Pope Joan is not included in the canonical list of Popes!!
The name Joan is the female transliteration of John, Giovanna in Italian, and Juana in Spanish.
Pope Joan was elected to the Papacy in the year 853.
She reigned for 2 years until her disguise was blown when she gave birth during a procession.
Saint Martin Luther, in his Table Talk, states that he saw a commemorative statue of Pope Joan when he visited Roma in 1510:
In Rome, in a public square, there is a stone monument to commemorate the pope who was really a woman and gave birth to a child on that very spot. I have seen the stone myself, and I find it astonishing that the popes permit it to exist. (Luther, Table Talk, p.133).
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