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• A pope was put on trial nine months after he died

  In January 897, Pope Stephen VI had the corpse of his predecessor, Pope Formosus, exhumed, dressed in papal vestments and propped on a throne to face charges of perjury and violati…

  — Auxilius of Naples and Liutprand of Cremona, near-contemporary chroniclers, Cadaver Synod

• A pope put his predecessor's corpse on trial nine months after it was buried

  In January 897, Pope Stephen VI had the exhumed body of Pope Formosus dressed in papal vestments and propped up in court to answer charges of perjury and violating canon law. The c…

  — Liutprand of Cremona (contemporary chronicler), Cadaver Synod

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