[Elsie]

(Commentary on the Magnificat, 1521; in Luther’s Works, Pelikan et al, vol. 21, 326)

Pope Stephen VI (896–897), who had his predecessor Pope Formosus exhumed, tried, de-fingered, briefly reburied, and thrown in the Tiber.

[CynicalBear]

What? A Pope mutilated another Pope after desecrating his grave? And what is this I hear about a female Pope by the name of Joan. Must be the same legend.