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This is the history of the Papal Emperors of Catholic Europe.

The Establishment

Blessed Pope Jamie I

Full name: Jamie (Michael) McArthy
Age at Coronation: 32
Age at death: 80
Born: Dublin, Ireland
Race: Irish

Our first ruler was Pope Jamie I who reigned for 48 years and who lead us to the Middle East from Europe. He died after being crushed by a statue in a bomb blast at the Maria Cathedral (the holiest cathedral in Genesis City), which was set off a by cult religion called Tumba.

He is now viewed in Catholic Europe as a mythical warlike character, much like King Arthur is in England.

He has been declared a martyr by the Church and, as a result, has been beatified

Pope Leo V

Full name: Leo (Thomas Maria) Doherty
Age at Coronation: 35
Age at death: Unknown
Born: Genesis City
Race: Irish

Our second ruler was Pope Leo V. He is infamous as the ‘'Paedophile Pope’'. He reigned for 26 years, during which time he was dogged by stories of paedophilia, which he categorically denied. He then, after returning from a 'paedophile weekend' in Harumf (a now dead nation), staged his own assassination. He was later found to be living in Harumf.

His remains mysteriously turned up in Nag Ehgoeg and are now interred there. The people of Catholic Europe revile Pope Leo V and he is used to scare little children in folk stories.

Pope Urban IX

Full name: Urban (Joao) Felipao
Age at Coronation: 30
Age at death: 47
Born: Yaren
Race: Brazilian

Our third ruler was Pope Urban IX. He reigned for 17 years and was seen as a very strong, determined man. During a state visit to Nag Ehgoeg, which was under rule by the Black Pope then, he was routinely examined and found to have testicular cancer. The Nag Ehgoeg government then commited compulsory euthanasia on him and he died.

The Nag Ehgoeg government, to this day, continues to deny that Pope Urban IX was murdered.

Pope Sidibie I (Saint Sidibie Okocho)

Full name: Sidibie (Obina George) Okocho
Age at Coronation: 42
Age at death: 45
Born: Genesis City
Race: Nigerian

Our fourth ruler was Pope Sidibie I. He was the first black African Pope. He was a strict Catholic and immediately brought in strict, traditional laws - one of which was to expel all Jews and burn those (Jews) who wouldn't leave. He reigned for only 3 years, after the Cardinals had him arrested for heresy and treason. He was burned at the stake.

Pope Sidibie I was declared to be a saint by Pope Emmanuel I, becoming the first Catholic European Pope to be made a saint. He was also declared to be a martyr for the Holy Catholic Faith

The Golden Age

Pope Dominic I

Full name: Dominic (Leon) Brown
Age at Coronation: 21
Age at death: 89
Born: Kingston
Race: Mixed race

Our fifth ruler was Pope Dominic I. He ruled Catholic Europe for the longest amount of time - reaching his golden anniversary and dying in his 68th year of reign, at the age of 89 years (this record has now been broken by Pope Emmanuel I). He was probably our most 'stable' Pope, but he lead us into two wars (more than any other Pope) and people are now starting to think that perhaps he wasn't such a 'stable' and good Pope.

His reign is often viewed as the Golden Age of Catholic Europe, much like the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England - a long and glorious affair which made Catholic Europe the powerful nation that it is today.

Pope Urban X

Full name: Urban (Duilio José) Aguirre
Age at Coronation: 19
Age at death: 48
Born: Tarla
Race: Mexican

Our sixth ruler was Pope Urban X, the great great-grand cousin of Pope Urban IX. He was coronated at the young age of 19, making him the youngest Pope ever (until Pope Cristiano II & Pope Emmanuel I) and he ruled for 29 years.

He was, effectively, a weak leader, much unlike his papal ancestor and his stubborness was to cause the First Civil War.

He was killed during the Civil War of Catholic Europe which saw the military, headed by General Ricardo (later Emperor Ricardo), rise up and try to overthrow the Church. He was killed when a bomb hit a church that he was preying in, in a village called Tarla.

His reign initated simony amognst the Catholic European Church.

Secular Rule

Civil War & Ceasefire

We then entered a period of civil war which lasted about 12 years, until both the Church and General Ricardo, controlling the military, agreed to a ceasefire.

