popess

Now it is incredible that the appearance of a "popess", if it was an historical fact, would be noticed by none of the numerous historians from the tenth to the thirteenth century.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

That feminist novelists and historians should try to turn the Popess myth into a vehicle for showing that a woman was capable of being pope as well as exposing the cruelty of the male hierarchy is the farthest thing from the point of the original story.

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There is no mention of the popess incident in any contemporary sources not even papal enemies, of which there were always many, neither does she fit chronologically between the reigns of any known popes, not in the ninth century, nor in the twelfth.

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The Orphan's Tales are especially caramel-coated in robot/manticore/popess goodness.

J M McDermott 2008

The Orphan's Tales are especially caramel-coated in robot/manticore/popess goodness.

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According to the latter, the popess was given the choice in a vision, of temporal disgrace or eternal punishment; she chose the former, and died at her confinement in the open street.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

This fable of a Roman popess seems to have had an earlier counterpart at Constantinople.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

In her reign, the story adds, the Ember days were introduced, called therefore the "fasts of the popess".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

One manuscript of his chronicle relates in a different way the fate of the alleged popess: i.e., after her confinement Joan was immediately deposed, and did penance for many years.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Further, is is even less probable that a popess could be inserted in the list of popes about 1100, between Victor III (1087) and Urban II

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913