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| | A timeline of Christianity |
 | | 291 BC : the Seleucids (Antiochus III) seize Palestine from the Ptolemaics |
 | | 37 BC : Antigonus is beheaded and Herod, Antipater's son, is appointed by the Romans as king of Judea |
 | | Note: 205 popes have been Italian (106 from Rome) and 57 foreigners: 19 from France, 14 from Greece, 8 from Syria, 5 from Germany, 3 from Africa, 2 from Spain, 1 from Austria, 1 from Palestine, 1 from England, 1 from Holland, and 1 from Poland. |
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