Having the ultimate in last words....
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Bizarre history.... I like it.
wikipedia said:
The Cadaver Synod (also called the Cadaver Trial or, in Latin, the Synodus Horrenda) is the name commonly given to the posthumous ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus, held in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome during January of 897.[1]
Before the proceedings the body of Formosus was exhumed and, according to some sources, seated on a throne while his successor, Pope Stephen VI, read the charges against him (of which Formosus was found guilty) and conducted the trial.....
Formosus was accused of transmigrating sees in violation of canon law, of perjury, and of serving as a bishop while actually a layman. Liutprand and other sources say that Stephen had the body stripped of its papal vestments, cut off the three fingers of his right hand used for benedictions, and declared all of his acts and ordinations invalid.
The body was finally interred in a graveyard for foreigners, only to be dug up once again, tied to weights, and cast into the Tiber River.
I'm in charge now.Before the proceedings the body of Formosus was exhumed and, according to some sources, seated on a throne while his successor, Pope Stephen VI, read the charges against him (of which Formosus was found guilty) and conducted the trial.....
Formosus was accused of transmigrating sees in violation of canon law, of perjury, and of serving as a bishop while actually a layman. Liutprand and other sources say that Stephen had the body stripped of its papal vestments, cut off the three fingers of his right hand used for benedictions, and declared all of his acts and ordinations invalid.
The body was finally interred in a graveyard for foreigners, only to be dug up once again, tied to weights, and cast into the Tiber River.
parakitaMol. said:
wikipedia said:
Before the proceedings the body of Formosus was exhumed and, according to some sources, seated on a throne while his successor, Pope Stephen VI, read the charges against him (of which Formosus was found guilty) and conducted the trial.....
How do you plead...?
STIFF
parakitaMol. said:
wikipedia said:
Formosus was accused of transmigrating sees in violation of canon law, of perjury, and of serving as a bishop while actually a layman. Liutprand and other sources say that Stephen had the body stripped of its papal vestments, cut off the three fingers of his right hand used for benedictions, and declared all of his acts and ordinations invalid.
....HA...No-one expects the Stephen Inquisition...HA parakitaMol. said:
wikipedia said:
The body was finally interred in a graveyard for foreigners, only to be dug up once again, tied to weights, and cast into the Tiber River.
...Roman Catholic Church...pure comedy geniusEdited by mybrainhurts on Wednesday 14th January 19:47
Dead bodies on court? i 've heard of the victims being dug up and put in there
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=a7zDebveHeM
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=a7zDebveHeM
foreright said:
Gargamel said:
Stranger things have happened
That horse becoming Pope for one
It would have been stranger if indeed it had happened. Are you not thinking of Caligula who made his horse a senator? Except that didn't happen either :PThat horse becoming Pope for one
Plenty of wierd history around
Prince Wilhelm of the Hapsburg empire - involved in Ukranian seperation in the 20's whilst hanging around the cross dressing and transvestite scenes of vienna and paris
Rasputin, "monk" and spitirtual advisor to the last Tsar of Russian - and serial rapist of the court ladies ...
Dictators are always good at this stuff - look at the french cook expose on Kim il jong in north korea - w
es every night (male and female) he alledgedMy favourite is the Locarno conference in switzerland where all the big boys are attending, they are kept waiting for hours by Mussolini who eventually does a top gun style flyby, exept its by speedboat which is packed with young Italian lovelies, and he drives the boat himself across the lake waving at herr hitler !
Edited by Gargamel on Wednesday 14th January 12:48
Gargamel said:
My favourite is the Locarno conference in switzerland where all the big boys are attending, they are kept waiting for hours by Mussolini who eventually does a top gun style flyby, exept its by speedboat which is packed with young Italian lovelies, and he drives the boat himself across the lake waving at herr hitler !
Not heard that one before..... for a mad dictator type, that's quite cool. Gassing Station | The Pie & Piston Archive | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff