No, the current (2014) Pope Francis is not British, he is from Argentina.
No, Pope Benedict XVI is German.
No, the current (2014) Pope Francis is not British, he is from Argentina.
No, Pope Benedict XVI is German.
Alexander Pope was British.
Pope Adrian IV who ruled from about the year 1100 until September 1, 1159, was the only British pope.
Nicholas Breakspear, born in England, became Pope Adrian IV, the only pope from that country.
Rex Pope has written: 'The British economy since 1914'
The only Englishman to be made pope.
Phebe Pope Lankester has written: 'British ferns' -- subject(s): Ferns
Maynooth.
Joan of Arc did not make the pope angry. She angered some British bishops for fighting against the British occupiers of France and saying that 'the saints told me to do it.'
The first and only British pope was Pope Adrian IV.The only English pope was born Nicholas Breakspear, c.1100, near St. Alban's and took the name of Pope Adrian IV (the 4th)
Pope Paul VI was elected pope after the death of Pope John XXIII.
John Paul II
Benedictine monks, headed by St. Augustine of Canterbury was sent by the pope to England.