Eugenius II

or Eugene II

noun

1. died a.d. 827, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 824–827.

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A Roman council, under Pope Eugenius II. in the 9th century, has thus noticed it: “Ut sacerdotes admoneant viros ac mulieres, qui festis diebus ad ecclesiam occurrunt, ne ballando et turpia verba decantando choros teneant, ac ducunt, similitudinem Paganorum peragendo.”

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Eugenius II held the see from 824-827.—3.

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Pope Eugenius II., who died in 827, was the first who made it the law to kiss the papal foot.

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Eugenius II., pope, was a native of Rome, and was chosen to succeed Pascal I. in 824.

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Vandelbert, St. Ado, Eginard, Sigebert, and other contemporary authors relate, that in the reign of Louis Débonnaire, pope Eugenius II. gave the body of St. Sebastian to Hilduin, abbot of St. Denys, who brought it into France, and it was deposited at St. Medard's, at Soissons, on the 9th of December, in 826; with it is said to have been brought a considerable portion of the relics of St. Gregory the Great.

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