John XXI

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noun

1. Petrus Hispanus, died 1277, Portuguese ecclesiastic: pope 1276–77.

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For it St. Francis' physicians applied eye bindings, salves, plasters and urina virginis pueri, the sovereign eye wash which later became the favorite collyrium of that great medieval Spanish ophthalmologist who became Pope John XXI.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the most popular works, the "Thesaurus Pauperum," was written by Petrus Hispanus, afterwards Pope John XXI.

From The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 by William Osler

He was made Cardinal Bishop of Tusculum in 1273, and was elected Pope in 1276, taking the name of John XXI.

From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Paradise by Charles Eliot Norton

Occasionally a distinguished scientist like Gerbert, who became Pope Sylvester II, or Petrus Hispanus the well-known physician, who became Pope John XXI, were even made Popes.

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by James J. Walsh

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