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According to medieval legend, a female English pope. She is supposed to have risen to the highest office of the church, taking the name John Anglicus, before the spectacular failure of her disguise when she went into labour during a processsion and gave birth to a child. She was dragged feet-first by a horse through the streets of Rome, and stoned to death by the people. She was buried in the street where her identity had been revealed, between the Lateran and St. Peters Basilica. This street was (supposedly) avoided by subsequent papal processions - though when this latter detail became part of the popular legend in the 14th century, the papacy was at Avignon, and there were no papal processions in Rome.
According to medieval legend, a female English pope. She is supposed to have risen to the highest office of the church, taking the name John Anglicus, before the spectacular failure of her disguise when she went into labour during a processsion and gave birth to a child. She was dragged feet-first by a horse through the streets of Rome, and stoned to death by the people. She was buried in the street where her identity had been revealed, between the Lateran and St. Peters Basilica. This street was (supposedly) avoided by subsequent papal processions - though when this latter detail became part of the popular legend in the 14th century, the Papacy was at Avignon, and there were no papal processions in Rome.
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