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What was the controversial legacy of Pope Formosus's pontificate referred to as?

  • The Cadaver Synod

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  • The Papal Controversy

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The Cadaver Synod was the controversial legacy of Pope Formosus's pontificate. It was convened by Pope Stephen VI to depose the dead pope and deface his body. The synod was held in 897 and declared Formosus's election invalid and his pontificate a sham. His body was exhumed and dressed in papal vestments, and then it was sat on a throne and tried for perjury.
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