Female Pope

This article is about the story of the woman who became the pope by deftly concealing her identity. The Papacy is the authority representing the spiritual and corporal leadership of the Catholic church. He is also the head of the Vatican state. Its origin is "pappas" in Greek, meaning "father". The current Pope is the 266th Pope. The Pope is elected by the cardinals. The Pope elects the cardinals. There is a requirement to be male and Catholic, and when elected, he will continue to serve until he dies. Just as there are popes who resigned, there are also thirty-nine "anti-popes" elected without following the conventions. All published in the Pontifical Yearbook. Pope Joan has been delisted.

Joannes

Joan was born in the German city of Mainz in 818 AD, the daughter of a family expelled from England. His family called him "Gilberta" or "Jutta". The Catholic Encyclopedia uses a very confusing expression that he lived in the 9th, 10th or 11th century, and it is subsequently accepted that "no one denies his existence". The first written source about her is "Chronica Universalis Mettensis" written by Jean de Molly in 1250, and it describes the female pope without giving her name. Later, in the 13th century. Martin of Opova, in the Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum, wrote that the female pope was "John Anglicus" or "John of Mainz", born in Mainz.

Being a very intelligent girl, Joan, being a woman, learned to read by following her siblings who read even though her father didn't even want her to read, leaving her siblings behind. With the encouragement and support of traveling missionaries, she was first educated in nearby schools.

At the age of 12, when she saw that she could not study and progress as a girl, she started wearing boys' clothes and acting like a boy. She learned religion and philosophy in Athens. She also received medical training from the doctor she stayed at home. After finishing her education in Athens, she moved to Rome, where there was no beard. She entered Benedict's Abbey, introducing herself as John Anglicus. His brilliant mind and deep education attracted a lot of attention. At the same time, her medical knowledge and talent in human relations increased her circle. Rapidly rising cardinal and Pope XIV. He became Leon's secretary. When Pope Leon's health deteriorated, the prestige of Joan, who undertook his treatment, rose suddenly. When the Pope died in 853, the cardinals elected Joan as pope. VII. He became pope as Joan. He served as pope for two and a half years.

Death of Joannes

According to one rumor, the king's son became pregnant, according to another rumor, as a result of his relationship with the head of the king's guards. She managed to hide her pregnancy with wide dresses until she gave birth. She probably thought of secretly giving birth and rearing her in secret again. But in the annual parade cortege held in front of St. Peter's Church, she suddenly went into labor and descended from her horse or chariot and gave birth before the horrified eyes of the cardinals and the public. Surprised, horrified, and frightened, the cardinals and the public dragged, stoned, and lynched the baby and Joan.

Joan's name was deleted from the popes list. Pope XIV. Leon's date of death has been changed to 855. A statue of the baby and Joan was erected to curse the place where she was born. The statue reads "Petre, Pater Patrum, Papisse Prodite Partum" meaning "Father, Father of Fathers, Betrayal of Birth by a Woman Pope". At the end of the 1500s, Pope Pius V had the statue destroyed. Later, the bust of Joan was removed among the busts of the pope in Siena Cathedral. Popes after Joan stopped passing the place where Joan was born in the holy march.

The greatest impact of the female Pope to date has been to examine whether the elected pope is male so as not to make the same mistake again. The pope, which is placed on a marble made of red marble called "Sedia Stercoraria", which is now exhibited in the Vatican museum, passes the testicle control. If the examination result is positive, the officer checking the pope announces the new pope by shouting "duo testis bene benedata", that is, "he has two testicles".

Against all the obstacles of the Papacy, the legend of Pope Joan grows. His novels are written, films are made, paintings and sculptures are made, and deep researches are made about him. The Papacy has experienced scandals, whose children, even illegitimate children, can become popes despite the prohibitions. Except for the four gospels, the Gospels are carefully concealed. While the first crusade, in which the counties of Antakya, Urfa, Jerusalem and Tripoli were established, is being praised, there is no mention of the three great crusader armies destroyed in Anatolia in the 1101 crusade; Just like Pope Joan, it is not even included in the crusades list.

All this makes me think of what else is hidden.

References

C.M. Aherne, Joan, Popess, New Catholic Encyclopedia, Second Edition, Catholic University of America,7. Cilt, s . 877.

E. Sullivan, Leo IV,St. Pope, New Catholic Encyclopedia, Second Edition, Catholic University of America,8. Cilt, s. 481-483.

Peter Stanford, The She-Pope, A Quest for The Truth Behind The Mystery of Pope Joan,Arrow Books. London, 1998.