Pope Joan
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Pope Joan according to legend was a woman who disguised herself as a man and was elected Pope in the 850s. She is sometimes said to have been born or lived in Wimborne Minster, Dorset.[1] The story is now generally thought to be without foundation.[2]
- ↑ http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2013/06/a-dorset-life-for-me-dorsets-female-pope/. Roger Guttridge, "A Dorset life for me: Dorset’s female Pope", Dorset Life, JUNE 2013. Accessed: 2015-12-27. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6e62fckkv)
- ↑ J N D Kelly, Oxford Dictionary of Popes. Oxford University Press, 1988. pp. 331–32. ISBN 0-19-861433-0.
References
- ↑ http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2013/06/a-dorset-life-for-me-dorsets-female-pope/. Roger Guttridge, "A Dorset life for me: Dorset’s female Pope", Dorset Life, JUNE 2013. Accessed: 2015-12-27. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6e62fckkv)
- ↑ J N D Kelly, Oxford Dictionary of Popes. Oxford University Press, 1988. pp. 331–32. ISBN 0-19-861433-0.
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