The Blessed Virgin Mary. That is why the letter M appears on his coat of arms.
Pope John Paul II began his papacy on October 16,1978.
He died after only 33 days in the position of pope.
Pope John Paul I was in office such a short time (33 days) he had little time to leave his mark on the papacy.
There has never been a Pope Paul XI.
Pope Paul VI was pope from 1963 until 1978.
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Although Pope John Paul II visited the United States several times and Pope Benedict visited the US in 2008, Pope John XXIII never visited the U.S. during his papacy.
John Paul II was preceded by Pope John Paul I who was preceded by Pope Paul XI.
One, it was Pope John Paul II (Cardinal Karol Wojtyla) who was the first non-Italian in four hundred years and only Polish citizen to be elected to the papacy.
There were 2 Pope John Pauls. The last Pope was Pope John Paul II.
His papacy began on 16th October 1978 and it ended on 2nd April 2005. He was a pope for more than two and a half decades.
There was a Pope John Paul I and II and a Pope John XXIII but never a Pope John Paul XXIII