Pope Boniface VI
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Boniface VI | |
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Birth name | ??? |
Papacy began | April 896 |
Papacy ended | April 896 |
Predecessor | Formosus |
Successor | Stephen VI |
Born | ??? Rome, Italy |
Died | April 896 ??? |
Other popes named Boniface |
Boniface VI, pope, a native of Rome, was elected in April 896 as a result of riots soon after the death of Pope Formosus. Prior to his reign, he had twice incurred a sentence of deprivation of orders, as a subdeacon and as a priest. After a pontificate of fifteen days, he is said by some to have died of the gout, by others to have been forcibly ejected to make way for Stephen VI, the candidate of the Spoletan party.
At the Council of Rome, held by John IX in 898, his election was pronounced null and void.
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Preceded by Formosus |
Pope 896 |
Succeeded by Stephen VI |
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.