Assertion: cadaver | /r/CapableOf | usurp universal roman see
Facets:
value: after the death of john viii
type: TEMPORAL
value: in such a spirit of ambition
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: According to the tenth-century historian Liutprand of Cremona, Stephen VI asked Formosus' corpse why he "usurped the universal Roman See in such a spirit of ambition" after the death of John VIII, echoing John VIII's own assertion that Formosus had tried to seize the papal throne while he was alive.