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It might seem like a ludicrous idea, completely insane especially if this were to be done today. But the idea of putting a dead pope’s body on trial has some meaning to it when we look at the context of when this was done. It was 897, and Pope Stephen VI had insisted on bringing his predecessor, Formosus, to court for usurpation.
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