Early Medieval Papacy
You're Dead to Me
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Formosis - A Saintly Relic?
In the Middle Ages, dead bodies were broken up into little bits and put on altars. Pope Formosius threw them in the river to make sure they didn't become a saintly relic. The body does get rediscovered by sympathetic supporters of Formosis who use it to do what Steven was probably worried about. There's so much bloodlust for these pups.
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