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Pope Joan Anglicus!!!!, I wonder....
Pope Joan:

John Anglicus was a ninth century Englishman. He travelled to Athens where he gained a reputation for his knowledge of the sciences. Eventually he came to lecture at the Trivium in Rome where his fame grew even larger. He became a Cardinal, and when Pope Leo IV died in 853 A.D., he was unanimously elected pope.

As Pope John VIII he ruled for two years, until 855 A.D. However, while riding one day from St. Peter's to the Lateran, he had to stop by the side of the road and, to the astonishment of everyone, gave birth to a child. It turned out that Pope John VIII was really a woman. In other words, Pope John was really Pope Joan.

(I wonder how much truth there is on this. After all, Christian authorities hid and convered so much from the public!!) Here is more about the legend, Legend????:

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/popeJoan.html

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