The Pope_s Corpse was Put on Trial...by the Pope - The Cadaver Snow

Step into one of the strangest and most disturbing episodes in medieval Church history: the Cadaver Synod. ⚰️⛪ In 897, Pope Formosus was exhumed months after his death and placed on trial in a bizarre church proceeding ordered under Pope Stephen VI. Dressed in papal vestments, the deceased pope was formally accused, questioned, and ultimately condemned. The shocking event became one of the most infamous moments in the history of the medieval papacy. This episode explores the political and religious tensions surrounding the Cadaver Synod, what happened during the trial, and the dramatic consequences that followed. Discover how power struggles within medieval Rome led to a trial unlike almost anything else in Church history.