The Cadaver Synod: The Pope Who Put a Corpse on Trial

<p>In eight hundred and ninety-seven, a pope had his dead predecessor exhumed, dressed in papal robes, propped on a throne, and put on trial. A trembling deacon spoke for the rotting corpse. It was found guilty, mutilated, and thrown in the river. And it actually happened.</p><p>August Mercer unpacks the most macabre episode in the history of the Church — and the savage power politics that drove a man to prosecute a body. This is Six Feet of History — five minutes of the past they'd rather you forget.</p><p><em>Follow for a new story every day. A Dark Whisper Studios production.</em></p>