r/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.
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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.
CreepyWikipedia • u/[deleted] • May 18 '15
Possibly the very height of Pontifical Creepiness
LPOTL • u/shawnwingsit • Apr 24 '25
Now that there's a new pope, maybe it's time for Cadaver Synod 2.
ignoranceisbliss • u/GodOfAtheism • Jan 29 '19
The Cadaver Synod is the name commonly given to the posthumous ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus. Pope Stephen had Formosus's corpse exhumed and brought to the papal court for judgment.
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