The Pope Who Put a Corpse on Trial

In the year 897, the Vatican held the most insane trial in history: The Cadaver Synod. Pope Stephen VI dug up his predecessor, Pope Formosus, dressed his rotting corpse in papal robes, and propped him up on a throne to stand trial. He shouted accusations at the dead body, and somehow, the corpse was found guilty. History is stranger than fiction, and this dark power play proves it.

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