John (papal name)
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John (papal name) — idiom
1. the name taken by twenty-one popes in the history of the Roman Catholic Church;
1.idiom
Definition
the name taken by twenty-one popes in the history of the Roman Catholic Church; the most widely known is John XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, 1881–1963), who served as pope from 1958 to 1963 and called the Second Vatican Council
Example
John XXIII is remembered for opening the Catholic Church to reform during the Second Vatican Council.
No pope has chosen the name John since John Paul I in 1978, though it remains a common papal name.