History · The Strange Case
The Pope Who Put a Corpse on Trial
In 897, Pope Stephen VI had the body of his predecessor dug up, dressed in papal robes, propped on a throne — and prosecuted.
The daily log
Saturday, September 19, 2026
On this day, StoneRed ran:
History · The Strange Case
The Pope Who Put a Corpse on Trial
In 897, Pope Stephen VI had the body of his predecessor dug up, dressed in papal robes, propped on a throne — and prosecuted.
Around the same time
- If You Replace Every Plank, Is It Still the Same Ship? Philosophy
- Why Medieval Knights Keep Fighting Snails Art
- The Day Boston Drowned in Molasses History
- The Man With a Hole in His Head Psychology
- The Year Without a Summer Science
- The Explosion That Flattened a Forest Space
- The Girl Who Found Sea Dragons People
- The Lake That Exploded Geography
- The Goat Behind Door Number Three Random
- Where Is Everybody? Space
- The Banana Your Grandparents Ate Nature
- When a Tulip Cost as Much as a House Economics
- The 2,000-Year-Old Computer Ancient World
- The Temple Older Than Farming Ancient World