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| | JOHN VIII. - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN VIII. |
 | | John attempted to temporize, but Lambert, duke of Spoleto, a partisan of Carloman, whom sickness had recalled to Germany, entered Rome in 878 with an overwhelming force, and for thirty days virtually held John a prisoner in St Peters. |
 | | There be presided at the council of Troyes, which promulgated a ban of excommunication against the supporters of Carlomanamongst others Adalbert of Tuscany, Lambert of Spoleto, and Formosus, bishop of Porto, who was afterwards elevated to the papal chair. |
 | | , pope from 872 to 882, successor of Adrian II., was a Roman by birth. |
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