Pope Formosus and Pope Stephen VI is a painting by Jean Paul Laurens which was uploaded on September 30th, 2014.
Pope Formosus and Pope Stephen VI
182512 Pope Formosus (816-896) and Pope Stephen VI in 897 (oil on canvas), Laurens, Jean Paul (1838-1921) ... more
Title
Pope Formosus and Pope Stephen VI
Artist
Jean Paul Laurens
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
182512 Pope Formosus (816-896) and Pope Stephen VI in 897 (oil on canvas), Laurens, Jean Paul (1838-1921)
The Cadaver Synod in AD 987, held in the Basilica of St John Lateran in Rome; Le Pape Formose et Etienne VII; the ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus after his death; a synod convened and sat the body on a throne clad in papal vestments with a deacon to answer to charges against the deceased; Stephen was successor after Boniface VI only reigned for fifteen days; body was thrown in the Tiber but was recovered and re-buried in St Peter's
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September 30th, 2014
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