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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.
Mar 31, 2024 · Formosus (born c. 816, Rome?—died April 4, 896, Rome) was the pope from 891 to 896, whose posthumous trial is one of the most bizarre incidents in papal history. In 864 he was made cardinal bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina, Italy, by Pope Nicholas I, who sent him to promote the conversion of Bulgaria.
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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 ...
Feb 7, 2019 · By: Amelia Soth. 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.
Formosus, POPE (891-896).—The pontificate of this pope belongs to that era of strife for political supremacy in Italy, which succeeded the disruption of the Carlovingian empire. Formosus was probably a native of Rome, and must have been born about 816, since, at his death, he is characterized by Vulgarius as an old man of eighty.
Aug 20, 2019 · Known as the 'Cadaver Synod,' the posthumous trial of Pope Formosus resulted from the chaos of the ninth century as factions battled for control of the church. From the Grave French painter...
Pope Formosus was the 111th pope and the only man to ever choose the name, Formosus. He is best known for the posthumous trial that happened after his death, which involved his time as pope. This article will go over that trial and his more than four years as pope.
