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| | ChicagoKarl » Blog Archive » The Last German Pope Debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | The German press (Spiegel, Tagesschau) claims that Adrian VI, born in modern day Netherlands, was the last German pope as the Netherlands at that time belonged to the Holy Roman Empire. |
 | | Pope Adrian VI or Hadrian VI, born as Adrian Florisz Dedel (March 2, 1459 – September 14, 1523), served as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and its Eastern Rite from 1522 until his death. |
 | | Many Germans see the election of “their” pope as a mark of distinction, or at the very least, a token of Germany’s rehabilitation after the era of the Third Reich.- hence the mudslinging that results from the chorus of mutual animosity, dare I say hatred, raised by Britain’s The Sun and Germany’s Bild. |
| chicagokarl.de /2005/04/19/the-last-german-pope-debate (260 words) |
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