SC 145 'The Pope who Quit' St. Celestine V

The SaintCast - Catholic Saints on Call by Paul Camarata

Feb 28, 201356:04Music

Prior to Pope Benedict XVI, over 700 years ago, one man resigned the papacy at age 84 and was canonized a saint a short while later. Peter Angelerio, otherwise known as Pope Celestine V was a saintly monk who was chosen...

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