The trial of Formosus has excited a…

August 897 CE

The trial of Formosus has excited a tumult.

Though the instigators of the deed may actually have been Formosus' enemies of the House of Spoleto (notably Guy IV of Spoleto), who had recovered their authority in Rome at the beginning of 897 by renouncing their broader claims in central Italy, the scandal ends in Stephen's imprisonment and his death by strangling in August.

Romanus, whose personal name is unknown, born in Gallese, Italy near Civita Castellana, is elected to succeed the murdered Stephen VI.

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Adalbert II View → Arnulf of Carinthia View → Berengar I of Italy View → Guy IV of Spoleto View → Lambert II of Spoleto View → Pope Stephen VI View → Pope Theodore II View → Ratold of Italy View → Rudolph I of Burgundy View → Zwentibold View →

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Franks View → Papal States (Republic of St. Peter) View → Italy, Carolingian Kingdom of View → Spoleto, Duchy of View → Francia Orientalis (East Francia), Kingdom of View → Tuscany, Margravate of View →

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