Pope Stephen VII

Stephen VII, pope (May 896-July-August 897).

He is remembered in connexion with his conduct towards the remains of Formosus, his last predecessor but one. It excited a tumult, which ended in his imprisonment and his death by strangling.

---

from the 9th edition (1887) of an unnamed encyclopedia.

preceded by Pope Boniface VI (896)

succeeded by [Pope Romanus]? (897)