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Confirmed the right to abdicate and used it a week after this decree. Imprisoned by Pope Boniface VIII afterwards and, according to some interpretations of Dante, resides in Limbo, the antechamber of ...

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The first pope to live at a time without Christian persecution. Also known for having died on New Year's Eve, and now some people around the world celebrate this day in his honor.

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Known for meeting Attila the Hun and convincing him to stop his invasion of Italy, as well as for issuing the Tome of Leo.

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Immortalized in La Divina Commedia as a simoniac (one who sells church offices and roles). Decreed that both spiritual and temporal power were under his command as pope.

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The only Pope to have been pope on more than one occasion, as well as the only pope to have ever sold the papacy. Has been accused of sexual deviations from rape to bestiality.

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Famous for having put one of his predecessors, Pope Formosus, on posthumous trial, dressed him up in the papal garb, and had Pope Formosus decreed unworthy of the pontificate.

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Notable because during his term, he was arrested because Christians were still being persecuted. He resigned so that a new pope could be chosen, and he is considered to be the first pope to resign.

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