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Also known as: bishop of Rome
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Frank J. Coppa
Professor of History, St. Johns University, New York, New York. Author of The Origins of the Italian Wars of Independence. Editor of Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy.
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papacy, the office and jurisdiction of the bishop of Rome, the pope (Latin papa, from Greek pappas, “father”), who presides over the Holy See (the central government) of the Roman Catholic Church. The term pope was originally applied to all the bishops in the West and also used to describe the patriarch of Alexandria, who still retains the title. In 1073, however, Pope Gregory VII restricted its use to the bishop of Rome, confirming a practice that had existed since the 9th century. According to the Annuario Pontificio, the papal annual, there have been more than 260 popes since St. ...(100 of 4910 words)

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