A Dead Pope Was Once Dug Up for Trial

[Mei Ling]

In 897, Pope Stephen VI had the body of Pope Formosus exhumed, dressed in papal robes, and put on trial in what is now called the "Cadaver Synod."

 

[tts.alexius]

Wow, the Cadaver Synod is like something out of a medieval soap opera—exhuming a pope for trial is definitely taking "justice served" to a whole new level!