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Paus Joannes Paulus II
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2005
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belgian printer John Paul II, Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, born Karol Józef Wojtyła (ruling) (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 , succeeding the suddenly deceased John Paul I. He would hold this position until his death on April 2, 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Pope Adrian VI (1522-1523) from the Netherlands. On May 1, 2011, he was beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. [1] His feast day is set for October 22, the day he was introduced as Pope in 1978. [2]

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