Sometimes a newly-elected pope will give some back story about why hes chosen the name hell use and sometimes they dont.

Do popes choose their names. The earliest popes did not choose a different name once they took the papal throne. 82 rows A papal name or pontificial name is the regnal name taken by a popeBoth. The last pope to use his real name was Adrian VI in 1522 he was also the.

Are there popes that are. It is probably connected to their confirmation name. This pontiff was a Roman by birth who was named Mercurius after the Roman god Mercury.

After his death in 956 popes began using an alias known as a regnal name on a regular basis. Other times a new pope would choose a name to honor a. When I was confirmed into the Catholic Church I was to choose a confirmation name of a Saint.

No they do not choose from a list. The first pope to change his name did so in the Sixth Century because he was named after the Roman god Mercury and he thought it inappropriate to carry that name as pope. His son Akihito has chosen the name Heisei Peace Growing.

Since John II its believed that all popes have chosen a new name often assuming the name of a previous pope whom they admired or whose work they hoped to. Above all it is a name they choose and is not something that is given to them from someone else. Pope DominicI like the ring of that but I pray Im not given that job.

After that some popes changed their names and some did not. He chose to be called John II. Or with John Paul II if his inspiration.