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To: wideawake
Popes who were married
St. Peter, Apostle
St. Felix III 483-492
St. Hormidas 514-523
St. Silverus 536-537
Hadrian II 867-872
Clement IV 1265-1268
Felix V 1439-1449
32 posted on 10/03/2005 12:24:27 PM PDT by markedman (Islam = surrender, and we will NEVER surrender!)
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To: markedman
Popes who were married

The issue at hand is not ordinands who have been married at some point, but ordinands who were married while in orders.

St. Peter, Apostle

We have no knowledge of whether St. Peter's wife predeceased his tenure as Pope or not. Let's assume she did not and was alive while he was Pope.

St. Felix III 483-492

No record of him having a wife.

St. Hormidas 514-523

According to chroniclers, his wife died before he was ordained.

St. Silverus 536-537

There is no record of his having been married. He was the legitimate son of St. Hormisdas.

Hadrian II 867-872

Hadrian's marriage had been annulled. This did not prevent his political rivals from murdering his wife and daughter.

Clement IV 1265-1268

It is a matter of record that his wife died years before he was ordained.

Felix V 1439-1449

There was no Pope Felix V. Pope Eugenius IV reigned from 1439-1447 and Pope Nicholas V reigned from 1447-1455.

I'll point out that it was a longstanding tradition among European noblemen (and many Popes were drawn from the ranks of European nobility) for widowers to enter Holy Orders after the death of their wife. Even today, many widowers are ordained as priests without prejudice to the discipline of celibacy.

42 posted on 10/03/2005 1:17:43 PM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
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To: markedman

Ah, you're back, hoping to get within a few thousand yards of target. No wonder you never made "gunner."

Was Peter's wife ALIVE when he was Pope?

Did they enjoy sexual relations?

Are you SURE?


56 posted on 10/03/2005 3:25:54 PM PDT by ninenot (Minister of Membership, Tomas Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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