12 April 2005

Papal monickers

Not only do we not yet know who will be the next pope; we also do not know which name he will choose to assume. Here is a list of possibilities: John XXIV, Alexander XIX, Gregory XVII, Benedict XVI, Clement XV, Innocent XIV, Leo XIV, Pius XIII, Stephen XI, Boniface X, Urban IX, Paul VII, Adrian VII, Nicholas VI, Celestine VI, Martin VI, Sixtus VI, Honorius V, Sergius V, Anastasius V, Lucius IV, Julius IV, Callistus IV, Victor IV, Sylvester IV, Damasus III, John Paul III, Pelagius II, Peter II or David I.

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