Female Pope names

[angela146]

Warning: There's an absurd premise at work here.

If I were elected pope, what name should I choose?

Hmm...

1. It should be a saint's name.
2. IMHO, "Mary" is off limits in the same way as "Peter".
3. "Joan" is a no-no for historical reasons.

I'm thinking "Ann" might be nice.

Any alternate suggestions?

Oh, we also need some terminology.

A new title other than "Pope" which is a deriviative of "Poppa" meaning "Father".

Also, what about the title "Holy Father"? Do we use "Holy Mother" instead or should we choose something else?

Just thinking ahead...

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Warning: There's an absurd premise at work here.

If I were elected pope, what name should I choose?

Hmm...

1. It should be a saint's name.
2. IMHO, "Mary" is off limits in the same way as "Peter".
3. "Joan" is a no-no for historical reasons.

I'm thinking "Ann" might be nice.

Any alternate suggestions?

Oh, we also need some terminology.

A new title other than "Pope" which is a deriviative of "Poppa" meaning "Father".

Also, what about the title "Holy Father"? Do we use "Holy Mother" instead or should we choose something else?

Just thinking ahead...

Johannah Pauline?

 

[cloudy]

Theresa would work.

 

[Lady Reiha]

Pope Sierra Berry Pie!!

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I was Pope once.

 

[angela146]

Johannah Pauline?

Sorry, not a saint's name.

Also, I'm not in enamored of feminized versions of male names.

Besides, JP would already be spinning in his grave ... err ... tomb. Using the name might cause the crypt to overheat and that would make a mess.

 

[angela146]

Theresa would work.

There might be some confusion as to which Theresa I'm named after. Although since one of my first acts would be to allow birth control, it would be pretty clear which one it *wasn't*.

 

[Liar]

I think you should try it with a stripper-esque name, just for the reactions.

Candee the first.

 

[scbigdog65]

I'd go with Brigid, since she's one of my favorite saints. Irish and pagan and all that. And I do supposed we'd have to refer to you as "Holy Mother."

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

Her Holiness, Kiki The Land Nymph

 

[Aurora Black]

Using the name might cause the crypt to overheat and that would make a mess.

Yuck.

 

[zeb1094]

Popette Brandy Wine 1st.

 

[entitled]

The correct term would be Papess, iirc...

Since i purposely forgot all the saint's names from way back in the day when i was taught, i can't help out otherwise.

 

[zeb1094]

I like Popette, thank you very much!

 

[LadyJeanne]

The correct term would be Papess, iirc...

There's a term for female Pope?? How can there be a term for something that never existed? Or is there a Papess somewhere in history?

 

[fieryjen]

There's so many more modern saint's names... my real first name is the name of a swiss saint, and, in my opinion, completely inappropriate for popehood... or popettehood, or whatever we'll decide to call it.

Bernadette and Magdalena are my favorite Saint names.

 

[scbigdog65]

There's a term for female Pope?? How can there be a term for something that never existed? Or is there a Papess somewhere in history?

I guess "Mope" is out.

 

[chris 44]

The correct term would be Papess, iirc...

Since i purposely forgot all the saint's names from way back in the day when i was taught, i can't help out otherwise.

Saints ? Can't say I ever met one...

 

[entitled]

There's a term for female Pope?? How can there be a term for something that never existed? Or is there a Papess somewhere in history?

Don't hold me to it. It's been yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrs since i spoke any sort of latin, but i think papess is the feminine version of pope.


Doesn't much matter to me. i prefer little devils myself.

 

[LadyJeanne]

Don't hold me to it. It's been yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrs since i spoke any sort of latin, but i think papess is the feminine version of pope.


Doesn't much matter to me. i prefer little devils myself.

