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The first pope from modern-day Portugal. Patron of Jerome, commissioned the Vulgate translation of the Bible. Pope during the First Council of Constantinople (381), the second ecumenical council, and the Council of Rome (382). First pope to be the official head of the church after the Emperor Gratian abdicates the title of "Pontifex Maximus". —
Leo XIII was the first pope to be born in the 19th century and was also the first to die in the 20th century, living to the age of 93. [81] He is the oldest verified pope to have served in the office, [82] and the second-oldest verified person to have been pope, [83] surpassed only by Pope Benedict XVI as "Pope emeritus", who died at the age of ...
Pope Leo X with his cousins Giulio de' Medici (left, the future Pope Clement VII) and Luigi de' Rossi (right), whom he appointed as cardinal-nephews. From the election of Pope Martin V of the Council of Constance in 1417 to the Reformation, Western Christianity was largely free from schism as well as significant disputed papal claimants. Martin ...
Pope Leo XIII was the oldest pope to serve the Catholic church. He served until his death in 1903 at the age of 93. A photograph of Pope Leo XIII taken around 1880. Pope Leo XIII is the oldest ...
He was the oldest pope elected in 275 years and the first German in nearly 1,000 years. Born April 16, 1927, in Marktl Am Inn, in Bavaria, Benedict wrote in his memoirs of being enlisted in the ...
A total of 83 out of 265 deceased popes have been recognised universally as canonised saints, including all of the first 35 popes (31 of whom were martyrs) and 52 of the first 54. If Pope Liberius is numbered amongst the saints as in Eastern Christianity, all of the first 49 popes become recognised as saints, of whom 31 are martyr-saints, and ...
Queen Elizabeth II, who had been the oldest world leader still in power, ... Pope Francis took on his current role at the age of 76. Related: America's Most Iconic Houses of Worship.
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 ...