Why Popes change their name

The Popes kept his baptismal name. But John II, who was pope from 533 to 535, was the first to be renamed, before becoming Pope was called Mercury. Marked trend because after him, all the Popes have been renamed.

• 2013-03-12T14:03:12+00:00
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