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The Woman who wanted to be Pope

The Woman who wanted to be Pope

A group of medieval women tried to take over the Catholic church

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Tony McMahon
Jun 12, 2025
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Greetings Gold and Silver Level Templar Knights! At the start of the fourteenth century, a group of women believed that the Roman Catholic church needed to be taken over by the female sex. And the next pope had to be a woman. Only in this way, could humanity be saved. Let’s just say - the inquisition disagreed.

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