392 - History's Worst Popes
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The Worst Pope Ever
I think by the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire picking a German person and locking out these powerful Italian families, it sort of diminished their claims and their power. But as I pointed out at the start of the episode, weird stuff did happen over the centuries after that. It became exactly as we know it straight away. At least, at least if it's not violent, it's suspicious. And a lot of suspicious deaths in the popes. Starting with St Peter. Yes. He is on my second favorite Wikipedia page. Number one, of course, being list of inventors killed by their own inventions. That is a good one. Also number two: list of sexually active popes
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