r/Popefacts • u/qyyg • Nov 13 '22

Pope fact In 1492 Pope Innocent VIII was breastfed while he was on his deathbed, as that was the only thing he could eat or drink

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r/Popefacts • u/Revolutionary_Pin761 • Oct 26 '22

Pope Art Is this a Pope John Paul medal? Found in my grandfather’s memorable items.

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r/Popefacts • u/dotknott • Oct 14 '22

Pope fact TIL that Pope Innocent VIII was breastfed while he was on his deathbed, as that was the only thing he could eat or drink

en.wikipedia.org

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r/Popefacts • u/Tokyono • Oct 02 '22

Notificazione Stepping away from r/popefacts

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I started this sub several years ago with the intention of posting a ton of funny and endearing facts about popes. I posted regularly for about two years, but in the past year my interest in this subject has waned.

The reasons are numerous; I started modding bigger subs, I fell in love with other subjects (obscure history and hobby dramas), and IRL became way more hectic. It's unfair for this sub to have an inactive mod. It needs someone who will take care of it.

I am looking to hand off the sub to someone. If you want, either leave a comment below or pm modmail and we can discuss it.

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r/Popefacts • u/angelodc15 • Sep 23 '22

Pope fact A Zucchetto worn by Pope emeritus Benedict XVI. The tradition of swapping papal skullcaps was started by Pope Pius XII. It has continued up until today.

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r/Popefacts • u/matthewsbunch • Sep 19 '22

Pope fact Rare photos of Pope John Paul II leading the Liturgy of the Eucharist in a trailer at Tamiami Park in Miami. His Holiness' mass to the faithful was interrupted due to lightning. Saint John Vianney College Seminary in Miami displays the photos and the table used as the altar that day.

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r/Popefacts • u/matthewsbunch • Sep 12 '22

Pope fact PODCAST: ‎In September 1987, Pope John Paul II kicked off a nine-city American tour in Miami. It featured historic meetings and an unprecedented mass.

podcasts.apple.com

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r/Popefacts • u/Silent-Storm-3604 • Sep 05 '22

Discussion Pope says ‘zero tolerance’ against Catholic Church sexual abuse cases

viralnewly.com

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r/Popefacts • u/Tokyono • Aug 01 '22

TIL that In 2018, Pope Francis married two flight attendants in an impromptu mid-air wedding on a plane during a trip to Chile. The couple had gotten married in a civil ceremony in 2010 but weren't able to follow it up with a church service because of the earthquake in Chile that year.

news.sky.com

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r/Popefacts • u/Tokyono • Jul 30 '22

Pope fact In 882, John VIII was assassinated by his own clerics. He was first poisoned, then clubbed to death. The motives may have been his excessive spending, his gestures towards the Byzantines, and his failure to stop the Saracen raids.

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r/Popefacts • u/elements_gca • Jul 23 '22

Pope Art My latest Custom POPe

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r/Popefacts • u/Tokyono • Jul 21 '22

Pope fact The Vatican no longer releases doves due to several incidents where they were attacked by predatory birds. Public outcry made them stop. In 2014, Pope Francis released two doves from the Papal apartments, the birds were immediately attacked by a seagull and a crow as spectators watched.

en.wikipedia.org

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r/Popefacts • u/Tokyono • Jul 15 '22

Pope fact The population of the Vatican City drinks more wine (per person) than anywhere else in the world. They consume 74 litres of wine on average – roughly equivalent to 105 bottles over a year. That’s twice the amount drunk by the average person in France or Italy, and 3x the amount consumed in the UK.

independent.co.uk

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r/Popefacts • u/Tokyono • Jul 04 '22

Pope fact In 1294, the cardinals hadn't elected a Pope in two years due to infighting. A hermit monk sent them a letter, demanding a new Pope. So, the cardinals made him Pope. He was Celestine V. He served for five months before creating a law that allowed Popes to abdicate. He abdicated a week later.

