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A collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II), to an alleged beating by a jealous husband (Pope John XII). A number of other popes have died under circumstances that some believe to be murder, but for which definitive evidence has not been found. Martyr popes This list is incomplete ; you ...
Discrepancies in the Vatican's account of the events surrounding Pope John Paul I's death—its inaccurate statements about who found the body; [1] what he had been reading; when, where, and whether an autopsy could be carried out [1] [2] —produced a number of conspiracy theories, many associated with the Vatican Bank, which owned a large share in Banco Ambrosiano.
Paul Casimir Marcinkus GCOIH (/ m ɑːr ˈ s ɪ ŋ k ə s /; January 15, 1922 – February 20, 2006) was an American Catholic prelate who served as president of the Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican Bank, from 1971 to 1989. [1]
Henry VIII of England in 1533, officially promulgated on 17 December 1538 by Pope Paul III. Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury and first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury of the Church of England. Cardinal Odet de Coligny, on 31 March 1563, for professing the Calvinist faith. Elizabeth I of England in 1570 by the papal bull Regnans in ...
Cardinal Alfonso Petrucci, convicted of plotting against Pope Leo X (July 16, 1517); Gian Paolo Baglioni, Italian condottiero (June 1520); Cardinal Carlo Carafa and Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Paliano, nephews of Paul IV, sentenced to strangulation in prison and beheading, respectively, by Pius IV, as his first public act (March 5, 1561)
Prosecutors in the Young Dolph murder trial Monday morning alleged that Big Jook, Yo Gotti's older brother, placed a $100,000 hit out on Young Dolph before his 2021 killing. The allegation came ...
The Martyrs of Japan were canonized by the Catholic Church on June 8, 1862, by Pope Pius IX, [8] and are listed on the calendar as Sts. Paul Miki and his Companions, commemorated on February 6, since February 5, the date of their death, is the feast of St. Agatha. They were included in the General Roman Calendar for the first time in 1969.
Anthony D'Andrea hired Genna to kill supporters of alderman John Powers. Genna was suspected of killing Harry Raimondi and Paul Labriola, two Powers supporters that won the elections. Genna was arrested and tried for the murder of Labriola. His defense attorney was a friend of D'Andrea.