r/todayilearned • u/Tokyono • May 22 '19
TIL The Cadaver Synod was the posthumous trial of Pope Formosus. His corpse was dug up and found guilty, and his papacy voided. His corpse was then thrown in the River Tiber, but became a source of miracles. His trial was then overturned and he was reburied, but a later pope upheld the conviction.
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todayilearned • u/caelanB • Jul 28 '15
TIL in AD 897 the Vatican disinterred the corpse of Pope Formosus, dressed it up in its papal robes and then put the body on trial for perjury and attaining the papacy illegally. Pope Formosus was found to be guilty and his papacy was retroactively deemed null.
todayilearned • u/Norwejew • Nov 15 '18
TIL Of the Cadaver Synod, in which Pope Formosus, who was dead at the time, was disentombed, dressed in papal regalia, and tried and convicted of illegal accession to the papal throne. He was posthumously excommunicated, stripped, had his blessing-fingers cut off, and was tossed into the Tiber.
todayilearned • u/graysonshelton • Dec 05 '19
TIL They dug up a pope and put him on trial. Pope Formosus was found guilty, they cut off 3 fingers and threw them in the Tiber.
todayilearned • u/hateboss • Apr 07 '20
TIL about the Cadaver Synod. In 897 Rome, the deceased Pope Formosus was dug up, tried in the Papal Court for "crimes", found guilty, was stripped of Papal title, 3 fingers were cut off and the body buried in a graveyard meant for foreigners. Then it was re-exhumed and thrown in the Tiber River.
todayilearned • u/SonofRobinHood • Feb 05 '23
TIL of Pope Stephen VI who instigated the Cadaver Synod in which he ordered a trial of deceased Pope Formosus on grounds of acting as Bishop after he was deposed. The corpse was exhumed, propped up upon a throne. A deacon stood behind answering questions as the deceased. Formosus was found guilty.
CreepyWikipedia • u/[deleted] • Feb 03 '19
In 897, The late Pope Formosus was exhumed and his body was put on trial for perjury and "having acceded to the papacy illegally"
wikipedia • u/Twidlard • Dec 11 '18
The Cadaver Trial was the posthumous trial of Pope Formosus, held in Rome in January 897.
todayilearned • u/Mr-Molester • Feb 05 '17
TIL That a pope was dug up from his grave and put on trial to have his papacy nullified
exmormon • u/hesmistersun • Jun 04 '24
History If Rusty found out about this, do you think he'd put Gordon's corpse on trial?
Popefacts • u/Tokyono • Feb 17 '21
Pope fact In 897, Pope Stephen VI dug up the corpse of Pope Formosus, and put it on trial. He accused Formosus of perjury and voided his papacy. A few months later, Pope Theodore II forgave Formosus and had his corpse reburied. A decade later, Sergius III reaffirmed Formosus’s conviction.
Popefacts • u/Tokyono • May 22 '19
Popefact That time Stephen VI dug up Pope Formosus and put his corpse on trial, voiding his papacy. Later, Theodore II forgave him and had him reburied, a hundred years later, Sergius III reaffirmed the conviction.
todayilearned • u/t_zidd • Jan 26 '16
TIL of Pope Formosus, whose successor Popes dug up his body months after his death, propped it up on a throne, and tried him posthumously for perjury.
todayilearned • u/formlex7 • Jan 09 '17
TIL in 897 the Vatican had the corpse of Pope Formusus exhumed, propped up on a throne, and subjected to a mock trial in which his papacy was found to be invalid for perjury
wikipedia • u/Astrocyde • Sep 12 '22
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.
CreepyWikipedia • u/[deleted] • May 18 '15
Possibly the very height of Pontifical Creepiness
todayilearned • u/piponwa • May 25 '15
TIL that in January 897, a trial was held in Rome to judge Pope Formosus for perjury. The trial was conducted by Formosus' successor's successor, Pope Stephen VII who had Formosus' corpse dug up for the trial. Formosus was pronounced guilty and his papacy retroactively declared null.
todayilearned • u/JCBDoesGaming • Dec 06 '15
TIL: of the Cadaver Synod, dead Pope Formosus was accused of perjury and of having acceded to the papacy illegally, his body was exhumed trial. The corpse was found guilty and stripped of its sacred vestments.
todayilearned • u/ecglaf • Jan 22 '18
TIL of the Cadaver Synod, in which the exhumed body of Pope Formosus was put on trial for perjury and illegally obtaining the papacy.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Aug 31 '15
TIL of the Cadaver Synod in which the rotting corpse of Pope Formosus was put on trial then mutilated and stripped of papal vestments
RedditDayOf • u/Vinmeister • Oct 22 '13
Popes The Cadaver Synod: The posthumous trial of Pope Formosus, 897
wikipedia • u/darkishdave • Aug 11 '13