JUST TOO WEIRD

I was reading on a site about the graves of famous people, and I came across this, which has to be the weirdest thing I've ever read:

In January of 897, in what was called the Cadaver Synod the corpse of
Pope Formosus was dragged from his tomb on the orders of Pope Stephen
VII. The body was placed on trial on charges of perjury, coveting the
Papal office, and violating church laws. A number of local clergy were
compelled to watch under the threat of violence as Stephen screamed at
Formosus. The synod found Formosus guilty. His vestments were stripped
from his body, three fingers of his right hand were chopped off, and
he was buried in a pauper's grave. A few days later his body was
exhumed and tossed in the Tiber. Stephen was deposed and eventually
strangled in prison. Formosus was recovered, and reburied in his
original tomb at St. Peter's Basilica. Later Popes reversed the
verdict of the Cadaver Synod, declared his ordinations valid, and
forbade any further such trials.



Truly Strange!