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Post #AtqdbSM7jsCVzdvmMa by [email protected] |
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Has a woman ever been Pope?Really short answer: no. But that didn't stop th… |
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Post #AtqdcVWJSXyO64CKlk by [email protected] |
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The first written record of a woman Pope comes from Jean de Mailly's Chroni… |
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Post #Atqdz18UaqOiWRn1SC by [email protected] |
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Pope Joan reputedly lived in either the 9th or 11th century. Disguising herself… |
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Post #AtqeG9e6CuhZq0kGA4 by [email protected] |
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Now, this bit of the story makes it very clear that it was predominantly writte… |
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Post #AtqeOgPsFce5n59rvs by [email protected] |
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@vagina_museum what I love about this story (and the "hole in the chair&qu… |
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Post #Atqel9kFt7e37gPJb6 by [email protected] |
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In no version of the story do things end well for Pope Joan. In the best case s… |
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Post #AtqelslYV8QIkkMUN6 by [email protected] |
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And in one particularly florid late 13th century account, it rained blood for t… |
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Post #Atqf96blCeD8LMr01g by [email protected] |
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A related myth to the Pope Joan story is that following this administrative err… |
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Post #AtqfXhuc9uQ8zSP5dY by [email protected] |
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Now, despite neither Pope Joan nor the papal ball-fondling ritual being evidenc… |
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Post #AtqfgW57VvFQu9WBoe by [email protected] |
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@vagina_museum this part would really jazz up the ceremony though. I would watc… |
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Post #AtqfvPM2o6DSNvXEq8 by [email protected] |
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By the early 17th century, the Catholic Church had resolved to be less weird wi… |
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Post #AtqgOY1HfYIVeoifr6 by [email protected] |
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Books such as "Present for the Papist" were published, telling the st… |
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Post #Atqgb5oPr6HJwCgNoO by [email protected] |
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It's unclear as to how the Pope Joan legend originated. It may be as simple… |
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Post #AtqgpPpWE6nK4m1noe by [email protected] |
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Pope Joan continues to capture the imagination, even though she almost definite… |
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Post #AtqgxGQt37STFPFVXE by [email protected] |
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Images:1. "Pope John VII", Nuremberg Chronicle, 14932. "Pope Joa… |
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Post #AtqiG43jNTn2KOwl0K by [email protected] |
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@vagina_museum George Carlin had this bit in the 1980s where he talked about si… |
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Post #AtqkdZAK5hrVN5MeQK by [email protected] |
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@vagina_museum However I find it believable, since it could have been - actuall… |
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Post #AtqvrF2AppcgU7HAwa by [email protected] |
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@vagina_museum the worst thing a person can be, clearly |
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Post #AtqwCWvlUUok4UQhDU by [email protected] |
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@commonst @vagina_museum Yeah. They totally toned down the ceremony, excluding … |
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Post #AtqwedivpPDDFQpYhc by [email protected] |
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@klara_tag #^The Pope Must Die - WikipediaThe Pope Must Die (alternative known … |
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Post #AtrHcAsKDHbWEZtEu0 by [email protected] |
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@vagina_museum what’s really surprising is that there seems to have been no m… |
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Post #AtumhVJHLROD72OlV2 by [email protected] |
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@vagina_museum In French the second major arcana is still called “La Papesse�… |