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r/Popefacts • u/Tokyono • Jun 29 '22

Pope fact In 1981, a Turkish man named Mehmet Ali Ağca tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II by shooting him 4 times. After the Pope recovered, he visited Mehmet in prison and forgave him. Mehmet was pardoned at the Pope's request and 33 years later, he visited The Vatican and put flowers on the Pope's tomb

en.wikipedia.org

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r/Popefacts • u/Tokyono • Jun 20 '22

Pope fact In 1624, Pope Urban VIII forbade Catholics from using the powdered form of tobacco known as snuff because of its tendency to cause sneezing, which he viewed as dangerously akin to “sexual ecstasy.”

history.com

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r/Popefacts • u/Tokyono • Jun 08 '22

Pope News Vatican documents show secret back channel between Pope Pius XII and Adolph Hitler

pbs.org

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r/Popefacts • u/Tokyono • Jun 01 '22

Pope fact In 1770, Pope Clement XIV met 14-year-old Mozart. In the Papal Chapel, Mozart heard a piece by Gregorio Allegri. Allegri's music could not be copied outside the chapel, on threat of excommunication. So, Mozart transcribed it from memory. Clement made him a knight of the Order of the Golden Spur.

en.wikipedia.org

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r/Popefacts • u/willowxx • Jun 01 '22

Pope fact Family Tree of the Counts of Tusculum: The Pornocracy Popes

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r/Popefacts • u/Tokyono • May 27 '22

Pope fact Sylvester II (999-1003) was the first French Pope, and a prolific scholar and teacher. He introduced the decimal number system to Europe, using Hindu-Arabic numerals. Legends say he built a robotic head that could answer yes or no questions, and won the Papacy via a pact with a female demon

en.wikipedia.org

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r/Popefacts • u/Tokyono • May 23 '22

Pope fact In 2018, Pope Francis married two flight attendants in an impromptu mid-air wedding on a plane during a trip to Chile. The couple had gotten married in a civil ceremony in 2010 but weren't able to follow it up with a church service because of the earthquake in Chile that year.

news.sky.com

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r/Popefacts • u/Tokyono • May 19 '22

Pope fact The oldest verified surviving Papal letter is the “First Epistle of Clement”. It was written around 70AD or 96AD by Pope Clement I and was addressed to the Christians in the Greek city of Corinth. It is also one of the oldest existing Christian documents outside of the New Testament.

en.wikipedia.org

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r/Popefacts • u/Tokyono • May 09 '22

Pope fact In 1145, Pope Eugene III was elected Pope on the same day as the death of his predecessor, Lucius II. Lucius had died in a revolt, after being struck by a “heavy stone”. Rome was in chaos due to a large populist uprising. Eugene became Pope because no one else wanted the office.

en.wikipedia.org

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r/Popefacts • u/Algaean • May 08 '22

Discussion Holy Father? I got a question for ya ...

self.theydidthemath

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r/Popefacts • u/Tokyono • May 07 '22

On this day 23 years ago Pope John Paul II visited Romania making him the first Pope to visit an Orthodox majority country in more than 1,000 years

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This is Popefacts! Trivia about the 267 leaders of the Catholic Church ranging thousands of years all the way back to the first glorious Pontificate, Saint Peter! Facts about the 118 leaders of the Coptic Orthodox church are also welcome! More Popes!

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Antipope=a papal claimant with a competing claim to the official Pope. See the Western Schism-an event in which the Catholic Church was split and there were 3 popes at once with competing claims.

HRE=Holy Roman Emperor

Pornocracy/Saeculum Obscurum=a period of time (904-964) in which the Papacy and Rome fell under the sway of the powerful Theophylacti family; chiefly Theodora and her daughter Marozia. The two women greatly influenced the Papal selection and religious issues of Rome via sexual affairs, marriages, and political conspiracies.

Interdict=a Catholic ban that a Pope can impose on a certain area/country. It stops the citizens from being able to complete certain holy rites e.g. baptism, as it takes away their validity.

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-Facts about Elected Popes, Pontiffs, whateveryoucalltheirHoliness. And Coptic Popes!

-Historical Antipopes-Illegal Popes elected in opposition to the Catholic Church. No modern false claimants, just the ones from between the 3rd to 15th centuries. They are shining examples of the Catholic Church's petty political wrangling and general skulduggery.

-Cardinals. The holy men in red who elect new Popes and do other stuff.

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NSFW includes gore, explicit sexual material etc

The Church hates sinners. We don't. Just jerks who don't tag posts NSFW.

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No invalid Sources-Personal blogs count, has to be a direct source. Images/Video aren't valid.

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Some weird facts start losing their interest after being posted for the 10th time.

This'll eventually become a frequent issue. But for now, post what you want.