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Pope John XXIII. Pope John XXIII (Latin: Ioannes XXIII; Italian: Giovanni XXIII [dʒoˈvanni ventitreˈɛːzimo]; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Italian: [ˈandʒelo dʒuˈzɛppe roŋˈkalli]; [a] 25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in ...
Pope John XXIII (25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) and Pope John Paul II (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) reigned as popes of the Roman Catholic Church and the sovereigns of Vatican City (respectively from 1958 to 1963 and 1978 to 2005). Their canonizations were held on 27 April 2014. [ 1 ] The decision to canonize was made official by Pope ...
Antipope John XXIII. Baldassarre Cossa (c. 1370 – 22 December 1419) was Pisan antipope as John XXIII (1410–1415) during the Western Schism. The Catholic Church regards him as an antipope for his opposition to Pope Gregory XII, whom it recognizes as the rightful successor of Saint Peter. He was also an opponent of Antipope Benedict XIII, who ...
A papal conclave took place from 25 to 28 October following the death of Pope Pius XII on 9 October 1958. On the eleventh ballot, the College of Cardinals elected Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli as the new pope. He accepted the election and took the name John XXIII. He was the second patriarch of Venice to be elected pontiff in the 20th ...
The Tomb of Antipope John XXIII is the marble -and-bronze tomb monument of Antipope John XXIII (Baldassare Cossa, c. 1360–1419), created by Donatello and Michelozzo for the Florence Baptistry adjacent to the Duomo. It was commissioned by the executors of Cossa's will after his death on December 22, 1419 and completed during the 1420s ...
John XXIII's death left the future of the Second Vatican Council in the balance, as the election of an anti-Council pope could have severely curbed the Council's role. The leading papabile candidates were Giovanni Battista Montini of Milan, who had not been a cardinal at the time of the previous conclave, and was supportive of reforms proposed at the Council; [1] Giacomo Lercaro of Bologna ...
In the conclave after John XXIII's death, Montini was elected pope on the sixth ballot, on 21 June. When the Dean of the College of Cardinals Eugène Tisserant asked if he accepted the election, Montini said "Accepto, in nomine Domini" ("I accept, in the name of the Lord"). He took the name "Paul VI," in honor of Paul the Apostle. [61]
Pope John Paul I was elected pope on this day in history, Aug. 26, 1978. ... Pope John Paul XXIII named Luciani the bishop of Vittorio Veneto on Dec. 15, 1958. ... Pope Paul VI died at the age of ...