4 April 896 A.D. Formosus Dies—Rome’s 111th; Disruptions in Carlovingian Empire; Strife for Political Supremacy in Italy; Formosus Posthumously Exhumed for the Infamous "Cadaver Synod,"
4 April 896 A.D. Formosus Dies—Rome’s 111 th ; Disruptions in Carlovingian Empire; Strife for Political Supremacy in Italy; Formosus Posthumously Exhumed for the Infamous "Cadaver Synod," Seated on Throne, Tried, Queried (Deacon Gave Incriminating Responses), Convicted, Degraded (Vestments-Removal) and Body Tossed into the Tiber River Kirsch, Johann Peter. "Pope Formosus." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06139b.htm . Accessed 20 Aug 2014. Formosus (891-896) The pontificate of this pope belongs to that era of strife for political supremacy in Italy , which succeeded the disruption of the Carlovingian empire. Formosus was probably a native of Rome , and must have been born about 816, since, at his death, he is characterized by Vulgarius as an old man of eighty. The earliest...