| Oldest four-letter papal name |
New York Times |
25 Oct 2025 |
| Sic Aeneas dicebatur ut qui familiam, patriam, deos coleret |
The Times O Tempora |
11 Oct 2025 |
| Name of 12 popes |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jul 2025 |
| 19th-century ___ IX was Pope for a record 31 years. (4) |
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| Any of 12 popes |
Premier Sunday |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Name of 12 popes |
LA Times Daily |
02 Mar 2025 |
| Name of 12 popes |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Name of 12 popes |
Commuter |
18 Feb 2025 |
| Aptly named pope |
Universal |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Name of 12 popes |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Name of 12 popes |
LA Times Daily |
06 Sep 2024 |
| Name of 12 popes |
Newsday |
11 Aug 2024 |
| Pope with an apt-sounding name |
Universal |
04 May 2024 |
| Name of 12 popes |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2024 |
| Name of 12 popes that sounds like a synonym for "devout" |
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| Devout-sounding name of twelve popes |
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| Wartime pope (4) |
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| Name of 12 popes |
Premier Sunday |
11 Feb 2024 |
| Name of 12 popes |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jan 2024 |
| Name shared by 12 popes |
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| Name of 12 popes |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Sep 2023 |
| Name of 12 popes |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Aug 2023 |
| Any of 12 popes |
LA Times Daily |
11 Mar 2023 |
| Six popes before Francis |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2022 |
| Name for 12 popes |
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| Name of 12 popes |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Name of 12 popes |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jul 2021 |
| Name of 12 popes |
The Washington Post |
02 Jul 2021 |
| Eugenio Pacelli, he was Pope -- XII from 1939 to 1958 |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Pope during WWII |
Newsday |
02 May 2021 |
| Name used by a dozen popes |
Wall Street Journal |
01 May 2021 |
| Name shared by 12 popes |
Premier Sunday |
28 Mar 2021 |
| Eisenhower Era pope |
Newsday |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Papal name last taken in 1939 |
New York Times |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Name for religious leader, holy American |
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| Rome's increasingly spoilt, at first, for choice of popes? |
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| Name of 12 popes |
The Washington Post |
03 Nov 2020 |
| Name of 12 popes |
LA Times Daily |
03 Nov 2020 |
| Name of 12 popes |
Universal |
13 Oct 2020 |
| __ XIII (HBO role for Jude Law) |
Newsday |
26 Sep 2020 |
| Name of 12 popes |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Sep 2020 |
| Apt papal moniker |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jul 2020 |
| Only name used by three 20th-century popes |
Wall Street Journal |
16 May 2020 |
| Apt name for 12 popes |
USA Today |
06 Apr 2020 |
| Pope with a religious-sounding name |
Universal |
25 Dec 2019 |
| Name of a dozen popes |
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| Name of 12 popes |
USA Today |
20 Nov 2019 |
| WWII-era pope |
USA Today |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Pope during WWII |
USA Today |
26 May 2019 |
| Name of 12 popes |
Newsday |
26 May 2019 |
| Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti, 1792-1878, Pope -- IX |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
19 May 2019 |
| Any of 12 popes |
Universal |
24 Apr 2019 |
| Name of 12 popes |
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| Pope during WWII |
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| Any of 12 popes |
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| Apt-sounding name for a pope |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2018 |
| 12-time papal name |
Premier Sunday |
04 Nov 2018 |
| Name common to 12 popes |
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| Pope is up for review |
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| Any of 12 popes |
Premier Sunday |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Name of a dozen popes |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jun 2018 |
| WWII-era pope |
Newsday |
29 Mar 2018 |
| Any of 12 Vatican leaders |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Feb 2018 |
| Name of a dozen popes |
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| Apt-sounding name for a pope |
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| Pope during World War II |
USA Today |
21 Nov 2017 |
| 12-time Vatican name |
New York Times |
24 Oct 2017 |
| Apt name of 12 popes |
The Washington Post Sunday |
08 Oct 2017 |
| __ XIII: Title role in "The Young Pope" |
LA Times Daily |
28 Sep 2017 |
| __ XIII: Title role in 'The Young Pope' |
The Washington Post |
28 Sep 2017 |
| Any of 12 popes |
The Washington Post |
08 Sep 2017 |
| Any of 12 popes |
LA Times Daily |
08 Sep 2017 |
| Apt-sounding papal name |
USA Today |
22 May 2017 |
| Name of 12 popes |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Mar 2017 |
| Aptly named pope |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jan 2017 |
| Apt-sounding papal name |
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| Pope during World War II |
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| 12-time Vatican name |
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| Any of 12 popes |
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| Aptly named pope |
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| __ XIII: Title role in "The Young Pope" |
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| Dutiful, to Diocletian |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2016 |
| Name of twelve 34 Down |
Newsday |
03 Jan 2016 |
| Name of 12 popes |
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| Twelve-time papal name |
The Washington Post |
13 Nov 2015 |
| Papal name chosen 12 times |
New York Times |
31 Aug 2015 |
| Name shared by 12 popes |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Aug 2015 |
| Papal name last used in 1958 |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2015 |
| Name shared by a dozen popes |
Wall Street Journal |
15 May 2015 |
| Papal name last used in 1958 |
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| Name of 12 popes |
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| Papal name chosen 12 times |
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| Name shared by a dozen popes |
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| Name shared by 12 popes |
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| Twelve-time papal name |
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| Six before Francis |
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| One of a dozen popes |
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| Name of 12 popes |
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| Any of 12 Popes |
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| Popular papal name |
