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The third pope to bear the same name as his immediate predecessor. Last pope to have been born outside Europe until the election of Francis in 2013. 91 3 December 741 – 22 March 752 (10 years, 110 days) St Zachary ZACHARIAS: Zacharias Sancta Severina, Calabria, Eastern Roman Empire (Eastern) Roman citizen. Was of Greek ethnicity. Feast day 15 ...
French Pope Clement V. Pope Silvester II (999–1003): Gerbert of Aurillac. Pope Urban II (1088–1099): Otho of Lagery (or Otto or Odo) Pope Urban IV (1261–1264): Jacques Pantaléon. Pope Clement IV (1265–1268): Guy Foulques. Pope Martin IV (1281–1285): Simon de Brie. Pope Clement V (1305–1314): Bertrand de Got.
Papal regalia and insignia. Official seal of the Holy See. [ 1] The crossed keys symbolise the keys of Simon Peter. The keys are gold and silver to represent the power of loosing and binding. The triple crown (the tiara) symbolizes the triple power of the Pope as "father of kings", "governor of the world" and "Vicar of Christ".
The most recently reigning Pope to have been canonised was Pope John Paul II, whose cause for canonisation was opened in May 2005. John Paul II was beatified on 1 May 2011, by Pope Benedict XVI and later canonised, along with Pope John XXIII, by Pope Francis on 27 April 2014. [ 1] Pope Francis also canonised Pope Paul VI on 14 October 2018.
Ratti was elected pope on the conclave's fourteenth ballot on 6 February 1922 and took the name "Pius XI", explaining that Pius IX was the pope of his youth and Pius X had appointed him head of the Vatican Library. It was rumoured that immediately after the election, he decided to appoint Pietro Gasparri as his Cardinal Secretary of State. [23]
Papal name. A list of popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. A papal name or pontificial name is the regnal name taken by a pope. Both the head of the Catholic Church, usually known as the pope, and the pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (Coptic pope) choose papal names. As of 2013, Pope Francis is the Catholic pope ...
Barristers - Genesius. Bartenders - Amand [ 9] Basket makers - Anthony the Abbot, [ 2] Beekeepers - Ambrose of Milan, Bernard of Clairvaux, Valentine. Beggars - Ambrose of Milan, [ 5] Elisabeth of Hungary, [ 10] Giles. Bell makers - Agatha of Sicily [ 6] Belt makers - Alexius of Rome. Bird dealers - John the Baptist.
Pope Francis ( Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; [ b] 17 December 1936) is head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the first from the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, and the first born or ...