Good looking pontiffs

infinite monkey · 08-18-2011, 03:04 PM

http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?p=751126#post751126

It seems that to be Pope, you have to be good looking. Or at least passable.

I don't know though. As I pointedly (and I don't just mean the hat) peruse pictures of pontiffs, it seems that there have been some pontiffs that only a mother could love. The mother of jebus, anyway.

Pope Paul V looks like Satan. Pope Pius VII might not be too bad, but he looks stoned. Pope Gregarious XVI looks like Mr Hurley from Three's Company, and Pope Pius XII totally looks jewish.

infinite monkey · 08-18-2011, 03:08 PM

What's a girl to do, you might ask, when pondering procuring a pleasing-looking pontiff?

Don't give up. Pope Pius X looks OK, in a Father Knows Best or Ward Cleaver kind of way. You just want to sit on his lap and have him tell you a little parable.

And the current pope, Pope Benedict XVI, isn't bad a'tall, for a pope. And, he's alive!

infinite monkey · 08-18-2011, 03:15 PM

More popes here!

monster · 08-18-2011, 04:37 PM

can we get some pope on a rope?

Rhianne · 08-18-2011, 05:58 PM

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Clodfobble · 08-18-2011, 06:00 PM

Which was the one who was in his twenties, and died mid-orgy? He's my favorite.

Sundae · 08-18-2011, 11:58 PM

Jeremy Irons?
Oh, no. He's older than that.

infinite monkey · 08-19-2011, 07:53 AM

I prefer a pope in a pizza.

Sundae · 08-19-2011, 08:22 AM

I reread a really rubbish book last week.
NO IDEA where it was from originally, took it to Wales because I couldn't remember reading it.

BUT it introduced me to the concept of St Malachy's prophecies.
Apparently they have predicted all the recent Popes (for apparently read spuriously) and we are waiting now for Peter the Roman who will oversee the end of the world. Or Rome. And that might well come in my lifetime I admit. Hey, Silvio?

Crimson Ghost · 08-22-2011, 02:32 AM

Pope Benedict XVI, or as I like to call him, Joey Rats, looks like Emperor Palpatine.

chrisinhouston · 08-27-2011, 03:26 PM

I nominate Pope Formosus who looked bad enough in life (image 1) but looked far worse in death (image 2) when he was put on trial by his successor, Pope Stephen VI (image 3).

Stephen is chiefly remembered in connection with his conduct towards the remains of Pope Formosus. He wasn't real happy with some of Formosus action as Pope and had the rotting corpse of Formosus exhumed and put on trial, in the so-called Cadaver Synod in January 897.

With the corpse propped up on a throne, a deacon was appointed to answer for the deceased pontiff. The corpse was found guilty, stripped of its sacred vestments, deprived of three fingers of its right hand (the blessing fingers), clad in the garb of a layman, and quickly buried. Later it was then re-exhumed and thrown into the Tiber.

Things used to be so much more interesting in the papacy.

08-18-2011, 03:04 PM	#1
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Good looking pontiffs http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?p=751126#post751126 It seems that to be Pope, you have to be good looking. Or at least passable. I don't know though. As I pointedly (and I don't just mean the hat) peruse pictures of pontiffs, it seems that there have been some pontiffs that only a mother could love. The mother of jebus, anyway. Pope Paul V looks like Satan. Pope Pius VII might not be too bad, but he looks stoned. Pope Gregarious XVI looks like Mr Hurley from Three's Company, and Pope Pius XII totally looks jewish. Attached Images Last edited by infinite monkey; 08-18-2011 at 03:15 PM.

08-18-2011, 03:08 PM	#2
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	What's a girl to do, you might ask, when pondering procuring a pleasing-looking pontiff? Don't give up. Pope Pius X looks OK, in a Father Knows Best or Ward Cleaver kind of way. You just want to sit on his lap and have him tell you a little parable. And the current pope, Pope Benedict XVI, isn't bad a'tall, for a pope. And, he's alive! Attached Images

08-18-2011, 04:37 PM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	can we get some pope on a rope? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-18-2011, 05:58 PM	#5
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	. Attached Images

08-18-2011, 06:00 PM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Which was the one who was in his twenties, and died mid-orgy? He's my favorite. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-18-2011, 03:15 PM	#3
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	More popes here!

08-18-2011, 11:58 PM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Jeremy Irons? Oh, no. He's older than that.

08-19-2011, 07:53 AM	#8
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I prefer a pope in a pizza. Attached Images

08-19-2011, 08:22 AM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I reread a really rubbish book last week. NO IDEA where it was from originally, took it to Wales because I couldn't remember reading it. BUT it introduced me to the concept of St Malachy's prophecies. Apparently they have predicted all the recent Popes (for apparently read spuriously) and we are waiting now for Peter the Roman who will oversee the end of the world. Or Rome. And that might well come in my lifetime I admit. Hey, Silvio?

08-22-2011, 02:32 AM	#10
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Pope Benedict XVI, or as I like to call him, Joey Rats, looks like Emperor Palpatine. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

08-27-2011, 03:26 PM	#11
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	I nominate Pope Formosus who looked bad enough in life (image 1) but looked far worse in death (image 2) when he was put on trial by his successor, Pope Stephen VI (image 3). Stephen is chiefly remembered in connection with his conduct towards the remains of Pope Formosus. He wasn't real happy with some of Formosus action as Pope and had the rotting corpse of Formosus exhumed and put on trial, in the so-called Cadaver Synod in January 897. With the corpse propped up on a throne, a deacon was appointed to answer for the deceased pontiff. The corpse was found guilty, stripped of its sacred vestments, deprived of three fingers of its right hand (the blessing fingers), clad in the garb of a layman, and quickly buried. Later it was then re-exhumed and thrown into the Tiber. Things used to be so much more interesting in the papacy. Attached Images

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