You're right on, though. I was curious and had to look it up:

"La Papessa, also written as La Popessa, is a term used in tarot to refer to The Papess or The High Priestess playing card. It is also a term used informally by some Roman Catholics to refer to a woman who is perceived as exercising undue influence on a pope to the extent that she is seen as La Popessa or a she pope. It was also used to refer to Pope Joan, the mythical woman pope who supposedly reigned as pope from 855 to 858."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Papessa

Pope Joan:

"According to legend, Pope Joan was a female pope who allegedly reigned from 853 to 855. Pope Joan is regarded by most historians as an invention, possibly originating as an anti-papal satire, though it enjoys an air of plausibility due to certain elements related in the story.

The legend

The story of Pope Joan is known mainly from the 13th century Polish chronicler Martin of Opava (Martin von Trappau to Germans, also known as Martin Polonus, "Martin the Pole"). In his Chronicon Pontificum et Imperatum, he writes:

“After ... Leo, John Anglicus, born at Mainz, was pope for two years, seven months and four days, and died in Rome, after which there was a vacancy in the papacy of one month. It is claimed that this John was a woman, who as a girl had been led to Athens dressed in the clothes of a man by a certain lover of hers. There she became proficient in a diversity of branches of knowledge, until she had no equal, and afterwards in Rome, she taught the liberal arts and had great masters among her students and audience. A high opinion of her life and learning arose in the city, and she was was chosen for pope. While pope, however, she became pregnant by her companion. Through ignorance of the exact time when the birth was expected, she was delivered of a child while in procession from St Peter's to the Lateran, in a narrow lane between the Colisseum and St Clement's church. After her death, it is said she was buried in that same place. The Lord Pope always turns aside from the street and it is believed by many that this is done because of abhorrence of the event. Nor is she placed on the list of the holy pontiffs, both because of her female sex and on account of the foulness of the matter.”

— Martin of Opava, Chronicon Pontificum et Imperatum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Joan

 

[neonlyte]

There's a term for female Pope?? How can there be a term for something that never existed? Or is there a Papess somewhere in history?

The most famous and detailed account of the Pope Joan comes from the Chronicron pontificum et imperatum (The Chronicle of the Popes and Emperors), written in the mid-13th century by Martin of Troppau (Martinus Polonus).

According to Troppau:
“After Leo IV, John the Englishman (Anglicus), a native of Metz, reigned two years, five months and four days. And the pontificate was vacant for a month. He died in Rome. This man, it is claimed, was a woman and when a girl, accompanied her sweetheart in male costume to Athens; there she advanced in various sciences to the extent that her equal could not be found. So, after having studied for three years in Rome, she had great masters for her pupils and hearers. And when there arose a high opinion in the city of her virtue and knowledge, she was unanimously elected Pope. But during her papacy she became in the family way by a companion. Not knowing the time of the birth, as she was on her way from St Peter's to Lateran she had a painful delivery, between the Coliseum and St Clement's Church, in the street. Having died after, it is said she was buried on the spot.”

Legends say that a stone slab marked the spot where Joan gave birth and was buried, but out of embarrassment Pope Pius V had it removed in the late 16th century. There is also supposedly a statue on this street depicting a mother a child — representations of the popess and her infant.

*Lifted from Google*

 

[Guest]

So Betty is out, then?

Damn.

 

[entitled]

Good to know those years of reading tarot was good for something.

 

[kendo1]

Boobies!

*Happy Snoopy Dance*

Poysonally, I think their cute. Your son has a lot to learn.

 

[Equinoxe]

You are already a Pope, or a Mome as the case may be, and your rights include (but are not limited to) the following:

1. To invoke infallibility at any time, including retroactively.
2. To completely rework the church.
3. To baptise, bury, and marry (with the permission of the deceased in the latter two cases).
4. To ex-communicate, de-ex-communicate, re-ex-communicate, and de-re-ex-communicate (no backsies!) both his-/her-/it-/them-/your-/our-/His-/Her-/It-/Them-/Your-/Our-self/selves and others (if any).
5. To perform all rites and functions deemed inappropriate.

Likewise, you may canonise anyone (including yourself) as a Saint.

Hail Eris.