In 897 AD, the Catholic Church staged a disturbing event that still shocks historians. Pope Stephen VI demanded that the body of his predecessor, Pope Formosus, be dug up and placed on trial in Rome.
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The pope whose corpse was put on trial
In January 897, a dead man was dressed in papal vestments, propped on a throne in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, and put on trial for crimes against the Church. The defendant was Pope ...
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The Pope Who Put a Corpse on Trial – Stephen VI
In 9th-century Rome, one pope dragged a rotting corpse into court. Pope Stephen VI turned the Vatican into a theatre of madness. Walmart recall update: Risk of death warning issued for item nationwide ...
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