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The Cadaver Synod: The Dead Pope Trial
Manage episode 351996974 series 3358490
In 897, Pope Stephen VI put his predecessor, Pope Formosus, on trial for crimes against the Catholic Church. The accused was exhumed from his grave, and presented before an assembly of clergy in a Basilica in Rome.
- The Strange Case of Pope Formosus | Catholic Answers
- The Cadaver Synod: Low Point in the History of the Papacy | Medievalists.net
- The Cadaver Synod: When the Corpse of a Dead Pope Was Put on Trial | Medium.com
- The Cadaver Synod: The Strangest Trial in History, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.
- The Cadaver Synod: When a Pope’s Corpse Was Put on Trial | Atlas Obscura
Patreon: patreon.com/themorbidmuseum
Instagram: @themorbidmuseum
Email: themorbidmuseum@gmail.com
Artwork: Brittany Schall
Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod
71 episodes
Manage episode 351996974 series 3358490
In 897, Pope Stephen VI put his predecessor, Pope Formosus, on trial for crimes against the Catholic Church. The accused was exhumed from his grave, and presented before an assembly of clergy in a Basilica in Rome.
- The Strange Case of Pope Formosus | Catholic Answers
- The Cadaver Synod: Low Point in the History of the Papacy | Medievalists.net
- The Cadaver Synod: When the Corpse of a Dead Pope Was Put on Trial | Medium.com
- The Cadaver Synod: The Strangest Trial in History, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.
- The Cadaver Synod: When a Pope’s Corpse Was Put on Trial | Atlas Obscura
Patreon: patreon.com/themorbidmuseum
Instagram: @themorbidmuseum
Email: themorbidmuseum@gmail.com
Artwork: Brittany Schall
Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod
71 episodes
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