Pope Theodore II
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Theodore II | |
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Birth name | Theodorus |
Papacy began | December, 897 |
Papacy ended | December, 897 |
Predecessor | Romanus |
Successor | John IX |
Born | ??? Constantinople |
Died | December, 897 Rome, Italy |
Other popes named Theodore |
Theodore II was the son of Photius, the patriarch of Constantinople[citation needed]. He was ordained as a priest by Pope Stephen V; also his brother Theotius was a bishop. He was pope for twenty days during December 897 before he died. He reinstated the clerics who had been forced from office by Pope Stephen VI, recognizing the validity of the ordinations of Pope Formosus. He had the body of Formosus, which had been thrown in the Tiber and recovered near Porto, reburied in St. Peter's.
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Preceded by Romanus |
Pope 897 |
Succeeded by John IX |