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Various rites and cermonies for the burial of a pope, including the catafalque during the funeral and the funeral procession. Engraving by B Picart, 1724.

The supper of Saint Gregory. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Vasari.

An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1735.

M0017127: Pope Clement XI giving orders to publish <i>Metallotheca</i>, 1719

An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.

Cardinal Pecci, the Camerlengo, verifying the death of Pope Pius IX. Wood engraving, 1878.

The Pope, the devil and the Young Pretender lie prostrate near the coffin of the Duke of Cumberland lined with two rows of lit candles and mourning figures. Engraving by WW. after J.C., 1765.

Saint Cornelius, Pope. Line engraving by F.A. Ludy.

Burdett, Peel, O'Connell and Wellington in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull with a rope; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by A. Sharpshooter, 1829.

Wellington and Peel, in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching, 1829.

Jesus and the apostles pass judgement on the dead, who emerge from square holes in the ground. Etching.

Donner un avis sur le préservatif quand on est Pape c'est une conviction religieuse ou c'est parler sans connaître? / Libération, l'info est un combat.

Buon appetito, your holiness / Mariangela Rinaldi and Mariangela Vicini ; translated from the Italian by Adam Victor.

Nine physiognomies of popes and prelates. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.

The Oxford dictionary of Popes / J.N.D. Kelly.

A pope with a model of St Peter's enthroned on clouds, threatening a dragon with a spear; representing the Roman Catholic church fighting againsy heresy. Engraving by C. Grandi after A. Orazi.

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An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.

Buon appetito, your holiness / Mariangela Rinaldi and Mariangela Vicini ; translated from the Italian by Adam Victor.

Nine physiognomies of popes and prelates. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.

The Oxford dictionary of Popes / J.N.D. Kelly.

A pope with a model of St Peter's enthroned on clouds, threatening a dragon with a spear; representing the Roman Catholic church fighting againsy heresy. Engraving by C. Grandi after A. Orazi.

Popes

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An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.

Buon appetito, your holiness / Mariangela Rinaldi and Mariangela Vicini ; translated from the Italian by Adam Victor.

Nine physiognomies of popes and prelates. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.

The Oxford dictionary of Popes / J.N.D. Kelly.

A pope with a model of St Peter's enthroned on clouds, threatening a dragon with a spear; representing the Roman Catholic church fighting againsy heresy. Engraving by C. Grandi after A. Orazi.

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