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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Theodore II has received more than 217,948 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Pope Theodore II is the 602nd most popular religious figure (up from 603rd in 2019), the 706th most popular biography from Italy (up from 730th in 2019) and the 239th 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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  • 65.88

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  • 66

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  • 13.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Theodore II ranks 602 out of 3,187. Before him are Nichiren, Annas, Onuphrius, Macarius of Egypt, Qasim ibn Muhammad, and Pope Stephen V. After him are Muhammad Ahmad, John Wesley, Seraphim of Sarov, Pope Stephen IX, Anne Catherine Emmerich, and Josaphat Kuntsevych.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 840, Pope Theodore II ranks 4. Before him are Michael III, Clement of Ohrid, and Svatopluk I of Moravia. After him are Richardis, Wilfred the Hairy, Notker the Stammerer, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, Eudokia Ingerina, Hucbald, and Unruoch III of Friuli. Among people deceased in 897, Pope Theodore II ranks 3. Before him are Pope Stephen VI, and Pope Romanus. After him are Wilfred the Hairy, Jinseong of Silla, Buhturi, and Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Theodore II ranks 706 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco Guardi (1712), Charles Albert of Sardinia (1798), Arnolfo di Cambio (1240), Leonardo Bruni (1370), Pope Stephen V (850), and Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (1759). After him are Britannicus (41), Claudia Octavia (40), Quintus Sertorius (-126), John William Waterhouse (1849), Cassiodorus (487), and Angela Merici (1474).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Theodore II ranks 239. Before him are Pope Romanus (850), Francis of Paola (1416), Camillus de Lellis (1550), Joseph of Cupertino (1603), Pope Marcellinus (250), and Pope Stephen V (850). After him are Angela Merici (1474), Giulia Farnese (1474), Alexius of Rome (400), Pope Eusebius (250), Pope Leo VI (914), and Pope Vigilius (500).

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