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May 24, 2004 · He became Cardinal-Bishop of Oporto in 864. He undertook diplomatic missions to Bulgaria and France. Formosus was excommunicated by Pope John VIII for leading the party that opposed John's coronation of Charles the Bald. Later, he was restored and was subsequently...
Nov 30, 2016 · The list of popes buried in Saint Peter's Basilica includes the recovered body of Pope Formosus (CC by SA 3.0) Yet for all this, Fromosus was loved by the people. When he died, there were riots in the streets of Rome. To stem the unrest, the Church quickly instated Boniface VI as pope.
Mar 31, 2024 · During his brief, 20-day tenure, Pope Theodore II reinstated the ordinations of Formosus and solemnly reburied his body in St. Peter’s Basilica. Pope John IX also condemned Stephen’s synod, and he burned its acts.
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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 popes...
After the Cadaver Synod, the body of Pope Formosus was subjected to a gruesome and macabre fate. As punishment for his alleged crimes, Formosus' corpse was stripped of its papal vestments and had three fingers on its right hand amputated - the fingers that Formosus had used to bless people.
Feb 7, 2019 · 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.
In January 897, Pope Stephen VI ordered the exhumation of Formosus’s body and arranged a trial known as the Cadaver Synod. Formosus, clad in papal vestments, was placed on trial while seated on a throne.
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