10 April 2025

 Lentorama 2025: Perfunctory Popes

Day 33: Lando

I'll take a second so you can get the Star Wars jokes out of your system.



OK.

Lando hailed from Cloud City on Bespin...

Sorry.

Lando was born into a noble Lombard family, and that's about all we know of him prior to becoming pope. He served for somewhere between 4 and 6 months, with most sources tending towards the longer period. The one notable thing about him is that he was the last pope before Francis to have a unique name without regnal number, a run of just about 1100 years. 

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