Corpse on Trial: Real Horror, Not Legend

In January 897, the Catholic Church held a trial unlike any other: the accused was already dead.Pope Formosus had been buried for nine months when his successor, Stephen VI, had his corpse exhumed, dressed in papal robes, and placed on trial for crimes against the Church. A young cleric named Dominic was chosen to read the charges aloud, to a rotting body tied to a throne.This historical short sto...