Such a fun little set of papal assassination stories, I just had to share one of them...
Pope Stephen VI
"Pope Stephen VI was the leader of the Catholic church from May 896 to August 897, barely over a year. He was insane and mad with hate over his predecessor, Pope Formosus. After ordering the body of Formosus exhumed and put on a mock trial for being a false pope, Stephen VI was thrown in jail for sacrilege when he forced many church officials and priests to resign after they were ordained by Pope Formosus. Pope Stephen VI was strangled to death while he was in jail."
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