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 : Pope Joan condemned to the jaws of hell


Pope Joan condemned to the jaws of hell

Pope Joan, legendary female pope, is condemned to the jaws of hell for fornication, having blown her cover by giving birth to a child during a procession through the streets of Rome (until then, she had successfully passed herself off as a man). She is thought to have reigned for a time during the Middle Ages, but this is probably a fabrication, as there is no contemporary evidence

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14086043
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45843148
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4863px x 3234px (1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Johann Wolf, Lectiones Memorabiles (1600), reproduced in Baring Gould, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages
Date
circa 9th century

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