The ceasefire lasted 3 years and was brought to an abrupt end by General Ricardo. Both the Church and himself had travelled to Patrua in order for peace talks to begin but, on the third day, he was completely offended at the idea of a seperate north-eastern Catholic Europe, which would be run by the Church. He left Patrua and in an unprecendented act, crowned himself Emperor Ricardo I of Catholic Europe.

Emperor Ricardo I

Full name: Ricardo (Lorenzo Roberto Maria) Luccessi
Age at Coronation: 45
Age at death: 89
Born: Genesis City
Race: Italian

Emperor Ricardo I was our seventh ruler and reigned for 44 years. Emperor Ricardo's reign brought huge chaos to Catholic Europe. The economy collasped, the people lived in constant fear of their lives due to puritanical laws and Catholic Europe became an outcast of the region.

However, Emperor Ricardo's reign of terror was brought to an end by an assassination. Many people suspect United Elias' FSB as the culprits of his death but there were many high-ranking officers within Emperor Ricardo's army that had a strong hatred for him.

As a result of his reign, the Church gained ultimate power and people have not questioned it since fearing a return to the tyrannical secular days of Emperor Ricardo. This can also explain Catholic Europes severe hatred for secular rule.

The Restoration

Pope Clement XV

Full name: Clement (Ruben Carlos) Torres
Age at Coronation: 30
Age at death: 72
Born: Luis City
Race: Spanish

Pope Clement XV was the seventh Pope and eighth ruler and he ruled for 42 years. After the death of Emperor Ricardo I, the Church took back control of all of the land of Catholic Europe and her 1.411 billion people (the population at the time). Pope Clement XV is seen as a Pope that worsened relations very severely with the other Christian state - The Knights Hospitalars.

He died of shock after the Grand Master came to visit the Pope, asking for forgiveness, and then he (The Grand Master) stabbed himself.

He has come to be viewed as a schismatic Pope by Catholic Europe.

Pope Jamie II

Full name: Jamie (Dermot) McArthy
Age at Coronation: 40
Age at death: 64
Born: Genesis City
Race: Irish

Our eighth Pope and ninth ruler was Pope Jamie II, who ruled for 24 years. A descendant of Pope Jamie I, Catholic Europe's 1st leader, through his mothers side Pope Jamie II was and has become known as the quiet Pope. His time marked stability in Catholic Europe and a withdrawal from active foreign polictics. He died after a brief rift with the Grand Master, when some Knights accidentally murdered him.

His reign is often seen as a regathering of Catholic Europes 'self', preparing for troubles ahead.

Pope Alexander IX

Full name: Alexander (Damani Edward) Ralph
Age at Coronation: 37
Age at death: Unknown
Born: Kingston
Race: Jamaican

Our ninth Pope and tenth ruler was Pope Alexander IX and he ruled for 27 years. His reign marked a huge rift in Catholic European relations with Patrua. Something which had not been seen since Emperor Ricardo's reign. He consistently claimed that the Patruan government was on an atheistic cause against Catholics in Kaduiri and other nations. The situation became so bad that, eventually, he expelled the Patruan ambassador to Catholic Europe.

After further rifts with other leaders within the Church and region, he disappeared, never to be found again.

Views on Pope Alexander IX are often split - some view him as a schismatic whilst others praise him for his condamnation of Patrua and secularism.

Pope Pius XIII

Full name: Pius (Charles Benedict) Greenwood
Age at Coronation: 60
Age at death: 102
Born: Yammas
Race: Mixed race

Our tenth Pope and eleventh ruler was Pope Pius XIII who ruled for 42 years. Pope Pius XIII was a huge change from the previous Pope, Alexander IX. He was much less imperialistic and much more diplomatic, making great effort to improve relations between Catholic Europe and Patrua. He was a wise man and he wrote many books on theology and philosophy. He died at the old age of 102 of a heart attack.

Often viewed as the wise man of Catholic Europe. There have been many calls for his canonization, which the Church is duly investigating.

Pope Gregory XVII

Full name: Gregory (Aiden) Keane
Age at Coronation: 24
Age at death: 51
Born: Genesis City
Race: Irish

Our eleventh Pope and twelfth ruler was Pope Gregory XVII, who ruled for 27 years. Immediately after the death of Pope Pius XIII, he embarked on a tour of the Middle East, hoping to expand on the improvement of relations with other countries begun by Pope Pius XIII. The trip was well received and much of the damage done by Alexander IX was long forgotten. However, his record at home ws not good. He was given the nickname 'Vacation Daddy' as he spent very little time in Catholic Europe. He died of a stroke, although it was later suspected to be an assasination throught poison, implanted into the Pope's food by a militant Patruan atheist.

