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Who did Pope Formosus oppose in the power struggles?

  • Lambert of Spoleto

  • Arnulf of Carinthia

  • King Charles III

  • Emperor Louis the Pious

Answer

Lambert of Spoleto was a ruler of the Carolingian Kingdom of Italy who opposed Pope Formosus in the power struggles that plagued the Catholic Church in the late 9th and early 10th centuries. Lambert was the illegitimate son of Emperor Louis II and a Lombard princess, and he was crowned King of Italy in 875.
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