Tunisia has more popes than Spain, that was not obvious to me. Shows how powerful Carthage was late into the Roman Empire.
ironstamp on
Syria? That I didn’t know.
GoHardLive on
Why do people say the latest pope is from Peru? He was born in USA so he is clearly only from USA
Cadejustcadee on
It’ll be a cold day in hell before I recognise the incorrect spelling of Turkey
RexLynxPRT on
For those wondering why Portugal has 2:
Damasus I, the Pope from 366 to 384. Though as the year suggests, he was born in the Roman empire, in the province of Lusitania.
Then you have John XXI, the only ethnically Portuguese Pope, and only physician pope, in history. From September 1276 to May 1277 (roof of his home fell on top of him). In his book “Inferno”, Dante put John XXI in heaven contrary to many other religious figures
Darth_Annoying on
Something I realized: Leo is only the third Pope born in a country entirely outside the borders of the Roman Empire
Travel-Barry on
Kind of mad that we had one.
There will never be a Barry II.
Remarkable-Dude on
Oh the famous seventeen popes from French Guyana!
dynesor on
I wonder why there’s never been an Irish pope. For some reason you’d think there would have been
geschichte1 on
Does this mean that the current pope is the only one in history to have dual citizenship?
LordAlfrey on
Dang Italy so greedy, hoarding all the popes, how do they fit them all even
/s
Puzzled-Forever5070 on
Fact that the brits got one and the Irish didn’t is just another reason to step away from the church.
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[Source : Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes_by_country#Overview)
Tunisia has more popes than Spain, that was not obvious to me. Shows how powerful Carthage was late into the Roman Empire.
Syria? That I didn’t know.
Why do people say the latest pope is from Peru? He was born in USA so he is clearly only from USA
It’ll be a cold day in hell before I recognise the incorrect spelling of Turkey
For those wondering why Portugal has 2:
Damasus I, the Pope from 366 to 384. Though as the year suggests, he was born in the Roman empire, in the province of Lusitania.
Then you have John XXI, the only ethnically Portuguese Pope, and only physician pope, in history. From September 1276 to May 1277 (roof of his home fell on top of him). In his book “Inferno”, Dante put John XXI in heaven contrary to many other religious figures
Something I realized: Leo is only the third Pope born in a country entirely outside the borders of the Roman Empire
Kind of mad that we had one.
There will never be a Barry II.
Oh the famous seventeen popes from French Guyana!
I wonder why there’s never been an Irish pope. For some reason you’d think there would have been
Does this mean that the current pope is the only one in history to have dual citizenship?
Dang Italy so greedy, hoarding all the popes, how do they fit them all even
/s
Fact that the brits got one and the Irish didn’t is just another reason to step away from the church.
Where is the list?