History has not been kind to Pope Gregory XVII - citing him as a bad Pope who was more concerned with international adulation than business of the Church.

Pope Alexander X

Full name: Alexander (Louis-Marie) Louvez
Age at Coronation: 60
Age at death: 98
Born: Nicolaville
Race: French

Our twelfth Pope and thirteenth ruler was Pope Alexander X, who ruled for 38 years. His reign was a not a very eventful one, although he was an old Pope when he was coronated - 60. He mainly concentrated on home affairs, striving to improve the economy, which had been declining and the education system. He died of old age.

Often seen as a reconciliatory Pope, striving to keep the Church unified but stopped by his old age.

The Reformations

Pope Sidibie II

Full name: Sidibie (Marlon James) Antonio
Age at Coronation: 33
Age at death: 42
Born: Genesis City
Race: Mixed race

Our thirteenth Pope and fourteenth ruler was Pope Sidibie II, who ruled for 9 years. Pope Sidibie II, unlike the other holder of his name, was a liberal, progressive Catholic. He immediately set about modernising and reforming the Catholic Church by holding a council of all Cardinals, bishops and other Church people in Genesis City. Many significant changes to dogma were made there, for example: the Church's stance on contraception and divorce. The radical, liberal changes angered many Priests, especially those that were foreign and rural.

The biggest change, however, was to be the official ordination of women. Talks had begun on this, but, during a lunch break a massive bomb explosion was set off - now thought to have been done by extreme Catholics who were angry at the changes made to the Church. Pope Sidibie II's dream of womans ordination was stopped short and his reign came to a bloody end.

The Church has officially condemned him for his ultra-liberal views and for causing great schism within the Church.

Pope Urban XI

Full name: Urban (Juan Andreas) Chitiva
Age at Coronation: 32
Age at death: 73
Born: Genesis City
Race: Colombian

Our fourteenth Pope and fifthteenth ruler was Pope Urban XI. He ruled for 41 years. Pope Urban XI was a moderate Catholic whose main aim was to re-unite the Catholic Church after the horrendous split which ended the reign of Pope Sidibie II. He stopped all immediate reforms but kept many of them as they were. He also banned all kinds of reform, either back to the old ways or liberal, from occuring. His reign also saw a quiet period in international relations and he maintained this on Catholic Europes behalf. His reign was a period of stability both politically, religiously and economically......until the end of his reign. It would seem that this was merely the calm before the storm. The anti-religious terrorists group ARM re-emerged onto the international scene with the advent of the nation of New Harumf. This terrorist group, helped by both New Harumf, Nag Ehgoeg and possibly other atheist/secular governments assassinated His Holiness - though the Church has never officially confirmed this.

This re-opened the splits between the traditional and progressives within the Church and ultimately who would be the next Pope.

His reign has often been viewed as ineffective and stumbling in issues that needed to be dealt with - ultimately ending in his assasination.

The House of dos Santos Aveiro

Pope John XXIV

Full name: John (Jorge Luis Maria) dos Santos Aveiro
Age at Coronation: 50
Age at death: 88
Born: Kingston
Race: Portuguese

Our fifthteenth Pope and sixthteenth ruler was Pope John XXIV, who ruled for 38 years. He initiated change within the Church and Catholic Europe on quite traditional lines. He disposed of the ban on reform, made by Pope Urban XI, and returned the Tridentine Mass.

Most notably, his reign saw the re-emergence of very bad relations with Patrua. He often accused them of atheist plots and oppression of Catholic peoples. However, this is all his foreign policy was noted for. Other than this, Catholic Europe stepped down from the regional stage and instead the Pope directed a more internal 'approach', where he improved the countries financial situation and laid down clear guidelines as to how everything should be run.

His reign is viewed as the beginning of the modernisation of Catholic Europe as it marks the beginning of the establishment of the House of dos Santos Aveiro's dominance in the Church. Simony took root in his reign to becoming law today.

