List of Cardinal Creations Formosus'

Pope Formosus (891-896) created 14 (according to other sources only eleven) cardinals in his five-year pontificate .

891

• Silvester , Cardinal Bishop of Porto , † 898

896

Almost all of the cardinals appointed by Formosus in 896 turned under Pope Stephen VI. (896-897) against him and in 896 signed a decree against the dead Pope, which prepared the so-called synod of corpses . They were at a synod in April 898 by John IX. excommunicated

• Johannes, Cardinal Bishop of Velletri , † 898
• Benedict, cardinal priest of an unknown titular church , † after April 898
• Mar (t) inus, cardinal priest (title church unknown), † after April 898
• Johannes, cardinal deacon , † after April 898
• Paschalis, cardinal deacon, † after April 898
• Johannes, cardinal deacon, † after April 898
• Leo, cardinal deacon, † after April 898

Unknown date

• Benedict, cardinal priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso , † after 898
• Peter, cardinal priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
• Boniface , cardinal priest, then (since April 11, 896) Pope Boniface VI, † April 26, 896
• Stephan, cardinal deacon, 891 Bishop of Anagni , from May / June 896 Pope Stephan VI., † July or August 897
• Theodor , cardinal deacon, Pope Theodor II in December 897, † December 897 or January 898
• John, cardinal deacon, Pope John IX from January 898, † January to May 900

Individual evidence

1. ^ Cardinal creations of Formosus. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed July 21, 2016.
2. ↑ Vatican History: Creations 816-900
3. ^ Decree of 896 against the late Pope Formosus. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed July 28, 2016.