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Pope Stephen VI (Latin: Stephanus VI; died August 897) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 22 May 896 to his death. He is best known for instigating the Cadaver Synod , which ultimately led to his downfall and death.
Apr 9, 2024 · Stephen VI (or VII) (born, Rome—died July/August 897, Rome) was the pope from May 896 to August 897. The era in which he was elected as the successor to Pope Boniface VI was torn by factions led by Roman aristocrats and by rulers of Naples, Benevento, Tuscany, and Spoleto (of whose ruling family Stephen was a member).
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Jan 31, 2015 · By Richard Stockton | Edited By Savannah Cox. Published January 31, 2015. Updated May 22, 2018. Source: Wikipedia. You can’t tell the story of Stephen VI, who was pope for about a year in 897, without first telling the story of Formosus, the earlier pope whom Stephen had exhumed and put on trial for heresy.
Stephen VI was the Roman born pontiff who ruled the papacy from May of 896 A.D. through August of 897 A.D. The successor of Pope Boniface VI saw the Catholic Church ripped apart by infighting factions of Roman aristocratic families and the ruling nobility of Spoleto, Tuscany, Benevento, and Naples. Pope Stephen VI was a member of the ruling ...
Feb 7, 2019 · In 897, the Vatican saw one of the most bizarre episodes in history: The corpse of a pope was put on trial by his living successor. Pope Formosus, dead for a few months, was hardly qualified to defend himself in a court of law. Nonetheless, Pope Stephen VI had the body disinterred, dressed in its ecclesiastical robes, and propped up on the ...
Stephen VI 113th Pope of the Catholic Church Beginning Pontificate...V or VI.896: End Pontificate...VII or VIII.897: Birth: Rome ...
STEPHEN VI (VII), POPE Pontificate: May or June, 896 to July or August 897;b. Rome. Although already bishop of Anagni, Stephen was elected pope, contrary to the current law, which forbade the transfer of a bishop from one see to another.
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