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- Cadaver Synod
Posthumous ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus
The Cadaver Synod (also called the Cadaver Trial;) 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. The trial was conducted by Pope Stephen VI, the successor to Formosus' successor, Pope Boniface VI. Stephen had Formosus' corpse exhumed and brought to the papal court fo... Wikipedia
