Pope

Leo X, who was Pope during the 16th century. (AUDIO: The Ravelli Conspiracy ^[+]Loading...["The Ravelli Conspiracy (audio story)"])

You may wish to consult Pope (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

The Pope was the anointed leader of the Catholic Church, deriving their authority from their predecessors. (PROSE: The Price of Conviction) The Pope was addressed as Your Holiness. (TV: The Crusade, The Vampires of Venice, Extremis) Additionally, the Pope was known as the Bishop of Rome. (TV: Extremis)

History

Early history

Saint Peter was the first Pope. (PROSE: The Price of Conviction)

In 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the leader of the Holy Roman Empire. (PROSE: The Lonely Computer)

In 1190, King Richard the Lionheart tried to arrange a marriage between his sister Princess Joanna and his enemy Saladin's brother Saphadin in order to broker peace between the English and the Saracens. Joanna herself, however, refused to do so, telling Richard that the Pope would never permit her marriage to "that infidel". (TV: The Crusade)

Pope Honorius wrote The Grimoire of Pope Honorius. The Third Doctor found a copy he never knew existed in Olive Hawthorne's collection of occult material. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Dæmons ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Dæmons (novelisation)"])

Pope G. IX was responsible for suppressing both the Greek and Latin editions of the Necronomicon. (PROSE: The Banquo Legacy ^[+]Loading...["The Banquo Legacy (novel)"]) The Pope was elected on 19 March, 1227. (PROSE: There's a storm coming: 19 March ^[+]Loading...["There's a storm coming: 19 March (short story)"])

16th century

In 1511, Julius II was the Pope. (AUDIO: Fallen Angels)

In 1538, Lady Risolva told Thomas Cromwell that she was an emissary from the Pope in order to speak with the Eighth Doctor. (AUDIO: The Doomsday Chronometer ^[+]Loading...["The Doomsday Chronometer (audio story)"])

In 1586, the Pope ordered Rudolph II to burn John Dee and Edward Kelley as heretics. (PROSE: Sunday Afternoon, AD 848,988 ^[+]Loading...["Sunday Afternoon, AD 848,988 (short story)"])

In 1587, the Pope promised a large sum to King Philip II for an invasion of England. (AUDIO: The Flames of Cadiz ^[+]Loading...["The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)"])

17th century

Agents acting on behalf of the Pope attempted to kill Friar Paulo Sarpi. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass ^[+]Loading...["The Empire of Glass (novel)"])

18th century

Pius VI was Pope in 1799. Erskine Morris believed he sodomized choirboys. (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet ^[+]Loading...["Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)"])

19th century

In 1887, Pope Leo XIII employed Sherlock Holmes to locate missing books from the Library of St John the Beheaded. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire)

20th century

In 1968, Pope Paul VI complained when the symbol of the Revolution Man appeared in St Peter's Cathedral. (PROSE: Revolution Man)

In either 1980 (PROSE: History 101 (part one) ^[+]Loading...{"chaptnum":"2","chaptname":"Una Casa Europea Segura","page":"26","part":"One","1":"History 101 (novel)"}) or 1981, an assassination attempt was made against (PROSE: The Assassin's Story ^[+]Loading...{"page":"192","1":"The Assassin's Story (short story)"}) Pope John Paul. (PROSE: Nothing O'Clock ^[+]Loading...{"page":"481","chaptnum":"4","1":"Nothing O'Clock (short story)"}) The Pope wanted an audience with the Ice Warrior Lord Xznaal in 1997 (PROSE: The Dying Days ^[+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Our Friends From Mars","chaptnum":"Nine","1":"The Dying Days (novel)"}) before his funeral (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? ^[+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"]) in 2005, (AUDIO: One Rule ^[+]Loading...["One Rule (audio story)"]) which was attended by the Ninth Doctor. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? ^[+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"])

21st century

During the Vore invasion of Earth in 2005, the new Pope had not made a public appearance. However, the Vatican had insisted that he was safe and was not taken when the swarm hit St. Peter's Square. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles ^[+]Loading...["The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)"])

In the mid-2000s, when Maria Jackson claimed that the Bubble Shock! factory was being run by aliens, Kelsey Hooper sarcastically stated that everyone was an alien, including the Pope. (TV: Invasion of the Bane)

In 2008, the image of the Pope was projected by the Atraxi, after the Eleventh Doctor asked them if Earth was a threat. After the Atraxi had scanned the planet, they concluded that it was not. (TV: The Eleventh Hour ^[+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"])

In 2097, an unnamed female Pope made a papal visit to Mars in order to anoint the first Martian bishops. This was done to improve relations between Martians and humans. The Daleks made an assassination attempt. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles)

Later history

In the 27th century, Imogen Tantry became the 314th Pope, taking the name "Beatrix II". (PROSE: Predating the Predators, De Umbris Idearum)

In the 28th century, Pope John Paul XXIII was placed in suspended animation after his death. Celestine VI and Urban IX were rival popes. (PROSE: Companion Piece)

In 3278, according to the Fourth Doctor, the official papal seat of the Catholic Church was situated in the Betelgeuse system. In Europa, Lucian was the Pope of the Catholic Church Apostolic. (PROSE: Managra)

In the 46th century, the Pope was a clone of St. Peter. He had been grown from one of St. Peter's fingernails. (PROSE: Paydirt)

Ferox XXIV was a pope in the 90th century. (PROSE: Unification Theory)

The Morestran Orthodox Church was led by a Pope. (PROSE: Zeta Major)

The Doctor had advised Pope Clement on the contents of the Vatican Library. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse)

According to River Song, one Pope was an alien. (AUDIO: The Doomsday Chronometer)

Other realities

Shadow World

A painting of Benedict IX in the Shadow World. (TV: Extremis ^[+]Loading...["Extremis (TV story)"])

In a simulated timeline created by the Monks, Benedict IX was pope in 1045. She founded the Haereticum and had a relationship with the Doctor. She stated that he was "more in need of confession than any man breathing".

In 2017, another Pope came to St Luke's University and asked the Twelfth Doctor for help with the Veritas text. (TV: Extremis ^[+]Loading...["Extremis (TV story)"])