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Pope Benedict II (Latin: Benedictus II) was the bishop of Rome from 26 June 684 to his death. Pope Benedict II's feast day is 7 May. Early life.
St Benedict II BENEDICTVS Secundus: Rome, Duchy of Rome, Exarchate of Ravenna, Eastern Roman Empire (Eastern) Roman citizen. Was of Roman ethnicity. Feast day 7 May. 82 23 July 685 – 2 August 686 (1 year, 10 days) John V IOANNES Quintus: Antiochia, Syria, Eastern Roman Empire (Eastern) Roman citizen. Was of Greek ethnicity. 83 21 October 686 –
Pope Paul III Farnese had four illegitimate children and made his illegitimate son Pier Luigi Farnese the first duke of Parma. This is a list of sexually active popes, Catholic priests who were not celibate before they became pope, and those who were legally married before becoming pope. Some candidates were allegedly sexually active before their election as pope, and others were thought to ...
There have been 266 popes: 217 from Italy (Including Pope Paul I, II, III, IV, V, VI, Pope Pius I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII); 16 from France (Pope Sylvester II, Pope Stephen IX, Pope Nicholas II, Pope Urban II, Pope Callistus II, Pope Urban IV, Pope Clement IV, Pope Innocent V, Pope Martin IV, Pope Clement V, Pope John XXII, Pope Benedict XII, Pope Clement VI, Pope ...
Citing health reasons, Benedict in 2103 became the first pope in six centuries to resign. He promised to remain "hidden to the world" and has been living in a former convent in the Vatican gardens.
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.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Former Pope Benedict on Tuesday acknowledged that errors occurred in handling sexual abuse cases when he was Archbishop of Munich and asked for forgiveness, as his lawyers ...
Pope Benedict II (died 685), Pope of the Catholic Church This page was last edited on 8 January 2023, at 14:25 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...