Pope Benedict Is The 7th Oldest Pope Since the 1400

It appears 1400 is used because that is the place where we can start to get reliable records.

We also learn if Papa can hang on to 2015 (I think that is likely Or so I hope) he jumps to second place !!!

If he hang on till he is 94 he will be the secnd oldest Pope since 1400 ( an perhaps the oldesd ever !!) by beating out Leo XIII who dies at 93 in 1903.

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