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A Pope Dug Up His Dead Rival—and Put Him on Trial
In 897, Pope Stephen VI had Pope Formosus exhumed, dressed in papal robes and placed on trial in the Cadaver Synod.
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In 897, Pope Stephen VI had Pope Formosus exhumed, dressed in papal robes and placed on trial in the Cadaver Synod.
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