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Key Facts |
| Other names |
Formosus |
| Born |
816 |
| Location |
Ostia, Italy |
| Bloodline |
Tusculum |
| Married |
Yes. |
| Children |
Yes. |
| Position |
Pontifex Maximus (891-896) |
| Died |
896 |
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Background |
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Born into the family of pagan priest claimaints the "Counts of Tusculum". All claims that he was a member of the Catholic or even Christian clergy is a complete fiction, created by the Roman Cult by no earlier than the 12th Century. |
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The outrageous claim by the Roman Cult historians that Formosus persuaded Charles the Bald, King of France, to be crowned by the Pope is extraordinarily brazen, considering the Counts of Tusculum were dedicated pagans devoted to the worship of the Magna Mater (Cybele) and mortal enemies of the arrogant Carolongian "Catholic" leaders who assumed the title of Pope for their new religion. |
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When Louis II died in 876, he left a power vacuum across the Frankish Empire. Catholic Pope Adrian II did not survive long after and the Papal States were once again thrown into turmoil. |
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During this period, the various Lombard princes who had managed to keep their titles and lands by continuing to switch their allegiances between Byzantine, Muslim and Catholic invaders took it upon themselves to fight for the right to claim themselves Kings of Italy and Holy Roman Emperors. |
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During this period, there were absolutely no Catholic Popes as the Tusculum pagan high priests of Magna Mater (Cybele) firmly established their claims and control of Rome. |
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The first to break the deadlock between warring Lombard princes was Guy II of Spoleto. In a brilliant act, in 891 Guy convinced Formosus, the current pagan high priest (Pontifex Maximus) and ancestor of the Colonna to converting (at least in outward appearance) to being nominally Catholic as Popes, thereby being capable of crowning Catholic Kings and Emperors. |
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Whether Formosus actually converted to being christian or not is still open for debate. What is certain is that by 892 in a grand ceremony in Rome, Guy was crowned King of Italy and Holy Catholic Roman Emperor by "Pope" Formosus. |
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Neither the reign of Guy, nor Formosus were long as it appears he was murdered by other members of his fiercly pagan family of ancient priests no later than 896. |
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No other Count of Tusculum appears to have followed Formosus into declaring themselves nominally Christian until Pontifex Maximus Gregory VII in 1057. |
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However, Formosus is most famous for the Cadavar Synod in Rome, claimed to have occurred no more than nine months after his death. Again this is a deliberate and ridiculous fraud as by 897, the Counts of Tusculum were firmly back in the business of being human sacrificing high priests (Pontifex Maximus) of the cult of Cybele at the Vatican. |
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In fact, the famous Cadavar Synod in which the body of Formosus was exhumed and put on trial almost certainly did occur, given the seriousness in dismissing his authority as an antiPope and therefore any subsequent title and position granted to the Dukes of Spoleto as false kings and emperors. However, this even was almosy certainly during the reign of Pope Clement (1084-1100) when the Catholic Church finally captured Rome again. |
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