# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pope-john-xxi
# Generated: 2026-09-02T00:27:15.325Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/pope-john-xxi"
name: "Pope John XXI"
slug: "pope-john-xxi"
description: "The only Portuguese pope in history held the throne for eight months before his death — and may have been the sole physician ever to wear the papal tiara."
tagline: "Pope (1276-1277)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Papa_Jo%C3%A3o_XXI_-_Galeria_dos_Arcebispos_de_Braga.png"
gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1215"
deathDate: "1277-05-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  139
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born Pedro Julião around 1215, he rose through the Church while possibly doubling as Peter of Spain, a logician and herbalist whose medical texts circulated widely. On 8 September 1276 he became head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States. His papacy lasted less than a year. He died on 20 May 1277, leaving behind the singular distinction of Portugal's only pope and, if the identification holds, the only doctor to reach the Chair of Peter.