Vatican City, an independent city state, is located entirely within the city of Rome, Italy.
There have been 17 popes from France, the second behind Italian popes.
There have been 217 Italian popes and only 49 non-Italian popes.
Avignon, France, is sometimes referred to as the "City of Popes" because of the presence of popes and anti-popes from 1309 to 1423 during the Catholic schism.
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Milan
The vast majority of popes have been Italian. As of February of 2013 there have been only 18 popes from other countries.
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the popes live in the papal apartments in the apostic palace in vatican city
Italian pope was given higher power:):)
Avignon was official home of the Popes. I've been there. That is a likely choice.
Venezuela was named after the Italian city of Venice by explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who noticed the indigenous stilt houses on Lake Maracaibo resembled those in Venice.
Having consulted The Chronicle of the Popes, the Catholic Encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, and a book translated from the Italian on the Popes... No one seems to have recorded the manner of death of Pope St. Leo II.