British Pope

[undercovers]

Has there been a british pope? and if so when? Thanks

[Quizmonster]

Adrian IV was an English Pope in the 12th century. Click http://chi.gospelcom.net/DAILYF/2001/12/daily-12-04-2001.shtml  for further information. ('British' really started to be an applicable adjective only after 1603 and the Union of the Crowns of Scotland and England.)

[undercovers]

thanks very much... kind regards Undercovers

[Octavius]

Of the 264 popes (262 to be exact because Pope Benedict IX, during the dreadful medieval fights between popes and anti-popes, was elected three times) 205 were Italians, (of whom 106 were Romans), and 57 foreigners; comprised of 19 Frenchmen, 14 Greeks, 8 Syrians, 5 Germans, 3 Africans, 2 Spaniards, 1 Austrian, 1 Palestinian, 1 Englishman, 1 Dutchman, and 1 Pole.