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[[Image:Laurens Pope Formosus 1870.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Jean-Paul Laurens' painting of the macabre "cadaver synod", in which the body of Formosus was put on trial.]]
'''Formosus''' (816-896) [[pope]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] (891-896), and the subject of one of the most bizarre trials in history.
'''Formosus''' (816-896) [[pope]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] (891-896), and the subject of one of the most bizarre trials in history.
Formosus' letters and writings were collected into volume 129 of the ''Patrologia Latina''.
Formosus' letters and writings were collected into volume 129 of the ''Patrologia Latina''.
==References==
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06139b.htm Public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia, detailed article on Formosus]
[[Category:Popes]]