The ruins of the ancient Roman town of Pompeii lie near Naples.
Pope Theodore II -LRB- Theodorus II 840 -- December 897 -RRB- was Pope for twenty days in December 897 .. Pope. Pope. His short reign occurred during a period of partisan strife in the Catholic Church , which was entangled with a period of feudal violence and disorder in central Italy .. Catholic Church. Catholic Church. feudal. feudalism. His main act as pope was to annul the `` Cadaver Synod '' of the previous January , therefore reinstating the acts and ordinations of Pope Formosus , which had themselves been annulled by Pope Stephen VI .. Pope. Pope. Cadaver Synod. Cadaver Synod. Pope Formosus. Pope Formosus. Pope Stephen VI. Pope Stephen VI. He also had the body of Formosus recovered from the river Tiber and reburied with honour .. Tiber. Tiber. He died in office in late December 897 .