Andreas, a Jew who having converted to Roman Catholicism proved himself so devout that he eventually became Pope.
Huh
>Andreas, a Jew who having converted to Roman Catholicism proved himself so devout that he eventually became Pope.
Huh
I'm not Catholic expert. You got anything?
I'm not Catholic expert. You got anything?
Nope. It just seems subversive. Makes the jewdar tingle.
Nope. It just seems subversive. Makes the jewdar tingle.
> Jewish pope Andreas is a legend about a Jewish pope. The 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia writes: "According to an old Spanish document discovered among some penitential liturgies by Eliezer ben Solomon Ashkenazi, the editor of "Ṭa'am Zeḳenim" (Frankfurt am Main, 1854), Andreas was a Jew who, upon becoming a Christian, distinguished himself so markedly as to become successively cardinal and then pope.
[from wikiwand](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Jewish_pope_Andreas)
>> Jewish pope Andreas is a legend about a Jewish pope. The 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia writes: "According to an old Spanish document discovered among some penitential liturgies by Eliezer ben Solomon Ashkenazi, the editor of "Ṭa'am Zeḳenim" (Frankfurt am Main, 1854), Andreas was a Jew who, upon becoming a Christian, distinguished himself so markedly as to become successively cardinal and then pope.
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