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Pope Formosus | |
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 Pope Formousus' dead body on trial | |
| Papacy began | 6 October 891 |
| Papacy ended | 4 April 896 |
| Predecessor | Stephen V |
| Successor | Boniface VI |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 816 Rome, Papal States |
| Died | 4 April 896 Rome, Papal States |
Pope Formosus (c. 816 – 896) was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 6 October 891 to his death. His reign as pope was troubled, marked by power struggles over the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Kingdom of West Francia, and the Holy Roman Empire.