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33 unusual facts about Pope


Awaiting on You All

The Pope is explicitly criticised, and the antics of Harrison's former bandmate John Lennon are also criticised.

Brønshøj

The first mention of the village Brønshøj (Brunshoga), is in a letter dated October 21, 1186 from Pope Urban III to Archbishop Absalon.

Buca di Beppo

Each room at Buca is themed, and all restaurants have a Pope table—the largest single table, round, in a room by itself, with a bust of the Pope as centerpiece.

Carl Mayer von Rothschild

In 1829, Carl was appointed consul-general of Sicily at Frankfurt and in January 1832 the Jewish banker was given a ribbon and star of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George at a ceremony with the new Roman Catholic Pope, Gregory XVI.

Cliff Fragua

He was commissioned by the state of New Mexico to make a sculpture of Po'pay, leader of the successful Pueblo Revolt in 1680 against the Spanish colonists.

Daniel Chamier

In 1603 he presided over the National Synod at Gap, France, where an article was added to the Reformed Confession of faith declaring the Pope to be the Antichrist.

David Benson-Pope

Born in Dunedin and educated at King's High School, Benson-Pope received his tertiary education at the University of Otago and at the Christchurch College of Education.

George VIII of Georgia

Yet, Georgia was considered as a possible participant of a large anti-Ottoman crusade planned by the Pope Pius II and Western European powers.

Giuseppe Dossetti

He decided to not rerun for the 1948 elections and changed idea only to obey to Monsignor Montini (Pope Paolo VI).

Guido Bonatti

His employers were all Ghibellines (supporters of the Holy Roman Emperor), who were in conflict with the Guelphs (supporters of the Pope), and all were excommunicated at some time or another.

Hindu Personal Law

The British found neither a uniform canon administering law for the diverse communities of India nor a Pope or a Shankaracharya whose law or writ applied throughout the country.

I Will Follow Him

The song is featured at the end of the 1992 film Sister Act, where it was performed by the nuns' chorus for the Pope.

Mevlevi Order

They performed in France, for Pope Paul VI, and at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and other venues in the United States and Canada - under the direction of the late Mevlevi Shaikh Suleyman Hayati Dede.

Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae

He efforts went so far as to even negotiate with the Pope for the right to confer benefices on the singers himself.

Necrodaemon Terrorsathan

Pope John Paul II is implicitly referenced in one line of the lyrics to the track 'Cremation of Holiness'.

Pope Stephen II

:In sources prior to the 1960s, this Pope is sometimes called Stephen III and Pope-elect Stephen is sometimes called Stephen II.

Pope-Robinson

Pope-Robinson was part of the Pope automobile group of companies founded by Colonel Albert Pope manufacturing Brass Era automobiles in Hyde Park, Massachusetts.

Pope-Toledo

The Pope-Toledo was one of the makes of the Pope Motor Car Company founded by Colonel AA Pope, and was a manufacturer of Brass Era automobiles in Toledo, Ohio between 1903 and 1909.

Pope-Tribune

Pope-Tribune was part of the Pope automobile group of companies founded by Colonel Albert Pope manufacturing Brass Era automobiles in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Pope's hat

Mitre, a ceremonial headdress consisting of a tall, white, peaked cap

Camauro, a red wool or velvet cap with white ermine trim and worn from the 12th century through 1963, usually in winter, in place of the zucchetto

Propaganda during the Reformation

Protestants believed that the main authority of their church should be the Gospel or Scripture (expounded by private interpretation) and not the Pope, who is the earthly head of the Catholic Church.

Rienzi

Cecco and other citizens discuss the negotiations of the patricians with the Pope and with the Emperor of Germany.

Roger Joseph Boscovich

He agreed to take part in the Portuguese expedition for the survey Brazil and the measurement of a degree of arc of the meridian, but was persuaded by the Pope to stay in Italy and to undertake a similar task there with Christopher Maire, an English Jesuit who measured an arc of two degrees between Rome and Rimini.

SEAT Marbella

In 1982 SEAT produced in its plant in Zona Franca a popemobile car, a modified version derived from the SEAT Panda, which was used during the Pope's John Paul II 1982 visit in Spain.

Sessions-Pope-Sheild House

It was built in 1691, and is a 1 1/2-story, five bay by two bay, brick Southern Colonial dwelling.

Sine Requie

In Italy, after the fall of the fascist regime, a rigid theocracy was imposed, ruled by Pope Leone XIV.

Ste McCabe

He was subsequently featured in Time Out, Gay Times and Artrocker magazine, which in September 2010 featured his open letter to The Pope protesting against Benedict XVI's visit to the UK.

Syedna Burhanuddin

Syedna is a title (somewhat analogous to the title of Pope) for the leader of the Dawoodi Bohras, the Da'i al-Mutlaq.

Syriac Christianity

The Maronite Church found itself caught between the two (allegedly embracing Monothelitism), but claims to have always remained faithful to the Catholic Church and in communion with the bishop of Rome, the Pope.

