Biographical dossier
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II is classified in the historical people index as RELIGIOUS FIGURE. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:person:person:wd:Q989
- Catalogue ID
- person:wd:Q989
- Wikidata ID
- Q989
- Occupation class
- RELIGIOUS FIGURE
- Life span
- AD 1920–AD 2005
- Birth anchor
- Wadowice (AD 1920)
- Death anchor
- Apostolic Palace (AD 2005)
- HPI
- 89.12941075278593
Chronological record
The dataset places the life between AD 1920 and AD 2005. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.
Geographic anchors
Birth: Wadowice (AD 1920). Death: Apostolic Palace (AD 2005).
Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.
Historical role
The source assigns the broad occupation class RELIGIOUS FIGURE. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.
Source and identity method
Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 11.032380660494088.
Research questions
- Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
- Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
- How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
- Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?
Phase II — source-led historical deepening
Historical horizon
John Paul II’s pontificate combines global pastoral travel, opposition to communist regimes, doctrinal and moral teaching, the 1983 Code and the 1992 Catechism. The profile distinguishes personal influence from the formal authority of promulgated texts.
Primary-source path
- Redemptor hominis
- Veritatis splendor
- Evangelium vitae
- Fides et ratio
- 1983 Code of Canon Law
- Catechism of the Catholic Church
Geography and institutions
Birth anchor: Wadowice; Death anchor: Apostolic Palace The map anchors support navigation, but no point is treated as the whole extent of a ministry, kingdom, journey or later cult.
Connected study paths
This layer expands the catalogue entry without turning later reception into contemporary evidence. Confessional judgements, historical claims and uncertain traditions remain explicitly distinguishable.