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22 hours ago · The pope (Latin: papa, from Ancient Greek: πάππας, romanized: páppas, lit. 'father') is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff or sovereign pontiff.
- List of Popes
Feast day 10 January. First pope after the end of the...
- Pope (Disambiguation)
Religious offices. Pope of Rome, the head of the Catholic...
- Pope Urban Vii
Pope Urban VII (Latin: Urbanus VII; Italian: Urbano VII; 4...
- Avignon Pope Benedict Xiii
Early life. Pedro Martínez de Luna was born at Illueca,...
- Apostolic Successor
Definitions. Michael Ramsey, an English Anglican bishop and...
- Vatican City State
Vatican City (/ ˈ v æ t ɪ k ən / ⓘ), officially the Vatican...
- Pope John Xii
Pope John XII (Latin: Ioannes XII; c. 930/937 – 14 May 964),...
- Pope John Paul I
Pope John Paul I (Latin: Ioannes Paulus I; Italian: Giovanni...
- Chair of Saint Peter
The Pope's throne in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City,...
- History of The Papacy
Pope Leo X with his cousins Giulio de' Medici (left, the...
- List of Popes
3 days ago · When Waldo and some companions appeared at the 1179 Third Lateran Council and presented Pope Sylvester with a copy of their Bible, the pontiff embraced Waldo, commended their vow of mendicant poverty, and allowed them to preach so long as they received permission from their local bishop.
4 days ago · June 3, 2024. The Cathedral of Saint Peter in Vatican, the epicentre of the Roman Catholic Church. Credit: Alvesgaspar Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pope Zachary (Zacharias in Greek and Latin) was the last ethnically Greek pope, serving as the head of the Roman Church.
22 hours ago · The history of the name Silvester can be traced back to early Christian times. One of the most notable historical figures bearing the name was Pope Sylvester I, who served as the bishop of Rome from 314 to 335 AD. Pope Sylvester I’s name choice reflected both a connection to nature and a sense of spiritual purity and strength.
Excellent and enlightening book about Gerbert of Aurillac (949 - 1002 AD), a monk of humble origins with a thirst for knowledge which propelled him into becoming the leading mathematician and astronomer of his day. Eventually, he would also rise to become Pope Sylvester II.
2 days ago · In 797 (or possibly 801), the Abbasid caliph of Baghdad, Harun al-Rashid, presented Charlemagne with an Asian elephant named Abul-Abbas together with a "particularly elaborate example" of a water clock. Pope Sylvester II introduced clocks to northern and western Europe around 1000 AD. Mechanical water clocks
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3 days ago · Bartolomé Esteban Murillo/Wikipedia Commons Medieval Citizens Were Diverse. ... In the 10th century, Pope Sylvester II predicted that the Judgement would happen in 1000. Although some believed ...
