1000 Lire - Pope John Paul II - Vatican 1989 - UNC

1000 Lire silver coin dedicated to Pope John Paul II, Brilliant Uncirculated. This coin is not sold in original packaging. Karol Józef Wojtyla was born on May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. Following the sudden death of Pope John Paul I, on 16 October 1978 Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope with the name of John Paul II. He is the 263th Successor of Peter. The first non-Italian Pope from the sixteenth century. The Pontificate of John Paul II is characterized in particular by apostolic journeys. During his long pontificate he will do more than 140 pastoral visits to Italy and, as Bishop of Rome, he will visit over 300 of the 334 Roman parishes. The apostolic journeys in the world
an expression of the constant pastoral concern of the Successor of Peter for all the Churches
were almost one hundred. Elderly and ill, even towards the last years of his life
during which he lived with Parkinson's disease
Karol Wojtyla has never given up on difficult and demanding journeys.