John Paul II
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- proper noun
- Three hundred and fifty years later, Pope John Paul II apologized to Galileo.
- Pope John Paul II
- the visit of Pope John Paul II
Examples
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The first was Pope John Paul II's visit to Mexico.
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Topping the list is Pope John Paul II.
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And the historical visit of Pope John Paul II to Cuba in 1998 opens.
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Only one will win an all expense paid trip to the Vatican City in Rome, and a private audience with Pope John Paul II.
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A proclamation from Pope John Paul II includes a warning:
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Pope John Paul II, in his speech to Polish bishops on 15 January 1993, said:
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The entire world watched as Pope John Paul II returned to his homeland for a nine-day visit in June 1979.
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the winner of the National Catholic Spelling Championship will fly, all expenses paid, to the Vatican City, in Rome, where he, or she, will have a private audience with Pope John Paul II.
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During a 2001 speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, John Paul II stated, "Globalization, a priori, is neither good nor bad."
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Pope John Paul II was known for his influential role in improving interfaith relations.
Synonyms
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4.2
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005 who was the first to come from Poland
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The birth name of Pope John Paul II
Surface Forms
Morphology
John + Paul + II
The string is transparently composed of two given names plus the Roman numeral 'II', so a learner who knows 'John', 'Paul' and 'II' will understand it as 'John Paul the Second' — i.e., a person's regnal/ordinal name. However, identifying that this specific form refers to the Pope (his papacy and biographical details) requires encyclopedic cultural knowledge beyond the literal meanings of the constituents, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
John Paul II chose the name of two earlier popes, John and Paul, and the 'II' shows he was the second pope to use that combined name. Born Karol Wojtyła in Poland, he was pope from 1978 to 2005 and is remembered for visiting many countries and speaking for peace and human rights.