New pope chooses Leo as name, here's how common that is

New pope chooses Leo as name, here's how common that is

No pope has been named Leo since the early 1900s.

Whenever a new Pope is elected, he usually abandons his old name and chooses a papal name that will be remembered for all time.

It was one of the most anticipated moments: when the cardinal protodeacon, Dominique Mamberti, announced that "Habemus Papam!" and, before the new Holy Father went out to the lodge, revealed the name imposed by the successor of Saint Peter: after proclaiming that Robert Prevost was the new Pope, he pronounced, for the first time, the name of Leo XIV.The previous Pope who had called himself Lion - Leo XIII- was the Italian Gioacchino Vincenzo Raf…

The name Leo is the fourth most common name chosen by popes. Also popular among cardinals is the name Clement, but more beloved and common are the names…More...

The new pope, Robert Francis Prevost, chose to call himself Leon – from the Latin “Leo” – who is associated with courage and strength, but also nobility and who 13 pontiffs have carried, and is the sixth most used. “It is synonymous with popes who face governments,” Father Felo Méndez told Telenoticias. THE NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES Italian: Leone English: Leo Spanish: Leon In fact, one of the most recognized “Leones”: Saint Leo, the Magno (44…