# Pope Stephen VI

> He put a corpse on trial. Stephen VI dug up his predecessor, propped the body in papal robes before a church court, and condemned it — an act so grotesque it turned Rome against him and sealed his own violent end.

*Pope*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-stephen-vi

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Died:** 897
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Stephen VI became bishop of Rome in May 896 and quickly set in motion one of the papacy's darkest episodes. He ordered the exhumation of Pope Formosus, dead nine months, dressed the decomposing body in full vestments, and staged a tribunal — the Cadaver Synod — to retroactively invalidate his predecessor's papacy. The spectacle horrified the city. By August 897, barely a year into his reign, the backlash caught him: Stephen was deposed, imprisoned, and killed.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 62.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 15.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #113

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238947)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Stephen_VI)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope%20Stephen%20VI)
- [أسطفان السادس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3)
- [ستيفان السادس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3)
- [Стэфан VI (VII)](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD_VI_(VII))
- [Стефан VII (папа)](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD_VII_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0))
- [Stefan VI](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_VI)
- [Esteve VI](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteve_VI)
- [Gáu-huòng Stephanus 6-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Stephanus_6-si%C3%A9)
- [Esteban VI](https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteban_VI)
- [Štěpán VI.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1n_VI.)
- [Pave Stefan 6.](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Stefan_6.)
- [Stephan VI.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_VI.)
- [Stefan VI](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_VI)
- [Πάπας Στέφανος ΣΤ΄](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A3%CE%A4%CE%84)
- [Stefano la 6-a](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_la_6-a)
- [Esteban VI](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteban_VI)
- [Stephanus VI](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanus_VI)
- [Eztebe VI.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eztebe_VI.a)
- [پاپ استفان ششم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%B4%D9%85)
- [Stefanus VI](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanus_VI)
- [Étienne VI (pape)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_VI_(pape))
- [Pápa Stiofán VI](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1pa_Stiof%C3%A1n_VI)
- [Estevo VI, papa](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estevo_VI%2C_papa)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stefan_VI)
- [Pous Stefanus VI](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Stefanus_VI)
- [Stephan VI.](https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_VI.)

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