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Tag: saint Celestine

The Pope who didn’t want to be pope

March 18, 2026 Brent Leave a comment

A monk who built a following from a remote hermitage in Abruzzo, Italy was tabbed as pope in 1294. It didn’t go well.

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Posted in: Blog, Italy, L'Aquila, Scanno Filed under: Celestine V, italy, L'Aquila, Pope Celestine V, saint Celestine

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