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On 22 February 896, Formosus led the king into the church, anointed and crowned him, and saluted him as Augustus.

Arnulf then proceeded to the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, where he received the homage of the Roman people, who swore “ never to hand over the city to Lambert or his mother Ageltrude ”.

Arnulf then proceeded to exile to Bavaria two leading senators, Constantine and Stephen, who had helped Ageltrude seize the city.

Leaving one of his vassals, Farold, to hold Rome, Arnulf marched on Spoleto, where Ageltrude had fled to join Lambert.

On his way down, Arnulf suffered a stroke, forcing him to call off his campaign and return to Bavaria.