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Pope Lando (913-14).

A native of the Sabina, and the son of Taino, elected pope seemingly in July or August, 913; d. in February or March, 914, after a reign of a little over six months. Nothing more is known of him except that he was a worthy man, and granted a privilege to a church in his native Sabina.

Liber Pontificalis, II, 239; KERR, Italia Pontificia, II (Berlin, 1907), 73; MANN, Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages, IV, 147 sqq. the new page here.

I rewrote the article to avoid copyright. Since apparently little is known of him, that was fairly easy! Graham Chapman

Where did the idea that Pope Lando was the last to use his given name as his papal name come from? Pope Marcellus II used his real name when he was elected in 1555 -- over 600 years after Pope Lando died. Unless someone comes up with backup for the idea that no popes after Lando used their given names as their papal names, I will delete that from Pope Lando's article. --Joshua, 08 May 2005, 23:34 (UTC).

Or Landus?

I bought a book from one of the Basilicas in Rome that calls this Pope Landus. Is this a mistake, or is it a variant of his name (Latinised rather than Italian)? Should this be mentioned? At least a redirect would be useful as I got no results when I initially searched for 'Landus'.--217.206.93.190 (talk) 11:31, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently both Lando and Landus were used. "Lando" was declined in the third declension (Landonis, Landoni, etc), but it would also be the dative/ablative of "Landus", so that's kind of odd. Here is a page from Liutprand of Cremona that has both forms. Adam Bishop (talk) 12:07, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent! I have added it.--217.206.93.190 (talk) 14:29, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lando was a very common Lombard name. I always assumed he was a Lombard from south-central Italy. In this case, Lando would be the native "nominative" form, declined as if Latin, and Landus would be a further Latinisation, no? Srnec (talk) 03:17, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Probably, there are lots of ultimately Germanic names that were Latinized in the first, second, and (when they end in -o) third declension. Guido is another that also sometimes appeared as "Guidus". Adam Bishop (talk) 13:30, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

lando calrissian

If you read the history of this article, you will see about half the edits have been about Lando in popular culture, or references to Lando Calrissian in some sort or another. See here. Simply linking to Lando Calrissian as a see also link is a much happier compromise.μηδείς (talk) 00:38, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

papal name confusion

I came away from this brief article VERY confused about the naming of the pope; it says: "He did not change his name on his accession." ... "He was the last pope to use a papal name which had not been previously used until Pope John Paul I did so in 1978." But he didn't change his name, so what is this talking about? I think this has become gibberized due to previous edits. I'm not sure what it's trying to say. Heimburg (talk) 23:29, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

They are saying he used his given name, 'Lando,' and was the last pope to not share a name with another pope. Czolgolz (talk) 02:32, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's unencyclopedic trivia that is meaningless in this article. --Kansas Bear (talk) 02:35, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it's unencyclopedic. When the new pope chose the name Francis, several news outlets devoted a lot of time to the fact that he was the first Francis. Czolgolz (talk) 03:22, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There is also confusion with article Pope Francis This is the first time that a pope has been named "Francis" and the first time since Pope Lando's 913–914 reign that a serving pope held a name unused by a predecessor. Pope John Paul I, elected in 1978, took a new combination of already used names, in honour of his two immediate predecessors, John XXIII and Paul VI. --Francisco Valverde (talk) 12:10, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]