Interesting Facts about Holy See

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3 curious facts about Holy See.

• On April 19, German cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was named the new pope. Pope Benedict XVI is known as an accomplished scholar of theology and is considered an archconservative in his religious views.
• The term Vatican was used in ancient times to identify the marshy area on the right bank of the Tiber River, between the Milvio Bridge and the present Sixtus Bridge.
• During the monarchy and the republican age, this geographic area was known as Ager Vaticanus.