What is Pope Stephen VI?
{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Pope |honorific-prefix=Pope |name=Stephen VI |birth_name= |term_start=22 May 896 |term_end=August 897 |predecessor=[[Boniface VI]] |successor=[[Pope Romanus|Romanus]] |birth= |birth_place=[[Rome]] |death_date=August 897 |death_place=Rome |other=Stephen }} '''Pope Stephen VI''' ({{lang-la|Stephanus VI}}; died August 897) was the [[bishop of Rome]]. He was [[Pope]] of the [[Papal States]] from 22 May 896 to his death. He is best known for fighting the [[Cadaver Synod]], which ultimately led to his downfall and death. Stephen VI was [[strangled]] to death by protesters.<ref name=O'Malley>O'Malley, John W., [https://books.google.com/books?id=sWHwrmZowu8C&dq=Cadaver+Synod&pg=PA80 ''A History of the Popes''], New York, Sheed & Ward, 2010. {{Page needed|date=April 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Popes}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephen 06}} [[Category:Italian popes|Stephen]] [[Category:Deaths by strangulation]] [[Category:897 deaths]] [[Category:Popes]]