Editing Pope Marinus I (section)

===Papacy===
Marinus I was elected to succeed [[Pope John VIII|John VIII]] as [[bishop of Rome]] from around the end of December 882.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|wstitle=Marinus (popes)|display=Marinus s.v.  Marinus I.|volume=17|pages=721–722|inline=1}}</ref> This papal election was controversial because Marinus had already been [[episcopal consecration|consecrated]] as bishop of Caere; at the time, a bishop was expected never to [[translation (ecclesiastical)|move]] to another [[episcopal see|see]]. Among his first acts as pope were the restitution of [[Formosus]] as [[cardinal bishop]] of [[Portus]] and the anathematizing of Photius I.<ref name=forum>{{cite web |url= http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd05077.htm |work= New Catholic Dictionary |title= Pope Marinus I; Martin II |year= 2008 |access-date= 7 February 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120201145428/http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd05077.htm |archive-date= 1 February 2012 }}</ref>  Due to his respect for [[Alfred the Great]] (r. 871–899), he freed the [[Anglo-Saxons]] of the ''Schola Anglorum'' in Rome from tribute and taxation.<ref name=forum/> He also is recorded to have sent a piece of the [[True Cross]] to Alfred as a gift.<ref>Studies in the Early History of Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorset County Council, 1999</ref> He died in May 884 and was buried in St. Peter's basilica in Rome, his successor being [[Adrian III]].<ref name="ThePapacy" />