Pope Formosus, on trial. He had the corpse exhumed, dressed in papal robes, and propped on a throne for a posthumous court appearance. Unsurprisingly, the corpse “lost” and was tossed into the ...

a trial in which a deceased pope was put on trial. Pope Formosus had already been dead for two months when his successor ...

What happens when a dead pope is put on trial by the living? In this true story, church politics spiraled so far out of control that the corpse of Pope Formosus was dragged into court. Set during ...

Months after his predecessor, Pope Formosus, died, Stephen dug up the rotting corpse, dressed it in papal robes, and put it ...