00:00They dug up the grave of the Pope and put his rotting corpse on trial.
00:05You see, Pope Stephen VI was so furious at his predecessor,
00:09he had his body dressed in papal robes, seated on a throne in courtroom.
00:14Then, he stood there, shouting accusations at the dead man.
00:18Being the judge, jury and executioner, he found the corpse guilty
00:22and cut off its three fingers before throwing it into the river.
00:26Rome was outraged as many saw this as the most shameful moment of papal authority.
00:32Pope Stephen was imprisoned and strangled to death in his cell.
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