Romanus

Romanus (born, near Cività Castellana, near Rome [Italy]—died November 897) was the pope from August to November 897. Romanus was a cardinal when elected pope in August amidst the chaotic aftermath of Pope Stephen VI’s murder. For exhuming and desecrating Pope Formosus’ corpse and annulling his pontificate in the “Cadaver Synod,” Stephen had been imprisoned and probably strangled by Formosus’ supporters, leaving Stephen’s followers at political war with those who opposed the synod. Under Romanus,...