Even popes have to learn to let things go--or face the consequences. Grab a drink and travel back to 800's Italy today with Red & Scoot as they discuss one of the most infamous Roman Catholic trials in papal history, between Pope Formosus and Pope Steven VI (or VII).

Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!

Sources:

https://daily.jstor.org/the-cadaver-synod-putting-a-dead-pope-on-trial/

https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030386316/cu31924030386316_djvu.txt

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Formosus

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-VI-or-VII

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Boniface-VI

https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/the-strange-case-of-pope-formosus

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24403119

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Formosus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lambert-of-Spoleto

https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/the-strange-case-of-pope-formosus

https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/a-dead-pope-was-put-on-trial-as-an-act-of-vengeance

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