This week, Leo XIV became the first North American pope! But did you know there might have been another historic first — a woman pope? The legend of a female pope has surfaced repeatedly in art and literature across the globe. Swipe to uncover her story ➡️ #ArtUncovered . . . . 🖼️ “Johannae Papisae Bildniss aus Georg Altens Welt-Chronick,” print, c. 1650-1750, Portrait of Pope Joan, bust-length, slightly facing right, wearing tiara and gown, holding Christ in her arms, within rectangular frame; after an illustration from Schedel's 'Weltchronik' Engraving, Paper, © The Trustees of the British Museum, Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence 🖼️ Print; book-illustration, 1539, Pope Joan giving birth during a procession; the female pope surrounded by cardinals at right, the newborn child on the ground; at left the procession and a fool standing behind a column mocking the scene; illustration to an unidentified pub...