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40th year  -  N° 339                 Friday, 5 December 2025         Antwerpen		
Waiting for the Man
Vatican City

Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Related events:

  1. Wednesday 23rd of September 0076 (-) 2nd Pope Linus dies of unknown causes.

  2. Sunday 8th of September 0701 (-) 84th Pope Sergius I dies of unknown causes.

  3. Monday 25th of December 0795 (-) 95th Pope Hadrianus I dies of unknown causes.

  4. Sunday 12th of June 0816 (-) 96th Pope Leo III dies of unknown causes.

  5. Sunday 13th of November 0867 (-) 105th Pope Nicholaus I dies of unknown causes.

  6. Monday 18th of February 0999 (-) 138th Pope Gregorius V dies of unknown causes.
    Gregorius V died suddenly, not without suspicion of foul play.

  7. Thursday 12th of May 1003 (-) 139th Pope Silvester II dies of unknown causes.

  8. Tuesday 12th of May 1012 (-) 142nd Pope Sergius IV dies of unknown causes.
    There was some suspicion that Sergius IV was murdered as he died within a week of Crescentius, considered by many to have been his patron.

  9. Wednesday 19th of April 1054 (-) 152nd Pope Leo IX dies of unknown causes.

  10. Saturday 29th of July 1099 (-) 159th Pope Urbanus II dies of unknown causes.

  11. Monday 15th of October 1398 (-) 202nd Pope Urbanus VI dies of injuries suffered in a fall from his mule during a march.

  12. Monday 1st of October 1404 (-) 203rd Pope Bonifatius IX dies of natural causes.

  13. Thursday 6th of November 1406 (-) 204th Pope Innocentius VII dies of natural causes.

  14. Sunday 20th of February 1431 (-) 206th Pope Martinus V dies of apoplexy.

  15. Tuesday 23rd of February 1447 (-) 207th Pope Eugenius IV dies of unknown causes.

  16. Sunday 18th of February 1455 (-) Renaissance painter Fra Angelico dies of unknown causes.

  17. Friday 6th of August 1458 (-) 209th Pope Callixtus III dies of unknown causes.

  18. Tuesday 12th of August 1484 (-) 212th Pope Sixtus IV dies of unknown causes.

  19. Sunday 18th of October 1503 (-) 215th Pope Pius III dies of an ulcer in the leg.
    Pius III had been on his deathbed with gout since 13 October. Some alleged Pius III died of poison administered at the instigation of Pandolfo Petrucci, the ruler of Siena.

  20. Thursday 1st of December 1521 (-) 217th Pope Leo X dies of bronchopneumonia.

  21. Monday 3rd of January 1521 (x) Theologian and church reformer Martin Luther is excommunicated by Pope Leo X in the bull 'Decet Romanum Pontificem'.

  22. Tuesday 25th of September 1534 (-) 219th Pope Clemens VII dies from eating poisonous mushrooms.
    Just a few days before his death Clemens VII ordered Michelangelo to paint 'The Last Judgment' in the Sistine Chapel.

  23. Sunday 1st of May 1555 (-) 222nd Pope Marcellus II dies of a stroke.

  24. Tuesday 31st of July 1556 (-) Founder of the Jesuits Ignatius de Loyola dies of Roman Fever.

  25. Tuesday 18th of August 1559 (-) 223rd Pope Paulus IV dies of ill health.

  26. Tuesday 18th of February 1564 (-) Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect and poet Michelangelo dies of unknown causes.

  27. Monday 1st of May 1572 (-) 225th Pope Pius V dies of cancer.
    Pope Pius V was beatified by Pope Clemens X in the year 1672 and was later canonized by Pope Clemens XI on 22 May 1712.

  28. Monday 6th of May 1574 (+) 236th Pope Innocentius X is born.

  29. Wednesday 10th of April 1585 (-) 226th Pope Gregorius XIII dies of unknown causes.

  30. Thursday 27th of September 1590 (-) 228th Pope Urbanus VII dies of malaria.
    Urbanus VII's twelve-day papacy was the shortest in history.

  31. Wednesday 5th of December 1590 (x) — The papacy of 229th Pope Gregorius XIV begins.

  32. Wednesday 16th of October 1591 (-) 229th Pope Gregorius XIV dies of gallstones.

  33. Monday 30th of December 1591 (-) 230th Pope Innocentius IX dies of unknown causes.

  34. Wednesday 27th of April 1605 (-) 232nd Pope Leo XI dies as a result of fatigue and cold in the ceremony of taking possession of the Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano.
    Leo XI's pontificate is one of the briefest in history having lasted under a month.

  35. Thursday 3rd of March 1605 (-) 231st Pope Clemens VIII dies of gout.

  36. Friday 29th of July 1644 (-) 235th Pope Urbanus VIII dies of unknown causes.

  37. Sunday 22nd of May 1667 (-) 237th Pope Alexander VII dies of unknown causes.

  38. Wednesday 22nd of July 1676 (-) 239th Pope Clemens X dies of gout.

  39. Friday 12th of August 1689 (-) Innocentius XI dies of a kidney disease.
    When Innocentius' body was exhumed for beatification 267 years later it was discovered that it had remained preserved. He is regarded by many Catholics to be the first pope whose body was discovered to be incorrupt.

  40. Thursday 1st of February 1691 (-) 241st Pope Alexander VIII dies of natural causes.

  41. Monday 27th of September 1700 (-) 242nd Pope Innocentius XII dies of natural causes.
    Innocentius XII is notable for being the last bearded pope to date.

  42. Tuesday 7th of March 1724 (-) 244th Pope Innocentius XIII dies of .
    Innocentius XIII was tormented by a hernia of which he spoke to nobody but his valet. At one point, it had burst and caused inflammation and fever.

  43. Tuesday 21st of February 1730 (-) 245th Pope Benedictus XIII .

  44. Saturday 6th of February 1740 (-) 246th Pope Clemens XII dies of complications from gout.

  45. Wednesday 3rd of May 1758 (-) 247th Pope Benedictus XIV dies of gout.

  46. Thursday 2nd of February 1769 (-) 248th Pope Clemens XIII dies of apoplexy.

  47. Wednesday 20th of August 1823 (-) 251st Pope Pius VII dies from complications of a hip fracture on 6 July 1823.

  48. Tuesday 10th of February 1829 (-) 252nd Pope Leo XII dies of unknown causes.

  49. Sunday 1st of June 1845 (-) 254th Pope Gregorius XVI dies of facial erysipelas.

  50. Saturday 2nd of January 1954 (x) — During Italy’s first television-transmission 260th Pope Pius XII warns the Italian families for the dangers of television in family life.

  51. Wednesday 3rd of January 1962 (x) 15th President of Cuba Fidel Castro is excommunicated by Pope John XXIII.

  52. Monday 3rd of June 1963 (-) 261st Pope Ioannes XXIII dies of peritonitis caused by a perforated stomach.
    After Ioannes XXIII died his brow was ritually tapped to see if he was dead and those with him in the room said prayers.

  53. Saturday 2nd of April 2005 (-) Ioannes Paulus II dies of heart failure from profound hypotension and complete circulatory collapse from septic shock.