RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Theodore II

840 - 897

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Pope Theodore II (Latin: Theodorus II; 840 – December 897) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States for twenty days in December 897. His short reign occurred during a period of partisan strife in the Catholic Church, which was entangled with a period of violence and disorder in central Italy. His main act as pope was to annul the recent Cadaver Synod, therefore reinstating the acts and ordinations of Pope Formosus, which had themselves been annulled by Pope Stephen VI. He also had the body of Formosus recovered from the river Tiber and reburied with honour. He died in office in late December 897. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Theodore II is the 378th most popular religious figure (up from 602nd in 2019), the 405th most popular biography from Italy (up from 706th in 2019) and the 181st most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Theodore II is most famous for being the pope who excommunicated the Patriarch of Constantinople.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Theodore II ranks 378 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Stephen IV, Pope Sergius I, Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Caiaphas, and Pope Constantine. After him are Pope Celestine II, Pope Nicholas IV, Pope Boniface IV, Fethullah Gülen, Twosret, and Pope Boniface III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 840, Pope Theodore II ranks 1. After him are Michael III, Clement of Ohrid, Svatopluk I of Moravia, Richardis, Notker the Stammerer, Wilfred the Hairy, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, Eudokia Ingerina, Hucbald, and Unruoch III of Friuli. Among people deceased in 897, Pope Theodore II ranks 1. After him are Pope Stephen VI, Pope Romanus, Wilfred the Hairy, Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia, Jinseong of Silla, and Buhturi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Theodore II ranks 405 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Sergius I (650), Filippo Lippi (1406), Guido Reni (1575), Nero Claudius Drusus (-38), Antonio da Correggio (1489), and Mario Draghi (1947). After him are Yves Montand (1921), Pope Celestine II (1100), Pope Nicholas IV (1227), Enrico Dandolo (1107), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), and Marcus Terentius Varro (-116).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Theodore II ranks 181. Before him are Philip Neri (1515), Pope John I (470), Pope John IX (850), Pope Mark (290), Pope Stephen IV (770), and Pope Sergius I (650). After him are Pope Celestine II (1100), Pope Nicholas IV (1227), Pope Boniface IV (550), Pope Boniface III (540), Pope Leo VII (900), and Pope Adrian III (800).

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