st peter is considered to be the first pope.
st peter is considered to be the first pope.
who is considered to be the first pope?
st peter
however, when he was asked by cardinal jean-marie villot if he accepted his election, luciani replied, "may god forgive you for what you have done" but accepted election. after his election, when cardinal sin paid him homage, the new pope said: "you were a prophet, but my reign will be a short one". on the balcony of st peter's basilica, protodeacon cardinal pericle felici announced that the cardinals had elected albino luciani, patriarch of venice, who had chosen the name pope john paul i. it was the first time that a pope chose a double name. he later explained that the double name was taken to gratefully honour his two immediate predecessors: john xxiii, who had named him a bishop, and paul vi, who had named him patriarch of venice and cardinal. he was also the first pope to designate himself "the first" with the name. (pope francis, elected in 2013, also took a previously-unused papal name but chose not to be called "the first".)
pope john paul i
pope john paul i was the first pope to abandon coronation, and he was also the first pope to choose a double name (john paul) for his papal name. his successor, cardinal karol jozef wojtyła, chose the same name. he was the first pope to have a papal inauguration and the last pope to use the "sedia gestatoria". he is the first pope born in the 20th century, and the last pope to die in the 20th century.









































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pope john paul i