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The head of the Roman [[Catholic Church]], elected by [[cardinal]]s of that [[church]].  Normally celibate, although some notable exceptions occur to this during the [[Middle Ages]] and [[Renaissance]].

During the [[Middle Ages]], the Pope could have enormous power (see [[crusade]]).  Theoretically, there is only one Pope. However, several times during the [[Middle Ages]] there were multiple Popes, each of which claimed they were the legitimate and rightful Pope. The ones who eventually lost are known as [[Antipope]]s.

The modern Pope lives in [[Vatican]], a religious city state in [[Italy]], but originally the Pope lived in [[Rome]], although a few Popes and [[Antipope]]s set up their capital elsewhere (eg [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_V Clement V] in [[Avignon]]).

=== References ===
A list of mid to late medieval popes can be found at : 
[[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm]]
Unfortunately this leaves out the [[antipope]]s, which can be seen in the briefer listing at: [[http://www.florilegium.org/files/RELIGION/popes-msg.html]]

[[Wikipedia]] has a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes Full list of Popes], which also links to a list of [[antipope]]s, including one or two [[nutbar with extra almonds|nutbars with extra almonds]].

It could be observed that Popes who are called Pius or Innocent are neither Pious nor Innocent.
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