So hey, new pope everybody. Olly olly oxen free.
Some nice firsts. First Jesuit pope. First pope from Latin America. First pope to take the name "Francis".
Francis, huh? Man, remember when popes would really go all out on picking good names?
Linus. Arguably the second pope after Peter. Mentioned in the New Testament, OMG. No mention of security blanket issues.
Sixtus III. The second guy to name himself "sixtus" was already pushing it. Could he have just gone to "Seventus"? But taking it to the third power, that's ballsy.
Boniface III. More like Butterface, amirite?
Top Honors
Pope Hilarius
Here's the Wikipedia vandalization perpetrated by my old pal Dmac back in 2005:
Some nice firsts. First Jesuit pope. First pope from Latin America. First pope to take the name "Francis".
Francis, huh? Man, remember when popes would really go all out on picking good names?
Linus. Arguably the second pope after Peter. Mentioned in the New Testament, OMG. No mention of security blanket issues.
Sixtus III. The second guy to name himself "sixtus" was already pushing it. Could he have just gone to "Seventus"? But taking it to the third power, that's ballsy.
Boniface III. More like Butterface, amirite?
Top Honors
Pope Hilarius
Here's the Wikipedia vandalization perpetrated by my old pal Dmac back in 2005:
Pope Hilarius was, of course, the funniest of all popes. From his name, Americans get the English word hilarious and its sister, hilarity. His humor was a beacon of light in the church during an otherwise dark time, converting many barbarians and heretics with his stand-up comedy. His "men do this; women do that" joke has been passed down from comedian to comedian all the way to the present day. (He was thanked in the credits of Last Comic Standing.) He is also the source of the famous joke that ends in "... when I woke up, my pillow was gone!"
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