Saint Pope John Paul II #2
by Dick Bobnick
Title
Saint Pope John Paul II #2
Artist
Dick Bobnick
Medium
Painting - Gouache On Illustration Board
Description
Detail of my lartger portrait of St. Pope John Paul II, formerly known as cardinal Karol Jozef Wojtyla, the first Polish Pope. Elevated to the Papacy in 1978 he was the second longest serving Pontiff, a reign of 27 years, 1978- 2005. He was a leader in ending Communism in Poland along with American president, Ronald Reagan. He was a founder along with Polish preident, Lech Walesa, of the Solidarity movement in Poland. He was a media star, the most popular and most traveled Pope in history able to speak 15 languages fluently and was a former actor and author of many books. He was canonized a saint in the Roman Catholic Church is 2014 after much study into his life and the validation of two miracles attributed personally to him.
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