Dropinlikeaspider t1_j2gux9n wrote on January 1, 2023 at 4:34 AM Reply to 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 by pooterpon So they like cut his fingers off? How can one be defingered if they've already been fingered? Permalink 3
Dropinlikeaspider t1_j2gux9n wrote
Reply to 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 by pooterpon
So they like cut his fingers off? How can one be defingered if they've already been fingered?