An engraving of Pope Joan, a Roman legend that dates from the 11th century, is illustrated in the 17th-century book, “A Present for a Papist: or, The History of the Life of Pope Joan, From her ...

Or my favourite, the legendary Pope Joan, the only female Pope ever elected after disguising herself as a man, and who history has dismissed as, well, a legend.

Pope Benedict exclaimed a prayer for world peace yesterday after viewing a play on the dramatic and passionate life of St. Joan of Arc.