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Formosus

[ fawr-moh-suhs ]

/ fɔrˈmoʊ səs /

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noun

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

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How to use Formosus in a sentence

(Pope 898) restored the decrees of Formosus, and preferred his friends.
The Browning Cyclopdia|Edward Berdoe
This is synonymous with Vespertilio formosus, which see further on, it is the same as the Kerivoula formosa of Gray.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon|Robert A. Sterndale
In the following year Arnulf succeeded in seizing Rome, and Formosus crowned him emperor.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6|Various
(Pope 898-900) reasserted the cause of Formosus, in consequence of which great disturbances arose in Rome.
The Browning Cyclopdia|Edward Berdoe

And we be obliged to set our amorous eclogues to the tune of Formosus Pastor Corydon?
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866|Various