WTF Fun Fact – The Cadaver Synod

In January 897, Pope Formosus’s corpse was put on trial and found guilty in what became known as the Cadaver Synod. He had three fingers removed, was reburied, dug up once again, and then weighed down and tossed into the River Tiber. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod


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