Pope John Paul II
1920 to 2005
7 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Pope John Paul II across 7 places, from 1982 to 2002. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 1920 to 2 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Pope John Paul II was documented, and when
1982year
United Kingdomattested
“He was the first reigning pope to travel to the United Kingdom, in 1982, where he met Queen Elizabeth II, the Supreme Governor of the Church of England.”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
1995year
Sri Lankaattested
“During his 1995 visit to Sri Lanka, a country where a majority of the population adheres to Theravada Buddhism, John Paul II expressed his admiration for Buddhism.”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
1995year
Philippinesattested
“The Al-Qaeda-funded Bojinka plot planned to kill John Paul II during a visit to the Philippines during World Youth Day 1995 celebrations.”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
2000year
Egyptattested
“In 2000, he was the first modern pope to visit Egypt, where he met with the Coptic pope, Pope Shenouda III, and the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria.”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
March 2000month
Jerusalemattested
“In March 2000, while visiting Jerusalem, John Paul became the first pope in history to visit and pray at the Western Wall.”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
2001year
Damascusattested
“He was the first Catholic pope to visit and pray in an Islamic mosque, in Damascus, Syria, in 2001.”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
May 2002month
Bulgariaattested
“The Pope declared during a May 2002 visit to Bulgaria that the country's Soviet-bloc-era leadership had nothing to do with the assassination attempt.”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
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Places Pope John Paul II is documented in
Damascus1 presence · 2001Egypt1 presence · 2000Jerusalem1 presence · 2000Philippines1 presence · 1995United Kingdom1 presence · 1982
Bulgaria1 presence · 2002
Sri Lanka1 presence · 1995
Other places tied to Pope John Paul II in the record
In each of these, a source puts Pope John Paul II and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Pope John Paul II was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1938year
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Krakówmentioned
“He became close to a girl called Ginka Beer, described as "a Jewish beauty, with stupendous eyes and jet black hair, slender, a superb actress." In mid-1938, Wojtyła and his father left Wadowice and moved to Kraków, where he enrolled at…”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
1938year
Wadowicementioned
“He became close to a girl called Ginka Beer, described as "a Jewish beauty, with stupendous eyes and jet black hair, slender, a superb actress." In mid-1938, Wojtyła and his father left Wadowice and moved to Kraków, where he enrolled at…”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
6 August 1944exact date
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Krakówmentioned
“On 6 August 1944, a day known as "Black Sunday", the Gestapo rounded up young men in Kraków to curtail the uprising there, similar to the recent uprising in Warsaw.”
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6 August 1944exact date
Warsawmentioned
“On 6 August 1944, a day known as "Black Sunday", the Gestapo rounded up young men in Kraków to curtail the uprising there, similar to the recent uprising in Warsaw.”
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1 November 1946exact date
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Krakówmentioned
“After finishing his studies at the seminary in Kraków, Wojtyła was ordained as a priest on All Saints' Day, 1 November 1946, by the Archbishop of Kraków, Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha.”
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26 November 1946exact date
Romementioned
“Sapieha sent Wojtyła to Rome's Pontifical International Athenaeum Angelicum, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, to study under the French Dominican friar Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange beginning on 26 November 1946.”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
1947year
Wojtymentioned
“According to Wojtyła's fellow student, the future Austrian cardinal Alfons Stickler, in 1947 during his sojourn at the Angelicum, Wojtyła visited Padre Pio, who heard his confession and told him that one day he would ascend to "the highe…”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
1947year
Angelicummentioned
“According to Wojtyła's fellow student, the future Austrian cardinal Alfons Stickler, in 1947 during his sojourn at the Angelicum, Wojtyła visited Padre Pio, who heard his confession and told him that one day he would ascend to "the highe…”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
1948year
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Krakówmentioned
“Wojtyła returned to Poland in the summer of 1948 for his first pastoral assignment in the village of Niegowić, from Kraków, at the Church of the Assumption.”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
1948year
Polandmentioned
“Wojtyła returned to Poland in the summer of 1948 for his first pastoral assignment in the village of Niegowić, from Kraków, at the Church of the Assumption.”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
March 1949month
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Krakówmentioned
“In March 1949, Wojtyła was transferred to the parish of Saint Florian in Kraków.”
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28 September 1958exact date
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Krakówmentioned
“Wojtyła accepted the appointment as auxiliary bishop to Kraków's Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak, and he received episcopal consecration (as titular bishop of Ombi) on 28 September 1958, with Baziak as the principal consecrator and as co-con…”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
1959year
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Krakówmentioned
“In 1959, Wojtyła began an annual tradition of saying a Midnight Mass on Christmas Day in an open field at Nowa Huta, the so-called model workers' town outside Kraków that was without a church building.”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
1959year
Nowa Hutamentioned
“In 1959, Wojtyła began an annual tradition of saying a Midnight Mass on Christmas Day in an open field at Nowa Huta, the so-called model workers' town outside Kraków that was without a church building.”
source: Wikipedia: Pope John Paul II
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1982year
12 May 1982exact date
1983year
1989 to 1992period
Documented at the same place, the same year
Ingrid BergmanUnited Kingdom · 1982Anna FreudUnited Kingdom · 1982Philip Noel-BakerUnited Kingdom · 1982Bashar al-AssadDamascus · 2001Alois BrunnerDamascus · 2001Khaled MashalDamascus · 2001
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