Pope Urban X

Pope Urban X

Pope Urban X is a fictional pope created by Voltaire in his book "Candide". Voltaire did this in order to avoid any consequences that would be incurred upon him, for in "Candide" Pope Urban X has a bastard child. Voltaire makes it obvious that this pope is fictional by writing a footnote on the page where the fact of this illegitimate child is made.

"*Notice how exceedingly discreet our author is. There has so far been no Pope called Urban X. He hesitates to ascribe a bastard to an actual Pope. What Discretion! What a tender conscience he shows!" [gutenberg|no=19942|name=Candide]

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