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  2. List of popes who died violently - Wikipedia

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    Clement II (1046–1047), allegedly poisoned [20] Celestine V (1294–1296), allegedly murdered while in post-abdication captivity. Allegations blame his successor, Pope Boniface VIII .

  3. Lucrezia Borgia - Wikipedia

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    Lucrezia Borgia was born on 18 April 1480 at Subiaco, near Rome. [2] Her mother was Vannozza dei Cattanei, one of the mistresses of Lucrezia's father, Cardinal Rodrigo de Borgia (later Pope Alexander VI).

  4. Pope John Paul I - Wikipedia

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    A conspiracy theory about the Pope's death is portrayed in the 1990 crime film The Godfather Part III, where he is killed with poison tea in relation to the Vatican Bank. Mark E. Smith wrote a play, Hey! Luciani: The Life and Codex of John Paul I, and the song Hey! Luciani about the life and death of John Paul I.

  5. Pope Alexander VI - Wikipedia

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    Pope Innocent, at the urging of his close ally Giuliano della Rovere, decided to declare war against Naples, but Milan, Florence, and Aragon chose to support Naples over the pope. Borgia led the opposition within the College of Cardinals to this war, and King Ferdinand rewarded Borgia by making his son Pedro Luis the Duke of Gandia and ...

  6. Pope Clement XIV - Wikipedia

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    Pope Clement XIV and the customs of the Catholic Church in Rome are described in letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and of his father Leopold Mozart, written from Rome in April and May 1770 during their tour of Italy. Leopold found the upper clergy offensively haughty, but was received, with his son, by the pope, where Wolfgang demonstrated an ...

  7. Pope John Paul I conspiracy theories - Wikipedia

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    Discrepancies in the Vatican's account of the events surrounding Pope John Paul I's death—its inaccurate statements about who found the body; [1] what he had been reading; when, where, and whether an autopsy could be carried out [1] [2] —produced a number of conspiracy theories, many associated with the Vatican Bank, which owned a large share in Banco Ambrosiano.

  8. Pope proclaims 'dispenser of mercy' Mother Teresa a saint - AOL

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    Pope Francis proclaimed Mother Teresa of Calcutta a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday, 19 years after her death.

  9. Pope John XXII - Wikipedia

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    Pope John XXII (Latin: Ioannes PP. XXII; 1244 – 4 December 1334), born Jacques Duèze (or d'Euse), was head of the Catholic Church from 7 August 1316 to his death, in December 1334. He was the second and longest-reigning Avignon Pope , elected by the Conclave of Cardinals , which was assembled in Lyon .