The Cadaver Synod: When a Dead Pope Was Put on Trial for His Crimes
The Cadaver Synod saw Pope Formosus’s rotting corpse dragged from his tomb and put on trial. The bizarre 897 AD event shocked medieval Rome.
Papal Trial
The Cadaver Synod saw Pope Formosus’s rotting corpse dragged from his tomb and put on trial. The bizarre 897 AD event shocked medieval Rome.