__/ [ Christopher A. Lee ] on Tuesday 25 April 2006 22:17 \__
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:11:31 -0500, Jeffrey Goldberg
> <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Christopher A. Lee wrote:
>>> On 25 Apr 2006 11:06:38 -0700, jack.harrison@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>
>>>> Q. Have any Popes acknowledged having children?
>>>> (Might be a good theme for a new Dan Brown book!)
>>>
>>> Cesare Borgia, for starters. The (in)famous Lucrezia Borgia's father.
>>
>>I don't know when celibacy became a requirement for priests (and Popes),
>>but it certainly wasn't always the case.
>
> My mistake - she was Cesare's brother. Her father was Rodrigo Borgia -
> Pope Alexander VI.
>
>>-j
http://www.futurechurch.org/fpm/history.htm
385-Pope Siricius left his wife in order to become pope. Decreed that priests
may no longer sleep with their wives.
[...]
Popes who were married (list)
[...]
Popes who were the sons of other popes, other clergy (list)
[...]
Popes who had illegitimate children after 1139 (list)
Also of interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope
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