THE POPES OF THE WEEKThe desecration of the body of poor Papa Formoso, who was condemned after his deathIn January 897, Pope Stephen VI convened and presided over a synod in St Peter’s Basilica to put the now-deceased Pontiff on trial. The mummified body of Formosus was exhumed and, dressed in papal vestments, was placed on a throne and subjected to a solemn judgementbyAmbrogio Piazzoni2 OCT 26
