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'''His Holiness, the Pope''' is the Bishop of Rome, head of the Roman Catholic Church, and ruler of the vanished Papal States. [[Sherlock Holmes]] has had interactions with this illustrious figure on two occasions: once, in 1892, when he was involved in the affair of the Vatican cameos, and again in 1895, when the Pontiff personally hired him to solve the case of the sudden death of Cardinal Tosca.
   
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==Trivia==
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This category is for "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" colection of [[Sherlock Holmes]] short stories by [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]].
 
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* According to the dates of the stories, the Pope Holmes interacted with would have been [[wikipedia:Pope Leo XIII|Leo XIII]]. Leo was well-known for his erudite and intellectual nature, as well as for being both the oldest and the longest-serving pope in history.
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His Holiness, the Pope is the Bishop of Rome, head of the Roman Catholic Church, and ruler of the vanished Papal States. Sherlock Holmes has had interactions with this illustrious figure on two occasions: once, in 1892, when he was involved in the affair of the Vatican cameos, and again in 1895, when the Pontiff personally hired him to solve the case of the sudden death of Cardinal Tosca.

Trivia

  • According to the dates of the stories, the Pope Holmes interacted with would have been Leo XIII. Leo was well-known for his erudite and intellectual nature, as well as for being both the oldest and the longest-serving pope in history.

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