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May 24, 2004 · 816. Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy. Death. 4 Apr 896 (aged 79–80) Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy. Burial. Saint Peter's Basilica. Vatican City Add to Map. Memorial ID. 8822314. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 1. Flowers 115. Memorials. Region. Europe. Vatican City.
Nov 30, 2016 · The corpse of Pope Formosus on trial. (public domain) Formosus was found guilty. He was literally stripped of his robes and deprived his title as pope. Then they cut off the three fingers he used to bless people and reburied the naked corpse in a commoner’s grave. This was all too much for the people, already sick of the intrigues of the Church.
Mar 31, 2024 · After he was found guilty, his election as pope was declared invalid, his acts were quashed, and his fingers of consecration were cut off. His corpse was then cast into a grave but later thrown into the Tiber River. These acts divided Rome politically, provoking an insurrection that resulted in Stephen’s imprisonment and his death by ...
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Aug 20, 2019 · Stephen VI was imprisoned and strangled to death in jail a few months after the Cadaver Synod. Two years later, Pope John IX reinstated Pope Formosus and banned further trials for dead...
Jan 1, 1998 · Magazine. The Strange Case of Pope Formosus. O. S. Matthew • 1/1/1998. In early 897, a bizarre event known as the “cadaver synod” occurred in St. John Lateran’s in Rome. The disinterred corpse of Pope Formosus (891–894) was brought before the then-reigning pontiff, Stephen VI (896–897), to be tried on a variety of charges.
The preparation for the Cadaver Synod was a highly unusual affair. Pope Stephen VI enlisted a group of his supporters, who were willing to go to any lengths to ensure that Formosus was posthumously punished. They exhumed Formosus' corpse, which had been buried in St. Peter's Basilica, and dressed it in papal vestments.
Feb 7, 2019 · February 7, 2019. 4 minutes. The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. In 897, the Vatican saw one of the most bizarre episodes in history: The corpse of a pope was put on trial by his living successor. Pope Formosus, dead for a few months, was hardly qualified to defend himself in a court of law.
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