Formosus

[ fawr-moh-suhs ]

noun

1. a.d. c816–896, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 891–896.

Example Sentences

(Pope 898) restored the decrees of Formosus, and preferred his friends.

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This is synonymous with Vespertilio formosus, which see further on, it is the same as the Kerivoula formosa of Gray.

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In the following year Arnulf succeeded in seizing Rome, and Formosus crowned him emperor.

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(Pope 898-900) reasserted the cause of Formosus, in consequence of which great disturbances arose in Rome.

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And we be obliged to set our amorous eclogues to the tune of Formosus Pastor Corydon?

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