A Pope Put a Dead Man on Trial?! 😱 | The Cadaver Synod

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Yes, this actually happened. In the year 897, Pope Stephen VI exhumed the body of a former pope… and put it on trial.
💀 Dressed the corpse in papal robes
🪑 Seated it in court
⚖️ Charged it with crimes
🌊 Threw it in the river

It’s called the Cadaver Synod — and it’s one of the darkest, weirdest moments in church history.
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