Formosus
[fawr-moh-suh s]
- a.d. c816–896, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 891–896.
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(Pope 898) restored the decrees of Formosus, and preferred his friends.
The Browning CyclopdiaEdward Berdoe
Overwhelmed with chagrin, Formosus died on the 4th of April 896.
When Formosus died, his successor was elected from the opposite faction.
A Short History of ItalyHenry Dwight Sedgwick
The god whose special province was the management of the solar orb is introduced as formosus appollo.
Schools, School-Books and SchoolmastersW. Carew Hazlitt
And we be obliged to set our amorous eclogues to the tune of Formosus Pastor Corydon?