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The Cadaver Synod: A Papal Horror

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Explore the shocking Cadaver Synod of 896 A.D.: Pope Stephen VI puts a corpse on trial! Uncover this gruesome, unbelievable chapter in papal history.

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Imagine a scene straight out of a medieval horror film. The year is 896

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A.D. in Rome. Pope Stephen the Sixth, consumed by a posthumous

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fury against his predecessor, Pope Formosus, decided to take extreme measures.

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Unbelievable but true. Stephen the Sixth ordered the exhumation of Formosus' corpse

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nine months after his death. The decaying body was dressed in pontifical vestments,

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propped up on a throne in front of an assembly of terrified dignitaries. This became known

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as the Cadaver Synod. For hours, the decomposing body was put on trial for fabricated

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crimes. A terrified deacon, hidden behind the throne, was designated to

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