{"id":2547,"date":"2013-02-21T13:50:54","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T18:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/?p=2547"},"modified":"2013-02-21T13:50:54","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T18:50:54","slug":"the-origins-and-age-of-popes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/21\/the-origins-and-age-of-popes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Origins and Age of Popes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/start-and-end-of-pontificate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2548\" src=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/start-and-end-of-pontificate.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/start-and-end-of-pontificate.png 460w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/start-and-end-of-pontificate-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/start-and-end-of-pontificate-342x300.png 342w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a>In the light of Pope Benedict XVI&#8217;s resignation last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/news\/datablog\/2013\/feb\/13\/popes-full-list\">The Guardian<\/a> created different visualizations related to the papacy. The reign of each Pontiff is usually due to death. The last one to resign was Gregory XII in 1415.<\/p>\n<p>According to the graph shown above, 65 is the most common age at which Popes are elected, and 78 is the most common age at which they die. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/news\/datablog\/2013\/feb\/13\/popes-full-list\">The Guardian<\/a> used a sample of 63 Popes out of 266 to compute these numbers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/start-and-end-of-pontificate-origin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2555\" src=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/start-and-end-of-pontificate-origin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/start-and-end-of-pontificate-origin.png 461w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/start-and-end-of-pontificate-origin-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/start-and-end-of-pontificate-origin-341x300.png 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a>Of all 266 Popes, 196 came from Italy (74%). The origin cannot be traced for 22 Popes (8%). 15 Popes came from France (6%), 11 from Greece (4%), 5 from Germany, 5 from Syria, 3 from Africa, 3 from Spain, 2 from Portugal, and 2 from the West Bank. Countries from which only one Pope came from include: Croatia, Israel, Netherlands, Poland, and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='The Origins and Age of Popes' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/21\/the-origins-and-age-of-popes\/' displayText='facebook'><\/span><span st_via='indexmundi' st_username='indexmundi' class='st_twitter' st_title='The Origins and Age of Popes' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/21\/the-origins-and-age-of-popes\/' displayText='twitter'><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='The Origins and Age of Popes' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/21\/the-origins-and-age-of-popes\/' displayText='email'><\/span><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='The Origins and Age of Popes' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/21\/the-origins-and-age-of-popes\/' displayText='sharethis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the light of Pope Benedict XVI&#8217;s resignation last week, The Guardian created different visualizations related to the papacy. The reign of each Pontiff is usually due to death. The last one to resign was Gregory XII in 1415. 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