Formosus
[ fawr-moh-suhs ]
noun
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 Cyclopdia | Edward BerdoeThis 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. SterndaleIn the following year Arnulf succeeded in seizing Rome, and Formosus crowned him emperor.
(Pope 898-900) reasserted the cause of Formosus, in consequence of which great disturbances arose in Rome.
The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward BerdoeAnd we be obliged to set our amorous eclogues to the tune of Formosus Pastor Corydon?
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