<ref>Pierre Riché, ''The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe'' (1993), page 311</ref></blockquote>

The chronicler [[Flodoard]] said of him:
<blockquote>”Through the virtue of Peter, Leo the sixth was taken and received, he was preserved for seven months and five days, and like his predecessors, he joined the company of the prophets.”<ref name="m188"/> </blockquote>

Leo died in February 929, and was succeeded by [[Stephen VII]]. He was buried at [[St. Peter’s Basilica]].<ref name="m188"/>