Unionism in the United Kingdom

Since the 12th century, the King of England had acted as Lord of Ireland, under papal over-lordship.

Vukan of Rascia

As he had by the aid to Bulgaria, renounced Byzantine rule, he looked to the west, seeing potential in an alliance with the Pope.

William Gocher

A 1918 pamphlet, Australia Must be Heard, implored the Pope to bring about an armistice.


Adalbero of Styria

He sided with the Emperor in the investiture dispute, which led to a confrontation with his younger brother Ottokar II, who sided with the Pope and replaced him in 1082.

Adolf Friedrich von Reinhard

He won first prize from the Prussian Academy of Sciences for La Système de Mr. Pope sur la perfection du monde comparé à celui de Mr. Leibniz (1755), a critique of the philosophy of Alexander Pope, Leibniz and Christian Wolff.

Am Mellensee

They will provide the bread for the Communion wafers during the Eucharist for Papal Masses at Erfurt's Cathedral and in Berlin's Olympic Stadium to be celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI for his September 2011 visit- his third as Pope- to Germany.

Battle of Garigliano

The Christian armies united the pope with several South Italian princes of Lombard or Greek extraction, including Guaimar II of Salerno, John I of Gaeta and his son Docibilis, Gregory IV of Naples and his son John, and Landulf I of Benevento and Capua.

Caccianemici

Ubaldo Caccianemici, Italian cardinal and cardinal-nephew of Pope Lucius II

Council of Lyon

Second Council of Lyon (1274; Pope Gregory X; regarding union with the Eastern Orthodox and other matters)

Daniel M. Buechlein

Auxiliary Bishop Christopher J. Coyne served as the Apostolic Administrator until October 18, 2012 when Pope Benedict appointed Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R. Archbishop-Elect of Indianapolis.

Eldon Square Shopping Centre

Eldon Square is mentioned in the song "Samantha Pope" by Honeycrack.

Eritrean Catholic Church

The ecclesiastical consequence of this was that, after Eritrea achieved independence in May 1993, Pope John Paul II created two additional eparchies, with seats in Keren and Barentu.

Esselen people

The Spanish state based its right over the land and persons of the Indies on the Papal charge to evangelize the indigenous population.

Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland

When the contents of Article 44 were put to Pope Pius XI by Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII), the pope stated in diplomatic language: "We do not approve, nor do we not disapprove – we will remain silent".

Fingerpori

As well as the Fingerporians, the strip has included characters such as the Pope, The Phantom, Spider-Man, Adolf Hitler, Kimi Räikkönen and Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.

Frank Burton Ellis

The Presbyterian Ellis even vowed to go to Rome to plead with Pope Paul VI to order such shelters in the basement of every Catholic church.

Gang Green

It was also covered by The Meatmen on their album Pope on a Rope, and also by No Fun at All on their releases No Straight Angles (US edition), EP's Going Steady, and Master Celebrations.

Grand Palace

The room itself has also been used by King Rama IX to welcome foreign dignitaries and heads of state, such as Queen Elizabeth II, President Bill Clinton and Pope John Paul II.

History of religion in Malta

While the Maltese Islands were under the dominion of the Knights of Malta, from the 15th century through to the late 18th century, the Grand Master had the status of a prince of the Catholic Church, and enjoyed a special relationship with the Pope, which occasionally led to a considerable amount of friction with the local Bishops.

James Skillen

In 2009, he signed a public statement encouraging all Christians to "read, wrestle with, and respond to Caritas in Veritate" the social encyclical by Pope Benedict XVI.

Jessie Pope

Pope is prominently remembered first for her pro-war poetry, but also as a representative of homefront female propagandists such as Mrs Humphry Ward, May Wedderburn Cannan, Emma Orczy, and entertainers such as Vesta Tilley.

John Bramston, the younger

In 1672 an accusation was brought by Henry Mildmay (1619–1692), before the council against him and Francis, his younger bother, of being papists, and receiving payment from the pope to promote his interests.

John of Fountains

While abbot, he continued the building of the abbey's church, and Pope Honorius III named him to a commission with Stephen Langton the Archbishop of Canterbury and William de Cornhill the Bishop of Coventry to investigate the possible canonization of Hugh of Lincoln.

Lasakau sea warriors

Ratu Pope Seniloli the Vunivalu of Bau (1883–1936), in his sworn statement at the Native Lands Commission in 1933 for the Village of Lasakau asserted, Ai tokatoka ka liu ko Nacokula. Sa bula eso na kena kawa.

Laurence Eusden

In addition to Pope's skewering of Eusden's abilities, Thomas Gray, author of "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard", said that "Eusden set out well in life, but afterwards turned out a drunkard and besotted his faculties".

Leo Allatius

In 1622, after the capture of Heidelberg by Tilly, when the Protestant Elector of Bavaria Frederick V was supplanted by a Catholic one, the victorious elector Maximilian of Bavaria presented the Palatinate library composed of 196 cases containing about 3500 manuscripts to Pope Gregory.

