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John Paul II
(#265),
who was elected at 58, was pope for
31%
of this life.
John
XXIII
(#262),
who was elected at 76, was pope for
4.9%
of this life.
Pius IX
(#256),
'Pio Nono,' whose reign exceeded 31 years, was pope for
36.5%
of his life; i.e., he was pope for over a third of his life. |
Popes who
belonged to religious orders: at least 30.
The last was
Gregory XVI
(#255) in
1831, a Camaldolese/Benedictine.
The first known was
Gregory I the
Great
(#64).
There is no reliable documentation as to what order he may have
belonged. This is true of 8 other popes. There have been 12
Benedictines. |
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