#Pope Honorius I (625-638) was condemned and excommunicated for heresy by the sixth general council in 680. Stephen VI (896-89) had the body of his predecessor Pope Formosus exhumed and put on trial (this is the famous cadaver synod) for his unbecoming conduct during his tenure.
Stephen had Formosa's papal vestments removed and two fingers from his right hand cut off. Formosa's' body was thrown into the Tiber. After the synod, public opinion turned against Stephen. He was deposed in an uprising and strangled to death.
Then there was John-12 (955-964) who died a mysterious death, after having been accused of adultery & turning his pontification into a whore house. However, he had more than his match in Benedict-9 to the only man 2 have served as Pope for 3 discontinuous periods, beginning 1032.
#Pope Victor III described Pope Benedict and his deeds in these words, "his rapes, murders and other unspeakable acts.... his life as a Pope so vile, so foul, so execrable, that I shudder to think of it." #Christmas
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What Boniface VIII (1294-1303) did during his nine year tenure as a Pope, brought under focus the extortionist face of the #Church. He released one of the most important papal bulls of catholic History. Unam Sanctum. #Christmas #Christianity
It declared that both spiritual and temporal power were under the pope's jurisdiction, and that kings were subordinate to the age of the #Church.
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