Pope John XXI is elected Pope.

Pope John XXI

Head of the Catholic Church from 1276 to 1277

Pope John XXI, born Pedro Julião, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 September 1276 to his death in May 1277. He is the only ethnically Portuguese pope in history. He is sometimes identified with the logician and herbalist Peter of Spain, which…