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To promote civil and religious order Stephen adopted Guy III of Spoleto "as his son" and crowned him Holy Roman Emperor on [[February 21]], 891. He had also recognized Louis the Blind as King of Provence. As Archbishop Aurelian of Lyons would not consecrate the canonically elected Teutbold as Bishop of Langres, Stephen himself consecrated him. Additionally, he opposed the arbitrary proceedings of the Archbishops of Bordeaux and Ravenna as well as resisted the attacks Patriarch Photius made on the Holy [[See]].
In the then on-going [[jurisdictionaljurisdiction]] al disputes between the German [[clergy]] and the followers of Ss. [[Cyril and Methodius]] in the Moravian Church, Stephen endorsed the prohibition on use of the Slavonic liturgy that had been sanctioned earlier by Pope [[John VIII of Rome|John VIII]], and thus favored the Latin speaking German clergy in Moravia.
Pope Stephen died in Rome on [[September 14]], 891.
