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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Vatican: Aerial View

Today I got seven postcards: two from the Vatican, my first three cards from Monaco and two from Italy.

One of the cards from the Vatican shows the Vatican from above.


With nice stamps:
Canonisation of Pope John Paul II (issued 21-03-2014)
It is a joint issue with Poland.
The civic name of Pope John Paul II is Karol Józef Wojtyła. He was born in Wadowice, Poland, on 18th May 1920. He became the pope on the 16th October 1978 after Pope John Paul I died. He was the first Slavic pope. He died on 2nd April 2005 and his follower became Benedict XVI. He was canonised in 2014. 
50th death anniversary of Pope John XXIII (issued 12-06-2013)
The civic name of Pope John XXIII is Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli. He was born in Sotto il Monte, Italy, on 25th November 1881. He became the pope on the 28th October 1958 after Pope Pius XII died. In 1962 he opened the Second Vatican Council. He died on 3rd June 1963 and his follower became Paul VI. He was canonised in 2014.


Thank You very much William!

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