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Pope Formosus

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Gender Male
Born Rome
Italy
DiedRome
Italy
April 4
896 AD
Rome
Italy
Place of burialSt. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Papacy ended4 April 896
Papacy began6 October 891
Successor Pope Boniface VI
Full nameFormosus
SuccessorsBoniface VI
PredecessorStephen V
Papaci began6 October 891
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Pope Formosus was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 891 until his death on 4 April 896. His reign as pope was troubled, marked by interventions in power struggles over the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Kingdom of West Francia, and the Holy Roman Empire.

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