D4M14NU5 t1_j2gzmlt wrote on January 1, 2023 at 5:20 AM

Reply to comment by meMaggatron in TIL that Pope Stephen VI exhumed the corpse of Pope Formosus, who had died seven months prior, and subjected him to a posthumous trial in which he was de-fingered before tossing his body into the Tiber River in 897 by pooterpon

The fingers were symbolic of his ministry as Bishop and Priest. Beyond that, regarding motivation for the trial, that particular pope was gravely mentally ill.

jakart3 t1_j2h1add wrote on January 1, 2023 at 5:37 AM

Which one?

D4M14NU5 t1_j2h24tv wrote on January 1, 2023 at 5:46 AM

Pope Stephen VI