Antipope Felix VI, known informally as “the Cat.”
I’m posting without reading the thread, so forgive me if I duplicate another 'Doper’s choice.
I would be Pope Canna, II. Canna was a Welsh saint. Since I hope one day to be beatified, I added the “II” to avoid confusion with the saint. Thus, my pope name is both serious and a pun on my 'Doper handle.
I kind of liked when they had that Fibonacci sequence thing going: John, Paul, John Paul. I was disappointed that John Paul II wasn’t Paul John Paul. Let’s get back to that. I like the idea of the number of names going up by factors of the golden ratio (asymptotically). Next would be John Paul Benedict, followed by Benedict John Paul Benedict and then John Paul Benedict Bendedict John Paul.
Oh, I like it.
Some massively serious changes gotta happen before it becomes a viable choice, but I like your approach.
(BTW, IRL when there may be multiple same-name canonizations what you get is “St. Canna + [Pope/The Great/of Wales/someothermodifier]”; as in St. John the Baptist vs. St. John the Divine, or in California geography, San Luis Rey vs. San Luis Obispo [St. Louis the King / St. Louis the Bishop])
Judas.
One needs a certain degree of pragmatism to get ahead today.
Excellent!
Pope Not So Innocent
That would promptly be explained as “Thadeus” unless you made a very clear proclamation stating you meant “Ischariot”.
I think goth names are hard to beat for sonority, impronunceability and spelling difficulty. Alarica? Never Segismunda, I can’t stand La vida es sueño (“Life is but a Dream”, by Calderón de la Barca), whose protagonist, Prince Segismundo, is the all-time winner for “character in a Spanish-language play that gets on my nerves”. Perhaps Andregoto, which may be the ugliest woman’s name ever, or one with a W (which, being Germanic, would be pronounced B): Wamba, Witerica…
Pope Stormaggeddon.
Slightly more seriously Pope Joanna I.
Pope James, or Pope Otto, or a combination of the two.
No, forget that, it’s likely to lead to a trainwreck.
Seriously, I like the sentiment behind Pope Innocent, but I would prefer it to be sincere rather than ironic. (I don’t like the idea of Pope Fuckschoirboysuptheass at all.)
Thomas I for me too, both for the above reason and because as an agnostic I’d have to be convinced to become “of the faith”.
Pope Pistorious the Stumpy.
I would have to know far more about the history to answer that. What was the significance of XXIII? Did it validate the antipopes or not?
Incidentally, not only is there no chance I could be chosen, there is also no chance that I, a Jewish atheist, would accept. There was a king of France who converted with a line that went something like, “La courone vaut bien une messe”–“The crown is well worth a mass”, but I don’t feel like that.
Pope Buffy, defender against the forces of darkness.
Well, I’m big on free-will so Pope Pelagius, perhaps? At least Pope Arminius! L
More seriously, Pope Jacob (or Jacobus) for Jacob-Israel, Jacob (James) the Brother of Jesus, and C.S. “Jack” Lewis.
I would choose a blue collar, regular guy type name like Larry or Chuck. It also has the advantage that you will always be remembered in church history as Pope Larry I. or Pope Chuck I. Not just another number like Benedict XVII. or Paul VII.
My Paypal name would be Fiduciary I.
How about Malcolm the Tenth?
Well, I think the chance of getting that call is slightly lower than the rest* of Hell freezing over but…
Yep, my first pick too.
If Thomas was out I think I’d be tempted by Pope Martin II… more for reference to the saint than to the first pope of that name.
There would be a considerable temptation however to go with Pope DeMolay. :eek:
*At least according to Dante the Ninth Circle is already frozen.
I thought post 27 was better. 