Dead Pope on Trial: The Cadaver Synod and the Twisted Power Struggles of the Medieval Papacy
Introduction: When Death Was No Defense In January 897 A.D., one of the most bizarre and grotesque trials in human history took place—not in secret, not in fiction, but under the watchful eyes of the Catholic Church. The defendant? Pope Formosus, long dead and buried. Exhumed from his tomb, clad in papal vestments, and propped … Read more