On This Day in 972
Pope John XIII was killed by a jealous husband. The pontiff was caught in a communion. It is not that XIII was an unlucky number. Pope John XII died the same way–different husband, of course.
Pope John XIII was killed by a jealous husband. The pontiff was caught in a communion. It is not that XIII was an unlucky number. Pope John XII died the same way–different husband, of course.
Gotta watch out for them popes!
They’re tricksy.
A tricky pope wouldn’t have been caught or at least have talked his way out of the situation.
“Why, I was just exorcising your wife. That will be a hundred ducats.”