Pope Stephen V

Stephen V
Pope; Stephen V
Papacy began	September 885
Papacy ended	14 September 891
Predecessor	Adrian III
Successor	Formosus
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Born	Rome, Papal States
Died	14 September 891; Rome, Papal States
	Other popes named Stephen

Pope Stephen V (Latin: Stephanus V; died 14 September 891) was Pope from September 885 to his death in 891.^[1] He succeeded Pope Adrian III, and was in turn succeeded by Pope Formosus. In his dealings with Constantinople in the matter of Photius, as also in his relations with the young Slavic Orthodox church, he pursued the policy of Pope Nicholas I.

His father Hadrian, who belonged to the Roman aristocracy, entrusted his education to his relative, Bishop Zachary, librarian of the Holy See. Stephen was created cardinal-priest of Santi Quattro Coronati by Marinus I, and his obvious holiness was the cause of his being chosen pope.

He was consecrated in September 885 without waiting for the imperial confirmation; but when Charles the Fat found with what unanimity he had been elected he let the matter rest.

Stephen was called upon to face a famine caused by a drought and by locusts, and as the papal treasury was empty he had to fall back on his father's wealth to relieve the poor, to redeem captives, and to repair churches.

Following the death of Saint Methodius, a disciple of Methodius, Gorazd, became his successor.^[2] However, due to the influence of the German clergy, Stephen attempted to forbid the use of the Slavonic liturgy, but had no jurisdiction or authority to do so, as most Slavs, especially Southern and Eastern Slavs, practiced the Byzantine Rite and fell under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Constantinople.^[3]

To promote order he adopted Guy III of Spoleto "as his son" and crowned him Emperor (891). He also recognized Louis the Blind as King of Provence. Since Aurelian, Archbishop of Lyon, would not consecrate Teutbold, who had been canonically elected Bishop of Langres, Stephen himself consecrated him. He had also opposed the arbitrary proceedings of the Archbishops of Bordeaux and Ravenna, and resisted the attacks which the Patriarch Photius made on the Holy See. His resistance was successful, and the Emperor Leo VI sent the him into exile. When writing against Photius, he begged the emperor to send warships and soldiers to enable him to ward off the assaults of the Saracens on papal territory^[4] and southern Italy^[5] and from 885-6 the Byzantines reoccupied southern Italy from the Muslims.^[6]

In 887/8 Stephen wrote that Christian slaves of Muslims, who were subsequently mutilated by their captors, could become priests. He also excused them if they murdered during their captivity.^[7]

Stephen, who received many English pilgrims and envoys bringing Peterspence, was buried in the portico of the basilica of that Apostle.

References

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9th edition (1880s) of the Encyclopædia Britannica
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14289c.htm

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Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Latina with analytical indexes

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Preceded by Adrian III	Pope 885–891	Succeeded by Formosus

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