A more fitting, macabre image dealing with a monarch could not be found for Hallowe'en!
From The Mad Monarchist (27 October 2011)
A special image for Halloween, the infamous "Cadaver Synod" in which Pope Stephen (VI) VII had the Pope Formosus dug up, his putrefied corpse dressed in papal vestments and then put on trial at St John Lateran's Basilica. Believe it or not, this convinced many people that Pope Stephen was quite insane...
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