He was Pope St. Pius V.
Pope Pius V
February 25, 1570
In 1570 the Pope declared: # That Elizabeth was illegitime and therefore not the Queen of England. # That she was deposed (that is, removed from the throne). # That all Roman Catholics in England owed her no allegiance or loyalty. # That Roman Catholics should rise in rebellion against her and depose her.
Pope John Paul I was Italian but Pope John Paul II was Polish.
Pius V issued a bull, Regnans in Excelsis, dated April 27, 1570, that declared Elizabeth I a heretic and excommunicated her.
Francesco is the Italian for Francis.
As of October 1, 2015, the current pope is Pope Francis who is of Italian descent but was born in Argentina. Both his parents were Italians.
Pope Francis is from Argentina but is of Italian descent. His father was from Italy and his mother's parents were from Italy.
The current pope, Pope Francis, was born in Argentina of Italian parents.
The Italian word papa, for "pope," is masculine.
The pope of Italy and the entire Catholic world is Pope Francis I (2013). Each country does not have its own pope.
John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope, not just since 1953 but since the 16th century! He was born Karol Józef Wojtyła in Wadowice, Poland in 1920 and elected pope (taking the name John Paul II to honor his immediate predecessors) in 1978. John Paul II died in 2005, after one of the longest papacies in history.