What was Pope Formosus accused of in the Cadaver Synod?
Perjury
Adultery
Corruption
Heresy
Answer
Pope Formosus was accused of corruption during the Cadaver Synod, which was held in 897. The synod was called by Pope Stephen VI to denounce Formosus for his alleged misdeeds. The pope's body was exhumed and put on trial, and he was found guilty of corruption and other crimes. His body was then stripped of its papal vestments and thrown into the Tiber River.
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