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Which Pope had the shortest reign?

   Pope Urban VII
   Pope Boniface VI
   Pope Pius III
   Pope John Paul I

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Answer: Pontificates with the shortest reign:
Urban VII (September 15th-27th 1590): 13 days
Boniface VI (April 869):16 days
Celestine IV (October 25th - November 10th 1241): 17days
Theodore II (December 897): 20 days
Sisnnius (January 15th - February 4th 708): 21 days
Marcellus II (April 9th - May 1st 2555): 22 days
Damasus II (July 17th - August 9th 1048): 24 days
Pius III (September 22nd - October 18th 1503): 27days
Leo XI (April 1st - April 27th 1605): 27 days
Benedict V (May 22nd - June 23, 964): 33 days
John Paul I (August 26th - September 28, 1978): 33 days

Information source: Timeline Of The Popes written by Gordon Kerr (copyright 2013)

Vatican Notes has several articles on Pope John Paul I:
Joseph Lo Preiato, In Memoriam Pope John Paul I 1913-1978 Vatican Notes Volume 27, Issue 3, 1978, Page 3
James C. Hamilton, Pope John Paul I: Historic Sede VacanteVatican Notes Volume 63, Issue 365, 2015, Page 34-35
James C. Hamilton, The Year of Three Popes - Part III, John Paul I - An Interrupted Pontificate Vatican Notes Volume 66, Issue: 377, 2018, Page 28-37



Pope John Paul I
Scott # 642-644(1978)