To which influential family did Pope John XIX belong to?
Counts of Florence
Counts of Rome
Counts of Tusculum
Counts of Napoli
Answer
The Counts of Tusculum were an influential noble family in the Papal States from the 9th to the 12th century. They were the hereditary counts of Tusculum, a town in the Roman Campagna. The family produced several popes, including Pope John XIX.
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