<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_IV" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pope John IV">Pope John IV</a> is elected, several months <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sede_vacante" id="mwHA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sede vacante">after his predecessor's death</a>.<sup about="#mwt22" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-2" id="mwHQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwHg">[2]</span></a></sup>
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