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Ep. 94 The Cadaver Synod
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A pope walks into a courtroom as the defendant. Except... he doesn't walk. He is carried because he is a skeleton. They put a dead pope's skeleton on trial in 897 AD.
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Sources:
https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/dead-pope-put-on-trial.htm
https://daily.jstor.org/the-cadaver-synod-putting-a-dead-pope-on-trial/
Conclave: How cardinals elect a Pope - BBC News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_trial
128 episodes
Manage episode 297873198 series 2609922
A pope walks into a courtroom as the defendant. Except... he doesn't walk. He is carried because he is a skeleton. They put a dead pope's skeleton on trial in 897 AD.
Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast
Facebook - Bug in a Rug
Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com
Sources:
https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/dead-pope-put-on-trial.htm
https://daily.jstor.org/the-cadaver-synod-putting-a-dead-pope-on-trial/
Conclave: How cardinals elect a Pope - BBC News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_trial
128 episodes
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