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Front Pope John Paul II Edge lettering: Joannes Paulus II Pont Max John Paul II, Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, born Karol Józef Wojtyla. Wadowice, May 18, 1920 - Vatican City, April 2, 2005) was a Polish priest who later became archbishop and cardinal and was eventually elected 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church on October 16, 1978. He would hold this position until his death on April 2, 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since the Dutch Pope Adrian VI in the 1520s. Reverse: Monogram for Christ, made up of P and X. left and right Alpha and Omega. Alpha and Omega is an expression from Christianity that symbolizes Jesus' omnipotence. Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters of the Classical (Ionic) Greek alphabet. In Revelation 1: 8 and 21: 6 and 22:13, Jesus says, "I am alpha and omega." In Revelation 2: 8, Jesus is referred to as "the first and the last," meaning the same thing.
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