Liutprand, King of the Lombards

The pope, Gregory II, ordered the people to resist and the Byzantine duke of Naples, Exhiliratus, was killed by a mob while trying to carry out the imperial command to destroy all the icons.

Louis Bouyer

Twice appointed by the pope to the International Theological Commission, he was a consultant at the Second Vatican Council for the liturgy, the Congregation of Sacred Rites and Secretariat for Christian Unity.

Mercat Cross, Edinburgh

On 10 December 1688, a mob, having broken into the private chapel of King James VII at Holyrood Abbey and torn down the woodwork, carried it to the Cross where it was burned along with an effigy of the Pope.

Montée du Gourguillon

On 14 November 1305, a wall of the street on which some people were sat collapsed on the motorcade of Pope Clement V, who had just been crowned Pope in the basilica of Saint-Just by the King of France Philippe le Bel.

Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople

Pope Francis was also invited to Constantinople for the feast day of Saint Andrew (30 November).

Paulton, Illinois

Today the interior streets of the community are named McCartney (for the singer), Simon (for both the singer and the senator), Saint (for the early Christian Apostle), Pope (for the many Catholic leaders so named), Revere (for the patriot) and Newman (for the actor).

Peter Mansbridge

On the scene, he anchored coverage of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the funerals of Diana, Princess of Wales and Pope John Paul II, numerous royal, papal, and U.S. presidential visits to Canada, numerous Olympic Games, and the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama.

Pier Leoni

Ever a faithful ally of the pope, in 1117, he retook Rome for him, but was subsequently holed up in his tower by Ptolemy I of Tusculum.

Pierre Coton

At this period a book published by Santarelli, an Italian Jesuit, who attributed to the pope the power of deposing kings who were guilty of certain crimes, and under such circumstances of absolving their subjects from their allegiance, was the object of severe attacks from the many enemies of the Society of Jesus in France.

Pio Laghi

On 1 March 2003, Laghi, as special papal envoy to the United States, met with President George W. Bush and conveyed the Pope's request that the United States reconsider the decision to go to war against Iraq.

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás

Thus, all decisions must come from the pope, who appointed and qualified, including the Grand Chancellor and Provost of the institution.

Pope John XV

The Pope's venality and nepotism made him very unpopular with the citizens of Rome, but to his credit, he was a patron and protector of the reforming monks of Cluny.

Pope Pius V

An article by Agostino Paravicini Bagliani on L'Osservatore Romano of 31 August 2013 states that the earliest document that speaks explicitly of the Pope wearing white is the Ordo XIII, a book of ceremonies compiled in about 1274 under Pope Gregory X.

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria

On 8 May 2013, Pope Tawadros II, pope and patriarch of the See of St. Mark and leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, met with Pope Francis, bishop of Rome and supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church, in Vatican City.

Quartodecimanism

The rejection of Bishop Anicetus' position on the Quartodeciman by Polycarp, and later Polycrates' letter to Pope Victor I, has been used by Orthodox theologians as proof against the argument that the Churches in Asia Minor accepted the Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and or the teaching of Papal supremacy.

Rodney Adler

Adler has involved himself in various causes, including helping to promote the "Turn Friday Night Into Family Night" initiative of charismatic rabbi Shmuley Boteach, reportedly discussing the initiative with Pope Benedict in May 2010 during the Pope's weekly audience in St Peter's Square.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monaco

Bernard César Augustin Barsi was appointed Archbishop of Monaco by Pope John Paul II on May 16, 2000.

Sacri

Anni Sacri (March 12, 1950),is an encyclical of Pope Pius XII issued on the twelfth anniversary of his coronation.

Salian dynasty

In the end, Henry IV journeyed to Canossa in northern Italy in 1077 to do penance and to receive absolution from the pope.

St. Dunstan's, Canterbury

Another of the windows commemorates the visit of Pope John Paul II to Canterbury to pray with the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury at the site of the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.

Thomas of Bayeux

Herbert de Losinga was appointed a papal legate in 1093 by Pope Urban II to investigate the matter of Thomas' profession of obedience to Lanfranc.

Tiara of Pope John XXIII

The Tiara of Pope John XXIII was the personal Papal Tiara (triregnum in Latin, triregno in Italian) presented by the region of Bergamo to Angelo Roncalli, who was born there, following his election as Pope John XXIII in 1958.

Universidad Central del Este

UCE was founded at a time in which the Dominican Republic only counted with a handful of other universities nationwide, which included the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), founded by Pope Paul III in 1538; the Catholic University Mother and Teacher (now Pontifical) founded in Santiago in 1962; and the National University Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), founded in 1966.

Walter Jagiello

The highlight of Jagiello's career was performing for Pope John Paul II in 1984, who requested Wally to continue playing after his initial song, "God Bless Our Polish Pope".

World Youth Day 2005

This meeting was decided by the previous pope, John Paul II, during the Toronto World Youth Day of 2002.