TIL that Pope Stephen VI exhumed the corpse of Pope Formosus, who had died seven months prior, and subjected him to a posthumous trial in which he was de-fingered before tossing his body into the Tiber River in 897 en.wikipedia.org Submitted by pooterpon t3_100bt0i on January 1, 2023 at 4:28 AM in todayilearned 25 comments 157
Landlubber77 t1_j2h08cr wrote on January 1, 2023 at 5:27 AM I wish I could de-finger my sophomore homecoming date. My hand smelled like burnt onions and tilapia for 24 hours. Permalink −7−
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