Pope Formosus
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Pope Formosus was the pope and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 891 until his death on 4 April 896. His reign as Pope was troubled, marked by interventions in power struggles over the Patriarc
1493 drawing of Pope Formosus by Bartolomeo Sacchi
The Cadaver Synod as portrayed by Jean-Paul Laurens in 1870
Arnulf of Carinthia
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Arnulf of Carinthia was King of East Francia since 887, King of Italy since 894, and Emperor since 896. Initially, he was the Duke of Carinthia who overthrew his uncle Emperor Charles the Fat to becom
Pope Formosus
…interventions in power struggles over the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Kingdom of West Francia, and the Holy Roman Empire. Because he sided with Arnulf of Carinthia against Lambert of Spoleto, Formosus's remains were exhumed and put on trial in the Cadaver Synod. Several of his immediate successors were primarily…
A charter of donation by king Arnulf of Carinthia, issued on 15 April 890 at Regensburg.
Arnulf of Carinthia and Louis the Child by Johann Jakob Jung (1840)
Charlemagne coin
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