Formosus, pope of the Catholic Church (born 816)

Pope Formosus

Head of the Catholic Church from 891 to 896

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 Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Kingdom of West Francia, and the Holy Roman Empire.…