Beating a Dead Pope


	Beating a Dead Pope

Monkfishy

11-6-2007 2:26 PM

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history, religion

Monkfishy says:

Good argument for the statute of limitations.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c84b2708-910d-487e-b118-e4f471ca7a78/19E6EB8E-87F4-4916-87DB-D470A49C2E6F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Stephen_VI&oldid=169414569" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Stephen_VI&oldid=169414569" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Stephen_VI&oldid=169414569"><H1 class="firstHeading">Pope Stephen VI</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Stephen_VI&oldid=169414569">Stephen is chiefly remembered in connection with his conduct towards the remains of <A title="Pope Formosus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Formosus">Pope Formosus</A>, his last predecessor but one. Doubtless under pressure from the Spoleto contingent, and fueled by Stephen's fury with his predecessor, the rotting corpse of Formosus was exhumed and put on trial, in the so-called <A title="Cadaver Synod" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod">Cadaver Synod</A> (or <I>Synodus Horrenda</I>), in January 897. With the corpse propped up on a throne, a <A title="Deacon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deacon">deacon</A> was appointed to answer for the deceased pontiff, who was condemned for performing the functions of a bishop when he had been deposed and for receiving the pontificate while he was the <A title="Bishop of Porto" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Porto">bishop of Porto</A>, among other revived charges that had been leveled against Formosus in the strife during the pontificate of <A title="Pope John VIII" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_VIII">John VIII</A>. The corpse was found guilty, stripped of its sacred vestments, deprived of three fingers of its right hand (the blessing fingers), clad in the garb of a layman, and quickly buried; it was then re-exhumed and thrown in the <A title="Tiber" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiber">Tiber</A>.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/19E6EB8E-87F4-4916-87DB-D470A49C2E6F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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