Men of Emperor Otto III. chase down Pope John XVI. and mutilate him by removing his tongue, eyes and nose.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Pope John XVI. Origin: Greek Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: religious figure, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: mutilation
Third Party (Person) :	Otto III., Holy Roman Emperor Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Thietmar of Merseburg, Chronicon sive Gesta Saxonum 4,30Thietmar of Merseburg Chronicon sive Gesta Saxonum 4,30 Paste CTS-Link
Time Periode :	Ottonian Period
Century :	A.D. 10
Year :	A.D. 998
Context :	war/military campaign religious
Motivation :	political religious
Application :	cutting
Long-Term Consequence :	mutilation
Original Text :	Iohannes autem supplantator hiis appropinquantibus fugit; sed postea a fidelibus Christi et cesaris captus, linguam cum oculis ac naribus amisit.
Translation :	-
Edition :	Thietmari Merseburgensis Episcopi Chronicon, In: W. Trillmich; S. Patzold, Thietmar von Merseburg: Chronik (FSGA 9), 9th Ed. Darmstadt 2017.
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