The Women of Wikipedia: Pope Joan

Pope Joan

Submitted by Sanja

Pope Joan is the name of a female pope (also La Papessa) who may have reigned in the 850s, based on a legend that circulated in the Middle Ages.

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

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 6:06 AM

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