FORMOSUS  , See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope from 891 to 896, the successor of See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen V . (or VI.) . He first appears in See also:

• HISTORY

history when, as See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• PORTO

Porto, he was sent on an See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy to the Bulgarians . Having afterwards sided with a See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction against See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John VIII., he was excommunicated, and compelled to take an See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath never to return to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome or again to assume his priestly functions . From this oath he was, however, absolved by See also:

• MARINUS

Marinus, the successor of John VIII., and restored to his dignities; and on the See also:

• DEATH

death of Stephen V. in 891 he was chosen pope . At that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See was engaged in a struggle against the oppression of the princes of See also:

• SPOLETO (anc. Spoletium)

Spoleto, and a powerful party in Rome was eager to obtain the intervention of See also:

• ARNULF (c. 850-899)

Arnulf, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, against these dangerous neighbours . Formosus himself shared this view; but he was forced to yield to circumstances and to consecrate as See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• LAMBERT [alias NICHOLSON], JOHN (d. 1538)
• LAMBERT, DANIEL (1770-1809)
• LAMBERT, FRANCIS (c 1486-153o)
• LAMBERT, JOHANN HEINRICH (1728–1777)
• LAMBERT, JOHN (1619-1694)

Lambert, the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young son of See also:

• GUY, THOMAS (1644–1724)

Guy of Spoleto . Guy had already been consecrated by Stephen V., and died in 894 . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year . Arnulf succeeded in seizing Rome, and Formosus crowned him emperor . But, as he was advancing on Spoleto against Lambert, Arnulf was seized with See also:

• PARALYSIS, or PALSY (from Gr. aapal,6a , to relax; Wycliffe has palesy, and another old form of the word is parlesy)

paralysis, and was forced to return to Germany . Overwhelmed with chagrin, Formosus died on the 4th of See also:

• APRIL

April 896 .

The discords in which he had been involved continued after his death . The validity of his acts was contested on the pretext that, having been originally bishop of Porto, he could not be a legitimate pope . The fundamental See also:

• FACTOR (from Lat. facere, to make or do)

factor in these dissensions was the rivalry between the princes of Spoleto and the Carolingian See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, represented by the king of Germany . The See also:

• BODY

body of Formosus was disinterred in 897 by Stephen VI., and treated with contumely as that of a usurper of the papal See also:

• THRONE

throne; but See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

Theodore II. restored it to See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• BURIAL

burial, and at a See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council presided over by John IX. the pontificate of Formosus was declared valid and all his acts confirmed . (L .