John Paul I

Albino Luciani · 26 Aug 1978 – 28 Sep 1978 · 1 months · died

Thirty-three days. Smiled a lot. Then the conspiracy theories.

Did

Declined the coronation, the first pope in centuries to do so.

Didn't

Last the autumn: died in bed on 28 September 1978, the Vatican's handling of which fed decades of speculation.

From the record

Pope John Paul I was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal history, giving rise to the first year of three popes since 1605. John Paul I remains the most recent Italian-born pope, the last in a succession of such popes that started with Clement VII in 1523. He was the first pope to have been born in the 20th century, as well as the last pope to die in it.

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