History

In 897 AD, after Pope Formosus died and was buried, the Catholic church exhumed his corpse, wore it in papal vestments, and seated it on a throne to face trial. The verdict was that the deceased had been unworthy to be a pope and was buried again.

Thirteen years later, in 910… pic.twitter.com/QwpFXRneGE

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