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Old 04-05-2005, 01:35 PM
adduncan adduncan is offline
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Originally posted by RACooper
Lets see... off the top of my head I know of only three Popes from Africa and refered to as black in the cronicles:
Pope St. Vincent (around 200 AD)
Pope St. Melchiades (around 300 AD)
Pope St. Gelasius (around 400 AD)

Those medevalist and classical courses showing again

*Unfortunately there are no known visual representations of these popes
Pretty much nailed it.

Here's some more information on these three, courtesy of the National Black Catholic Congress:

http://www.nbccongress.org/black-cat...ican-popes.asp

(If you're really into history, don't miss the listings of Black martyrs and saints.)

--add
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