1Іоанн Павло II
№ 1 — Іоанн Павло II. У списках 2 з 5 ШІ; медіанне місце там: 1. The AIs put him first for by far the most journeys, and because he kept travelling into his eighties despite Parkinson's and limited mobility.
А ви знали
John Paul II's travel log counts 248 trips outside the Vatican and Castel Gandolfo: 104 abroad and 144 in Italy. The total was 1,234,613 km, which the article says is 3.24 times the Earth–Moon distance. He spent more than 800 days travelling.
- Що це
- Pope from 1978 to 2005, who travelled abroad more than any other pope.
- Чим сильніший
- About 104–105 journeys, more than twice Francis's 47 and over four times Benedict's 24.
- Кому корисно знати
- Useful for anyone curious how far one person's travelling can go, even when ill.
- Foreign journeys as popeAbout 104–105 journeys
Чому він тут
John Paul II made 104 international journeys during his 27-year pontificate, the highest total among these three popes. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-04/pope-francis-ita-airways-audience-vatican-apostolic-journeys.html — (voice only)
The USCCB reports that he visited 129 countries and logged more than 700,000 miles on those trips. https://www.usccb.org/offices/general-secretariat/important-dates-life-pope-john-paul-ii — (voice only)
Історія
In 1981, a gunman shot John Paul II in St Peter’s Square; after a long hospital stay, he forgave his attacker and resumed his pastoral work. — (voice only)
Що варто врахувати
On his 2003 Slovakia trip, John Paul II had Parkinson's and hip and knee problems. He could not finish his arrival speech for the first time in 102 foreign trips. He used lifts to board planes and a wheeled chair at Mass.
Де дізнатися більше
Open the Holy See's trip statistics page to see John Paul II's journeys by country, continent and date. Start with the list of trips and check the dates and trip length first, since distance totals differ between sources.
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