POPE BONIFACE VI

'Boniface VI', pope, a native of Rome, was elected in April 896 as a result of riots soon after the death of Pope Formosus. Prior to his reign, he had twice incurred a sentence of deprivation of orders, as a subdeacon and as a priest. After a pontificate of fifteen days, he is said by some to have died of the gout, by others to have been forcibly ejected to make way for Stephen VI, the candidate of the Spoletan party.
At the Council of Rome, held by John IX in 898, his election was pronounced null and void.

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★ List of 10 shortest-reigning popes

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