Of these five Syrian popes, the last three hailed from Muslim ruled lands: Sisinnius from the Rashidun caliphate, and Constantine and Gregory III from the Umayyad caliphate. Until the election of Pope ...

The shortest conclave on record was in 1503, when it took the cardinals only 10 hours to choose Pope Pius III as the new pontiff ... for nearly three years. Pope Gregory X was finally elected ...

The last non-European pontiff before him was Pope Gregory III, who reigned from 731 to 741 and was born in what is now Syria. With a span of more than 1,270 years between them, Pope Francis’s ...

Here are some facts about conclaves past, derived from historical studies including Miles Pattenden's “Electing the Pope in Early ... was Spanish; Gregory III, elected in 731, was Syrian ...

The shortest conclave on record was in 1503, when it took the cardinals only 10 hours to choose Pope Pius III as the new pontiff ... After that marathon conclave, Pope Gregory X was finally ...

It was Pope Gregory X, who was the head of the Church in 1792, who made the decision to lock all cardinal electors in the same room (cum clave: with a key) until a Pope is selected. While the ...

took almost three years to choose Pope Gregory X. The shortest conclave on record, in 1503, took just 10 hours to choose Pope Pius III. How long was the conclave that elected Pope Francis?

Roncalli was proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis in 2014. Other frequently used names include Gregory, in honor of Pope Gregory I, commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great (590-604). The last to ...

they noted that Bergoglio was first non-European to have served as pope since Gregory III, who served between the years 731 and 741. The Vatican's website states that Gregory III was from Syria.

“We didn’t expect an American to be Pope,” Gregory Treverton, a USC Professor, said. Treverton is a professor of international relations at the University of Southern California and a former ...