# Cadaver Synod (897)

URL: https://christianity-history.com/timeline/897-cadaver-synod
Location: Rome
Themes: Papacy

Pope Stephen VI puts the exhumed corpse of Pope Formosus on trial. At this point in the timeline (897), the Bishop of Rome was Pope Stephen VI (22 May 896 – 14 August 897).

## Why it matters
Cadaver Synod mattered because it shaped the authority, policy or public role of the papacy and the Catholic Church.

Pope at the time: [Pope Theodore II](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-theodore-ii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Cadaver Synod](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Cadaver Synod](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Cadaver+Synod)
- [Wikipedia — Medieval Church (period overview)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Catholic_Church#Middle_Ages)