There were two popes that reigned only 27 days - Pius III and Leo XI.
The first Pope who started (and ended) his Pontificate in the 1300s was Pope Benedict XI.
The pontificate of Adrian VI lasted just over a year. He reigned from January 9, 1522, to September 14, 1523.
It was the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church. The council, through the Holy See, formally opened under the pontificate of Pope John XXIII on 11 October 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, 1965.
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Tom Pope was born on 1985-08-27.
Pope Dreams was created on 2006-04-27.
Pope Vitalian died on 672-01-27.
Pope John XXIII was canonized on April 27, 2014, by Pope Francis.
Pope Pius X bestowed the title "Apostles of the Catechism" on the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers) during his pontificate.
To pontificate is to make ones opinions and knowledge known in an obnoxious or pompous manner. One might say, "I was running late, so my boss began to pontificate about office ethics."
The suffix in "pontificate" is "-ate." It is added to the base word "pontif" to form the verb "pontificate," which means to speak or behave in a pompous or dogmatic manner, especially on a topic one claims to be knowledgeable about.
Elizabeth was canonized on May 27, 1235, by Pope Gregory IX at Perugia, Italy.