Jean-Paul Laurens, Le Pape Formose et Étienne VI ("Pope Formosus and Stephen VI"), 1870
The Cadaver Synod (also called the Cadaver Trial; Latin: Synodus Horrenda) is the name commonly given to the ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus, who had been dead for about seven months, in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome during January 897.[1] The trial was conducted by Pope Stephen VI, the successor to Formosus' successor, Pope Boniface VI. Stephen had Formosus' corpse exhumed and brought to the papal court for judgment. He accused Formosus of perjury, of having acceded to the papacy illegally, and illegally presiding over more than one diocese at the same time.[2] At the end of the trial, Formosus was pronounced guilty, and his papacy retroactively declared null.[2]
^For the date cf. Joseph Duhr, "Le concile de Ravenne in 898: la réhabilitation du pape Formose", Recherches de science religieuse 22 (1932), p. 541, note 1.
^ abHarper, Elizabeth (3 March 2014). "The Cadaver Synod: When a Pope's Corpse Was Put on Trial". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
The CadaverSynod (also called the Cadaver Trial; Latin: Synodus Horrenda) is the name commonly given to the ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus, who...
of Spoleto, Formosus's remains were exhumed and put on trial in the CadaverSynod. Several of his immediate successors were primarily preoccupied by the...
conducting a second CadaverSynod. However, the source for this was Liutprand of Cremona, who mistakenly placed the cadaversynod in the pontificate of...
from 22 May 896 to his death. He is best known for instigating the CadaverSynod, which ultimately led to his downfall and death. Stephen was born in...
disorder in central Italy. His main act as pope was to annul the recent CadaverSynod, therefore reinstating the acts and ordinations of Pope Formosus, which...
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corpse of Pope Formosus was thrown into the Tiber after the infamous CadaverSynod held in 897. In addition to the numerous modern bridges over the Tiber...
Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The Early Papacy: To the Synod of Chalcedon in 451, Adrian Fortescue, Ignatius Press, 2008. The Oxford...
and Ravenna to rehabilitate the late Pope Formosus. He condemns the CadaverSynod of the late Pope Stephen VI, and restores the clergymen who were deposed...
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but also at a council held at Ravenna decreed that the records of the CadaverSynod held by Pope Stephen VI which had condemned him should be burned. Re-ordinations...
papal robes and mutilated, was thrown into the river Tiber after the "CadaverSynod." In January 898, Pope John IX rehabilitated Formosus against their...
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60th emperor of Japan. January – The CadaverSynod: Lambert II orders Stephen VI to exhume the nine-month-old cadaver of former pope Formosus, to redress...
New York: Robert Appleton Company. Wilkes, Donald E. Jr. (2011). "The CadaverSynod: Strangest Trial in History". digitalcommons.law.uga.edu. Archived from...
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