BONIFACE VI

born , Rome died April 19, 896, Rome pope in April 896. He was a subdeacon when he was elected to succeed Formosus. Boniface either died of gout or was murdered by Stephen VI, who became the next pope. A central figure during a dark period in papal history (896898) revolving around the death of Pope Formosus, Boniface was denounced at a Roman council held by Pope John IX in 898.