Pope Joan and the killer bunny by Karen Chappelow – Â 50x50cm acrylic and ink on canvas ready to hang
There is talk around 855-857 there was once a lover of Pope John XII who at the behest of her lover disguised herself as a man, as she rose through the ministry she ultimately became Pope. One day as she mounted her trusty steed she suddenly gave birth, much to the horror of the adoring crowds. Funny how quickly this adoration changes to binding her feet, tying her to the horse and dragging her through the streets from the Colosseum and where she died and was unceremoniously buried. The route that was taken was then forever a spurned street for any papal parades. There are many references, painting, sculptures of her as there are many in the church that refute she actually existed. One funny response was the use of the seat- the  sedia stercoraria or ‘dung chair’- quite hilariously it was a cardinals job to reach under in the hope of finding 2 testicles  where he would announce   “Duos habet et bene pendentes” (“He has two and they dangle nicely”), I really want this to be true!
Petrarch and early humanist in Renaissance Rome wrote “in Brescia it rained blood for three days and nights. In France there appeared marvelous locusts, which had six wings and very powerful teeth. They flew miraculously through the air, and all drowned in the British Sea. The golden bodies were rejected by the waves of the sea and corrupted the air, so that a great many people died.
— Petrarch, Chronica de le Vite de Pontefici et Imperadori
How wild and these musings are which took me straight away to Monty Python and the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog from the Holy Grail and I do believe it should be included in this story. That very very scary female Pope.
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Pope Joan and the killer bunny by Karen Chappelow – Â 50x50cm acrylic and ink on canvas ready to hang
There is talk around 855-857 there was once a lover of Pope John XII who at the behest of her lover disguised herself as a man, as she rose through the ministry she ultimately became Pope. One day as she mounted her trusty steed she suddenly gave birth, much to the horror of the adoring crowds. Funny how quickly this adoration changes to binding her feet, tying her to the horse and dragging her through the streets from the Colosseum and where she died and was unceremoniously buried. The route that was taken was then forever a spurned street for any papal parades. There are many references, painting, sculptures of her as there are many in the church that refute she actually existed. One funny response was the use of the seat- the  sedia stercoraria or ‘dung chair’- quite hilariously it was a cardinals job to reach under in the hope of finding 2 testicles  where he would announce   “Duos habet et bene pendentes” (“He has two and they dangle nicely”), I really want this to be true!
Petrarch and early humanist in Renaissance Rome wrote “in Brescia it rained blood for three days and nights. In France there appeared marvelous locusts, which had six wings and very powerful teeth. They flew miraculously through the air, and all drowned in the British Sea. The golden bodies were rejected by the waves of the sea and corrupted the air, so that a great many people died.
— Petrarch, Chronica de le Vite de Pontefici et Imperadori
How wild and these musings are which took me straight away to Monty Python and the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog from the Holy Grail and I do believe it should be included in this story. That very very scary female Pope.
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