Before the election of Pope Francis I there were only two popes from Spain,
Pope Alexander VI and Pope Callixtus III. Pope Francis is the first pope from Latin America
There have been two popes from Spain:
Pope Alexander VI
Pope Callixtus III
No pope has been a king. However, since the Vatican became an independent country in 1929 he is considered as the monarch, or sole ruler, of the city/state.
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The tombs of Saints Peter and Paul, many other popes and early martyrs have sanctified the Vatican and Rome with their blood.
The Lateran Treaty of 1929 made the Vatican an independent city/state. Since that time the following popes have served:Pope Pius XIPope Pius XIIPope John XXIIIPope Paul VIPope John Paul IPope John Paul IIPope Benedict XVIPope Francis
There have been 13 popes named Innocent.
Vatican has always been in Rome. However, the papacy left for about 7 decades. The Avignon Papacy was the period from 1309 to 1377, during which seven successive popes resided in Avignon, France.
217 popes have been born in Italy.
There have been no popes named Kenneth.
There have been no popes named Jude.
There have been 117 Popes of the Coptic See of Alexandria (Orthodox)
As of April 2013 there have been 266 popes.
There have been 217 Italian popes and only 49 non-Italian popes.