Andre Hartslief
Of all the weird things I have come across, this has got to be one of the strangest true stories. It took place in Italy in 897 AD, when after Pope Formosus died and was buried, the Catholic church exhumed his corpse, dressed it in papal vestments, and seated it on a throne to face trial.
The verdict was that the deceased Pope had been an unworthy pope and after declaring their findings, he was buried again. Thirteen years later in 910 AD, Pope Formosus’ corpse was exhumed once more, re-tried, found guilty again, and was beheaded and thrown into the River Tiber, the reason for this was that he was found to be unworthy of a human burial.
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I never heard about this and I think the once would have been enough but to through the corpse into the river now that is way too much but interesting history just the same,
Yes, we sure have some weird people in the world.
wow well i won’t say what I am thinking. Just that history is an interesting journey.
History is interesting indeed
i really enjoyed reading it so cool…