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  • 81Pope Pius XII and Poland — includes Church relations from 1939 1958. During the pontificate of Pope Pius XII, Poland experienced first the German occupation, and, following that, Soviet inspired persecution, especially in the stalinist years 1946 1956. Pope Pius XII… …

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  • 82Pope Clement V —     Pope Clement V     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Clement V     (BERTRAND DE GOT.)     Born at Villandraut in Gascony, France, 1264; died at Roquemaure, 20 April, 1314. He was elected, 5 June, 1305, at Perugia as successor to Benedict XI,… …

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  • 83Pope Honorius I —     Pope Honorius I     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Honorius I     Pope (625 12 October, 638), a Campanian, consecrated 27 October (Duchesne) or 3 November (Jaffé, Mann), in succession to Boniface V. His chief notoriety has come to him from… …

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  • 84Pope Leo X —     Pope Leo X     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Leo X     (GIOVANNI DE MEDICI).     Born at Florence, 11 December, 1475; died at Rome, 1 December, 1521, was the second son of Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449 1492) and Clarice Orsini, and from his… …

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  • 85Pope (disambiguation) — Pope ( el. παπάς; la. papa : an affectionate diminutive for father ) is a religious title traditionally accorded to the Bishop of Rome, as well as several other religious figures. Pope is also a surname, and has been used as a place… …

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  • 86Pope Adrian IV —     Pope Adrian IV     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Adrian IV     Born 1100 (?); died 1 September, 1159. Very little is known about the birthplace, parentage, or boyhood of Adrian. Yet, as is usual in such cases, very various, and sometimes… …

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  • 87Pope Alexander VI —     Pope Alexander VI     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Alexander VI     Rodrigo Borgia, born at Xativa, near Valencia, in Spain, 1 January, 1431; died in Rome, 18 August, 1503. His parents were Jofre Lançol and Isabella Borja, sister of… …

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  • 88Pope Gregory IX —     Pope Gregory IX     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Gregory IX     (UGOLINO, Count of Segni).     Born about 1145, at Anagni in the Campagna; died 22 August, 1241, at Rome. He received his education at the Universities of Paris and Bologna.… …

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  • 89Pope Liberius —     Pope Liberius     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Liberius     (Reigned 352 66)     Pope Julius died on 12 April, according to the Liberian Catalogue , and Liberius was consecrated on 22 May. As this was not a Sunday, 17 May was probably the… …

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  • 90Pope St. Leo I (The Great) —     Pope St. Leo I (the Great)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Leo I (the Great)     (Reigned 440 61).     Place and date of birth unknown; died 10 November, 461. Leo s pontificate, next to that of St. Gregory I, is the most significant… …

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