Pope Cristiano I

Full name: Cristiano (Ronaldo Pedro Luis Maria) dos Santos Aveiro
Age at Coronation: 25
Age at death: 73
Born: Kingston
Race: Portuguese

Our sixthteenth Pope and seventeenth ruler was Pope Cristiano I. He ruled for 48 years. He was a member of Pope John XXIV's family, supposedly a great-nephew. However, on his accession, rumours were abound that he was actually an illegitimate son of Pope John XXIV's. Many people, mostly outside of Catholic Europe, compiled huge evidence proving that His Holiness was an illegitimate child between John XXIV and an opera singer of the Mass. Many point to the fact that John's niece, the supposed mother of Cristiano I, was never actually seen to be pregnant at the time of Cristiano's life in the womb whilst Maria (the alleged mother) disappeared for over a year between showing signs of pregnancy and Cristiano's birth. Pope Cristiano I fervently denied this (as it would make him unable to be Pope) and issued an act against any testing of Pope's for their paternal and maternal lines.

His rule carried on the work of his relative (father or not) and traditionalism continued under the dos Santos Aveiro family - headed by His Holiness. Work also began on a magnificent Cathedral and still continues to this day.

His Holiness, Pope Cristiano I died from mental illnesses which the Church shrouded in secrecy, much like the start of his reign. And, to add to the secrecy, rumours were again abound as his successor came to the Papacy - another dos Santos Aveiro son.

The Church has officially stated that Pope Cristiano I was not a son of Pope John XXIV. Underground opinion holds this to be false.

Pope Cristiano II

Full name: Cristiano (Ronaldo Luis Maria) dos Santos Aveiro
Age at Coronation: 18
Age at death: 38
Born: Kingston
Race: Portuguese

Our seventeenth Pope and eigthteenth ruler was Pope Cristiano II and he ruled for 20 years. With his succession the future of Catholic Europe, abloody and violent one, was sealed. The dos Santos Aveiro dynasty seemed to be complete as the third member became Pope. The Medici family, the second most powerful family in Catholic Europe after that of His Holiness', called this an act of heresy but they were heavly silenced and some members even disappeared - setting the foundations for future events.

His Holiness even passed an act enabling illegitimates to become Pope, further adding fuel to the fire that he and his predecessor/father were illegitimate.

However, the greatest event during his reign was his death. Whilst holding a meeting with bishops at his country retreat, his Holiness was shot dead. Not by a layperson but by a bishop, a Medici bishop - Gianni Medici. This was to cause huge eruption of violence culminating in the War of the Papacy (the Second Civil War). The reason for this was because Pope Cristiano II had never designated an heir (though this was later disputed by the dos Santos Aveiro family) - at least not publicly. The Cardinals thus chose the next Pope and it was not a dos Santos Aveiro member, ending 106 years of dos Santos Aveiro rule.

His death is commonly viewed as a martyrdom and the Church is investigating whether to admit him into the Order of the Faithful Martyrs - which would immediately beatify him.

The Medici Papacy

Pope Roberto I

Full name: Roberto (Matteo Amerigo Emmanuello) Medici
Age at coronation: 33
Age at death: 39
Born: Napoli, Genesis City
Race: Italian

Our eighteenth Pope and nineteenth ruler was Pope Roberto I, ruling for only 6 years. Pope Roberto I was our first Italian Pope and only the second Italian to rule Catholic Europe, the first being the infamous Emperor Ricardo I - His Holiness' reign proved to be just as influential as his Italian ancestor was.

Pope Roberto I's accession to the throne was one of immense interest. His reign stopped the 106 year dynasty of the dos Santos Aveiro family. However, the previous Pope, Pope Cristiano II had been murdered by a cousin of Pope Roberto I's - Bishop Gianni Medici. As a result of the untimely death of Pope Cristiano II, the Cardinals had to choose the next Pope with, knowing that if they did not choose a dos Santos Aveiro son then the country would be plunged into a very fragile state. However, the Cardinals chose a Medici - the arch-rivals of the dos Santos Aveiro family.

Pope Roberto I ruled with a mindset to cautious reform but, after only 6 years, a revenge killing took place and Pope Roberto I was stabbed to death in his sleep by Luis dos Santos Aveiro, a second cousin of Pope Cristiano II. His death plunged Catholic Europe into the brink of war and heralded the start of Cardinal rule.

Many people, especially of the Portuguese population, view his reign as heretical.