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EUGENIUS II

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 885 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EUGENIUS II ., See also:pope, was a native of See also:Rome, and was chosen to succeed See also:Pascal I. in 824. His See also:election did not take See also:place without difficulty. Eugenius was the See also:candidate of the nobles, and the clerical See also:faction brought forward a competitor. But the See also:monk Wala, the representative of the See also:emperor See also:Lothair, succeeded in arranging matters, and Eugenius was elected. Lothair, however, came to Rome in See also:person, and took See also:advantage of this opportunity to redress many abuses in the papal See also:administration, to vest the election of the pope in the nobles, and to confirm the See also:statute that no pope should be consecrated until his election had the approval of the emperor. A See also:council which assembled at Rome during the reign of Eugenius passed several enactments for the restoration of See also:church discipline, took See also:measures for the See also:foundation of See also:schools and chapters, and decided against priests wearing a See also:secular See also:dress or engaging in secular occupations. Eugenius also adopted various provisions for the care of the poor and of widow s and orphans. He died in 8'27. (L.

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