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A collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II), to a beating by a jealous husband (Pope John XII). A number of other popes have died under circumstances that some believe to be murder, but for which definitive evidence has not been found. Martyr popes This list is incomplete ; you can help by ...
On 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square. The Pope was struck twice and suffered severe blood loss. Ağca was apprehended immediately and later sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court. The Pope forgave Ağca for the assassination ...
As Vatican City is a sacerdotal-monarchical state ruled by the Pope, who is the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church, its laws are influenced by Church teaching. Giovanni Battista Bugatti , executioner of the Papal States between 1796 and 1865, carried out 516 executions (Bugatti pictured offering snuff to a condemned prisoner in ...
The handsome and charismatic New Englander was shot dead in Dallas, Texas, on 22 November 1963, joining an infamous list that includes Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield and William McKinley.
Resigned from office and rumoured to have been murdered in prison by Boniface VIII. 193: 24 December 1294 – 11 October 1303 (8 years, 291 days) Boniface VIII BONIFATIVS Octavus: Benedetto Caetani: c. 1230–36 Anagni, Papal States: 59–64 / 68–73 Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Formalized the Jubilee in 1300.
On December 26, 1958, Pope John XXIII visited the prison, washing the feet of several prisoners. [2] This act was repeated by Pope Paul VI in 1964, Pope John Paul II in 2000, and Pope Francis in 2018. [3] In 1979, the prison was bombed by the Movimento Rivoluzionario Popolare, a neo-fascist organisation.
Pope John XXIII offered to mediate between US President John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. Both men applauded the pope for his deep commitment to peace. Khrushchev would later send a message via Norman Cousins and the letter expressed his best wishes for the pontiff's ailing health. John XXIII ...
In 1982, he allegedly thwarted an assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II in Fátima, Portugal, when Juan Maria Fernandez y Krohn, a reportedly disturbed priest, attacked the Pope with a bayonet. [8] In fact, several Portuguese police officers grabbed and disarmed the attacker, preventing the Pope from being stabbed. [9]