Formosus
Americannoun
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Once installed, Stephen VI put his enemy — another of his predecessors — Pope Formosus, on trial, which was kind of weird considering Formosus had been dead for months.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2022
It is the glory of Pope Formosus, the same whose body underwent a posthumous trial, that he converted the Bulgarians, a people who came from the banks of the Volga.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper
Malm. saith that pope Formosus pronounced this cursse.
From Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England by Raphael Holinshed
Overwhelmed with chagrin, Formosus died on the 4th of April 896.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
He found the Pope, Formosus, in the power of a Lombard prince, whom the former had been compelled against his will, to crown as Emperor.
From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Bayard Taylor
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