Pope Formosus
Pope
- Fame64.2
- Momentum19.8
- Religious Figures rank#81
- Fame64.2
- Momentum19.8
- Religious Figures rank#81
- Wikipedia21.7K
ItalyA ninth-century pope whose corpse was dug up, dressed in vestments, and put on trial nine months after his death — the verdict so damning that no pope since has dared take his name.
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Formosus was born around 816 and rose through the Church despite accusations of abandoning his diocese in Portus to chase higher office in Rome. He became pope on 6 October 891, but his five-year reign tangled him in dynastic wars across Europe: he meddled in Constantinople's church politics, in West Francia's throne, and fatally backed Arnulf of Carinthia over Lambert of Spoleto for the Holy Roman crown. He died on 4 April 896. Nine months later his successor Stephen VI had the body exhumed, propped in papal robes, and subjected to the Cadaver Synod — a trial that convicted Formosus of eccles…
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