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| Name shared by 12 popes |
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| One of 12 Popes |
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| Aptly named pope |
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| Name of 12 popes |
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| Name of 13 popes |
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| Common papal name |
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| Any of 12 popes |
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| One of 12 Popes |
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| Any of 12 Popes |
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| Any of 12 popes |
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| Name chosen 12 times by 33 Down |
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| Papal name |
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| Apt name chosen by 12 Popes |
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| __ XII, WWII pope |
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| One of 12 popes |
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| Papal name |
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| Papal name |
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| Name shared by 12 popes |
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| __ XII, WWII pope |
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| One of 12 popes |
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| Name of 12 popes |
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| Papal name |
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| Apt papal name |
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| One of twelve popes, or an antipope |
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| Popular papal name |
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| Name of 12 popes |
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| One of a holy 12 |
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| Appropriate-sounding papal name |
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| One of 12 popes |
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| Papal name |
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| Name of seven of the last 15 popes |
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| Pope's name over half the time in the past 230 years |
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| Papal name |
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| Pope after Hyginus |
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| Name of three 20th-century popes |
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| Papal name |
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| Papal name |
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| Pope with an appropriate-sounding name |
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| Appropriate-sounding papal name |
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| One of 12 popes |
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| Name of three 20th-century popes |
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| Papal name |
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| Name of three 20th-century popes |
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| '50s pope |
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| Name of 12 popes |
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| Name of twelve Popes |
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| Name of twelve popes |
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| Name of three 20th-century popes |
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| Any of 12 popes |
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| Name of 12 popes |
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| Name used by 12 popes |
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| Name of twelve popes |
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| Name of twelve popes |
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| Papal name |
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| Papal name first used in A.D. 140 |
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| Fitting papal name |
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| Repeated Vatican name |
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| One of a holy twelve |
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| One of XII |
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| Apt name for a pope? |
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| 20's-50's papal name |
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| Last Pope to be sainted |
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| Vatican moniker |
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| Saint ____ (early Roman bishop) |
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| Name of many popes |
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| Name of 12 Popes |
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| Vatican name |
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| Pope in W.W. II |
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| Name for a pontiff |
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| Pontifical name |
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| Vatican name |
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| Common Vatican name |
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| Saintly-sounding name |
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| Predecessor of John XXIII |
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| Eugenio Pacelli. |
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| Pope John's predecessor. |
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| ___ XII, Eugenio Pacelli. |
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| Name of 12 Popes. |
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| He was Cardinal Pacelli. |
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| Present Vatican head. |
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| Pope's name. |
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| One of several Popes. |
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| Present Holy Father. |
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| Name meaning dutiful. |
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| ___ XII. |
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| The Pope. |
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| Reverend figure. |
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| Name in the headlines. |
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| ___ XII (leader during WWII) |
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| Pacelli. |
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| Name of many Popes. |
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| Papal name. |
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| Name of twelve Popes. |
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| Vatican name. |
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| Present Pope. |
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| Lateran resident. |
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