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papal name
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Papal name
A
papal name
is the
regnal name
taken by a
pope
. Both the head of the
Catholic Church
, usually known as
the
Pope, and the
Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
(Coptic Pope) choose papal names.
Francis
is the Catholic Pope, and
Tawadros II or Theodoros II
is the Coptic Pope. This article discusses and lists the names of Catholic Popes; another article has a
list of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria
.
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