Pope Formosus (c. 816 – 896) was Pope of the Catholic Church from 891 to 896. His brief reign as Pope was troubled, and his remains were exhumed and put on trial in the notorious Cadaver Synod.
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“Some praise at morning what they blame at night,
But always think the last opinion right.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)