his body was taken out of the tomb and placed on the papal seat to be tried and punished by the
him while he was dead and then his body was thrown into the river. What did the Pope of the
to deserve this punishment? Was he unjust or unjust? Was it
trial or revenge? Get to know with us the story of Pope Vermosos. In
October of the year eight hundred and ninety-one. Pope Formosus reached
throne of the papacy, becoming the number one hundred and eleventh pope in the history of the
Catholic Vatican do and succeeded in this position, Pope Stephen V. but what
Vermuses assumed the throne, but found himself amid great disagreements between
rulers on the one hand, and the emperors on the other. He had a great disagreement with
used his powers . He also lived in great disagreements with the papal ruler
the Roman Empire Jay III. In the midst of these problems, he found the
Vermosos himself, forcing him to submit to Emperor Guy III, the
at the expense of the powers of the Church ensured the continuation of his family on the throne of
. Jay forced him to accept the coronation of his son Lambert and Lee,
Reign of the Holy Roman Empire. Guy's pressure continued on
Vermozaus unlimited intervention in matters of church narrows the door tired
emperor and moved to conspire with King Carlungi Arnulf and his sixth
to march on Italy to end the rule of Guy III. Then the first Byzantine emperor
papacy to crown Arnulf as a symbolic ruler of the Roman Empire.
but Jay stuck to his judgment and tried to defend him. Until his death in December
year eight hundred and ninety-four. His son Lambert and his wife took over the
responsibility of defending the throne of their sacred empire in the face of
Arnold who was supported from within the empire, Pope Vermosos.
trial. On the fourth of April of the year eight hundred and sixty-nine, he died in
Vermosus, leaving the papal seat to Pope VI, who did not continue
his pontificate for a long time, as he died only fifteen days after assuming the
the papal chair due to the complications of gout, which he has been suffering from since the
years, leaving the papacy to Pope Stephen VI. In the year eight hundred
and ninety-seven, in retaliation for his father, Lambert pressured Pope Stephen, the
assistant to set up a trial known as the strangest trial in history. He commanded
Pope Stephen by taking the remains of Vermosus out of the tomb to question it for the
Some of the issues witnessed during the reign of the previous pope. Indeed, the
took out the remains of the body and wear clothes Papacy was placed on a chair
accused church . Pope Stephen VI sat down and began a corpse
the previous pope. Well fastened to the trial chair. Several charges were brought against the
corpse, ranging from violating the law, abuse of authority, and others. I
strangest thing is that the corpse has already been convicted of the charges against it, to issue the ruling of
among the strangest trial in history to cancel all the decisions taken by the Pope,
during his reign? Then his body was stripped of the papal robes and fingers cut off because
that was Pope Vermozs by making a three fingers of his hand
right hand. And we took revenge on the Pope, whose body was thrown into the river of
Tiber? Some sources say that they cut off his head before dumping the body,
river. The trial of the Pope's corpse is still described as the strangest in history, and it is
embodied in a special painting called The Trial of Corpses, and it is one of the paintings of the
famous that perpetuates Pope Stephan's revenge revolution, which is said
it was only to tarnish the image of Pope Vermosus and tarnish his reputation.
This trial aroused the anger of public opinion from Pope Stephen
and he was arrested and publicly tried. To be imprisoned and end his life suffocating in
his prison. What do you think of this trial? Have you heard of similar trials that took place in the
history?