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The_Truthkeeper t1_iy701fq wrote

Keep in mind that a lot of the early popes just went by their own names until a guy named Mercurius thought it might be a little weird for the guy representing the Christian god to be named after a god of a pagan religion, so he changed his name to John II in honor of the guy who was pope before him.

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[deleted] t1_iy76wd4 wrote

Pope Mobile the First

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bstowers t1_iy7xz7o wrote

Better ingredients, better pizza.

—Papal John

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InappropriateTA t1_iy8qrla wrote

Proper record-keeping is important for maintaining an accurate papal trail.

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Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iy7ldp1 wrote

Saint Victor I was pope 199-461 A.D., according to the inscription.

I rather enjoy the thought of a Pope Cletus II.

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Glad_Possibility7937 t1_iy79bhj wrote

  1. Although John XXIII said that he took the name because he felt sorry for it.
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widdrjb t1_iy7i38m wrote

He was actually John XXIII the second, the first one was a highwayman and pirate called Baldassare Cossa.

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Glad_Possibility7937 t1_iy79dq4 wrote

The period of papal history called the pornocracy was exactly what it sounds like

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FATICEMAN t1_iy7ut36 wrote

Thought it said Pay Pal name.

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Renomont t1_iy8hw3w wrote

It is strange to me that for many appointed nobility, they adopt a difference name.

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nzdennis t1_iy7iny1 wrote

Anyone used Satan?

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garlicbreadmemesplz t1_iy7wrj4 wrote

Probably safe to say John has the highest body boy count then

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