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Stephen of Bourbon
French Dominican
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legend of Pope Joan
- In Pope Joan
…by the 13th-century French Dominican Stephen of Bourbon, who dated Joan’s election c. 1100. In this account the nameless pontiff was a clever scribe who became a papal notary and later was elected pope; pregnant at the time of her election, she gave birth during the procession to the Lateran,…
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