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The pope does not need to be a cardinal elector or indeed a cardinal; since the pope is the bishop of Rome, only those who can be ordained a bishop can be elected, which means that any male baptized Catholic is eligible.
Pope Gregory VII (r. 1073–1085) ordered that the title "pope" be reserved exclusively for the Bishop of Rome. Unknown manuscript from the 11th century Unknown manuscript from the 11th century The term "pope" comes from the Latin " papa ", and from the Greek πάππας [ 5 ] ( pappas , which is an affectionate word for "father"). [ 6 ]
From 1257 to 1377, the pope, though the bishop of Rome, resided in Viterbo, Orvieto, and Perugia, and lastly Avignon. The return of the popes to Rome after the Avignon Papacy was followed by the Western Schism: the division of the Western Church between two and, for a time, three competing papal claimants.
These proclamations did not create the office of the pope, but from the 6th century onward the bishop of Rome's power and prestige increased so dramatically that the title of "pope" (from greek pappàs, "father") began to fit the bishop of Rome best. [31] [citation not found]
From the early 6th century, it began to be confined in the West to the Bishop of Rome, a practice that was firmly in place by the 11th century, when Pope Gregory VII declared it reserved for the Bishop of Rome. [citation needed] As bishop of the Church of Rome, he is successor to the co-patrons of that local church, Saint Peter and Saint Paul. [27]
Pope is a religious title traditionally accorded to the Bishop of Rome, the Coptic and the Greek Orthodox bishops of Alexandria, and some leaders of other ecclesial communities. Popes may also claim the title patriarch. Both terms come from the Greek πάππας (English: father).
Cyprian (died 258) says that Pope Cornelius (in office 251–253) was chosen as Bishop of Rome "by the decree of God and of His Church, by the testimony of nearly all the clergy, by the college of aged bishops [sacerdotum], and of good men". [14] As in other dioceses, the clergy of the Diocese of Rome was the electoral body for the Bishop of Rome.
The Catholic Church recognizes him as the first Bishop of Rome appointed by Christ, and therefore the first pope. Also revered as saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 29 June. [6] St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City is named after him. 2 c. 64 – c. 76 (?) (11–12 years) St Linus LINVS: Volterrae, Italia, Roman Empire [birth 2]