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Once the mausoleum of the emperor Hadrian, and now the fortress, prison and torture chamber of the papacy. The popes became powerhungry players in the savage scheming of Italian politics. And their abuse of papal authority dragged the Holy City into its darkest period yet. In 897, Pope Stephen VI gave an order of the most twisted and malicious kind. He ordered the digging up of the corpse of a former pope whom he hated. Pope Formosus' s mummified body was dressed up in papal robes, propped up on a mock throne and put on trial before the Holy Synod. His crime, violation of canon law. The charges were read out, and a deacon was assigned to defend the accused pope. Found guilty as charged, Formosus was stripped and mutilated. The three fingers he used for papal blessings were chopped off. He was dragged and tossed into the Tiber. But this grisly masquerade was only the start. From now on, nothing was sacred. |
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zhè lǐ yí dù shì hā dé liáng huáng dì de líng mù, xiàn zài chéng le bǎo lěi jiān láo nǎi zhì jiào huáng de kù xíng shì. dāng shí de yì dà lì zhèng tán jìn shì chì luǒ luǒ de gōu xīn dòu jiǎo, jiào huáng men kāi shǐ zhēng quán duó lì, shēn xiàn qí zhōng. tā men làn yòng jiào huáng quán wēi, bǎ zhè zuò shén shèng zhī chéng zhuǎi rù zuì hēi àn de shí qī. gōng yuán 897 nián, jiào huáng sī dì fēn liù shì xià dá le yī dào zhǐ lìng, qí niǔ qū qí è dú zhī chéng dù jiǎn zhí wú yǐ fù jiā. tā xià lìng wā chū tā suǒ zēng hèn de qián rèn jiào huáng de shī tǐ. jiào huáng fú mó sī Formosus shī tǐ yǐ jīng gàn huà, shēn zhuó jiào huáng cháng páo bìng yóu yí gè mó nǐ de wáng zuò zhī chēng zhe tā bèi fàng dào shèng yì huì qián shòu shěn. tā de zuì xíng wéi fǎn jiào tíng fǎ guī. shèng yì huì mìng rén xuān dú zhǐ kòng zuì míng, bìng ān pái fù zhǔ jì wèi bèi gào de jiào huáng zuò biàn hù. fú mó sī de zuì míng jīng shěn chéng lì, tā bèi chú qù shēn shàng de yī wù, shī tǐ yě zāo dào huǐ huài. tā yòng lái xíng jiào huáng cì fú yí shì de sān ge shǒu zhǐ bèi duò diào, suí hòu bèi tuō rēng jìn tái bó hé. rán ér, zhè yī chū kě pà de xì mǎ jǐn jǐn shì gè kāi shǐ. cóng jīn wǎng hòu, luó mǎ zài wú shén shèng kě yán. |