tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374992234413424909.post848894342877351055..comments2023-12-22T13:30:36.156-08:00Comments on Padanian-American League: First non-European Pope is of Cisalpine descentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374992234413424909.post-80445731061044386152013-03-24T22:15:28.395-07:002013-03-24T22:15:28.395-07:00Yeah, maybe the next article I submit should be ab...Yeah, maybe the next article I submit should be about noteworthy individuals of the Roman era hailing from Cisalpine Gaul and Central Italy(well, except for Lazio because most of the Italian elites were Latin and we know about most of them anyways).<br /><br />Etrusco-Umbro-Gallicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374992234413424909.post-30619434551598350802013-03-24T14:14:38.712-07:002013-03-24T14:14:38.712-07:00Interesting. I'll have to look that up. An int...Interesting. I'll have to look that up. An interesting choice.Camunlynxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15014252675296665669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374992234413424909.post-10138700393697707512013-03-22T20:24:11.107-07:002013-03-22T20:24:11.107-07:00I knew he was Piedmontese the moment they pronounc...I knew he was Piedmontese the moment they pronounced his surname on the news.<br /><br />But, come to think of it, he follows a long line of Cisalpine popes. Something like 90% of the popes from the 15th century on were either from Rome or somewhere north of it. <br /><br />The popes who initiated and concluded Second Vatican were Bergamasque and Bresan, respectively.<br /><br />The second pope(after Peter) was supposedly an Etruscan from Volterra.Etrusco-Umbro-Gallicnoreply@blogger.com