The Fact Site - The youngest Pope in history was Pope Benedict IX who was 11 years old at the time of election. He is also the only person to have been
Curious PH - History 101: The youngest pope in history Pope Benedict IX According to "The Catholic Encyclopedia", a series of books published in the early 1900s, Benedict was about 20 years
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