{"slug": "pope-benedict-xvi", "label": "Pope Benedict XVI", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2494", "qid": "Q2494", "description": "265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1415, 2023], "span_label": ["1415 CE", "2023 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "pope-gregory-xii", "label": "Pope Gregory XII", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pope-john-paul-ii", "label": "Pope John Paul II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vatican-city", "label": "Vatican City", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-francis", "label": "Pope Francis", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1415, "year_label": "1415 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – Pope Gregory XII officially opens the Council of Constance, and then abdicates. He is the last pope to resign, until Pope Benedict XVI in 2013.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371593286#July–September", "title": "1415", "revid": 1371593286, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1927, "year_label": "1927 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 16", "text": "April 16 – Pope Benedict XVI (d. 2022)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370012373#March–April", "title": "1927", "revid": 1370012373, "section": "Births › March–April"}}, {"year": 2005, "year_label": "2005 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 2", "text": "April 2 – Pope John Paul II dies; over four million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him. Pope Benedict XVI succeeds him on April 19, becoming the 265th pope.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368527363#April", "title": "2005", "revid": 1368527363, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2013, "year_label": "2013 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 28", "text": "February 28 – Benedict XVI resigns as pope, becoming the first to do so since Gregory XII in 1415, and the first to do so voluntarily since Celestine V in 1294.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373160550#February", "title": "2013", "revid": 1373160550, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 31", "text": "December 31 – Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at the age of 95, with his funeral being held in St. Peter's Square, presided over by Pope Francis and Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#December", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 31", "text": "December 31 – Pope Benedict XVI, 95, German Roman Catholic prelate and theologian (Introduction to Christianity), pope (2005–2013), archbishop of Munich and Freising (1977–1982), cardiogenic shock from respiratory failure.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369340474", "title": "Deaths in December 2022", "revid": 1369340474, "section": "Deaths › December"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – The funeral of Pope Benedict XVI is held at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City. The funeral was attended by an estimated 50,000 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#January", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › January"}}]}