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   Who was Pope Formosus ecclesiastical trial?

   • "The Cadaver Synod," the posthumous ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus, 897 C.E., engraving by Francesco Bertolini (1836-1909). Two popes later, Emperor Lambert recovered his authority in Rome in 897 and Stephen VI was pope. Stephen was determined to revisit the crimes of his predecessor Formosus.

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   Why did Pope Formosus have a cadaver stand trial?

   • But having an actual cadaver stand trial for crimes already excused is when things start to get way more unusual. That's exactly what happened in 897 C.E. when the body of Pope Formosus was unearthed and taken to a courtroom presided over by the then-current pope whose only intention was to find Pope Formosus guilty.

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   What happened to Pope Formosus?

   • This article was most recently revised and updated by Michael Ray. Formosus, pope from 891 to 896, whose posthumous trial is one of the most bizarre incidents in papal history. The politically motivated trial found him guilty of violating canon law and declared his election as pope invalid, though his papacy was reinstated by subsequent popes.

   Formosus | Biography, Papacy, Trial, & Cadaver Synod

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   Why did Pope Formosus go to trial?

   • The legal procedure to bring the dead pope Formosus to trial may, historians suggest, have been derived from the decrees of the sixth-century pope Gregory the Great. Those guilty of mortal sin who had been interred in a church, Gregory ruled, had to be condemned.

   Inside the Cadaver Synod, the trial of a dead pope's body

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   The Cadaver Synod (also called the Cadaver Trial; Latin: Synodus Horrenda) is the name commonly given to the ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus, who had been dead for about seven months, in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome during January 897. [1] The trial was conducted by Pope Stephen VI, the successor to Formosus' successor, Pope ...

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   Pope Formosus. Pope Formosus ( c. 816 – 896) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 891 until his death on 4 April 896. His reign as pope was troubled, marked by interventions in power struggles over the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Kingdom of West Francia, and the Holy Roman Empire.

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   Mar 31, 2024 · Formosus, pope from 891 to 896, whose posthumous trial is one of the most bizarre incidents in papal history. The politically motivated trial found him guilty of violating canon law and declared his election as pope invalid, though his papacy was reinstated by subsequent popes.

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   That's exactly what happened in 897 C.E. when the body of Pope Formosus was unearthed and taken to a courtroom presided over by the then-current pope whose only intention was to find Pope Formosus guilty. The trial is known as the Cadaver Synod.

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7. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › historyInside the Cadaver Synod, the trial of a dead pope's body

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   Aug 20, 2019 · HISTORY MAGAZINE. In 897, the corpse of a pope was exhumed—to be put on trial. Known as the 'Cadaver Synod,' the posthumous trial of Pope Formosus resulted from the chaos of the ninth...

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   Feb 7, 2019 · The Cadaver Synod: Putting a Dead Pope on Trial. Why did Pope Stephen VI go to such great lengths to destroy an enemy who was already dead? Pope Formosus and Stephen VI - The Cadaver Synod of 897 by Jean Paul Laurens, 1870. via Wikimedia Commons. By: Amelia Soth. February 7, 2019. 4 minutes.

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   May 9, 2023 · The Cadaver Synod: the Posthumous Trial of Pope Formosus. by Lauren Dillon May 9, 2023. 0. The pope is seen as a model of purity. However, quite a few popes from history were less than pious and are remembered for things like sex scandals, violent outbursts, gambling, and more.