How many potatoes have left office so far?
Pope Benedict XVI is still alive and the fourth pope who leaves office after Benedict IX, Celestino V and Gregory XII.aren. But things are not at all clear.
It seems that in the third century St. Ponziano left office with the Anti-Pope Hypolitus, with the intention of fixing the schism of the time. According to some experts, in the 6th century the Byzantines forced San Silberius to abandon his papacy. Also in the following century, Martin I was pushed by the Byzantines to leave office. In 1047, Germanic Emperor Henry II dismissed Gregory VI, following tensions between the papacy and the Germanic Empire.
In 1804, Pope Pius VII (in the image below) moved to Paris on the occasion of the coronation of Napoleon. Fearing that the emperor would order the pope’s arrest, Pius signed a resignation document before leaving Rome. But since Bonaparte had not pronounced in this way, the renunciation had not been made effective.
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