Mysteriously the life and the death of John Paul II are both strongly marked by the number 13! …
First, the date of his death corresponds exactly to the numerical code 13:
Death on April 2nd, 2005 or 04/02/2005 ⇒ 4 + 2 + 2 + 5 = 13
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Even the precise hour of its death wears the mark 13:
Death arisen at 9:37 pm or , 21h 37 , the Vatican time ⇒ 2 + 1 + 3 + 7 = 13
• Year week at its death : 13th week of year 2005 (Death arisen at the start of April)
• Age at death 85 years (1920-2005) ⇒ 8 + 5 = 13
• His successor Benedict XVI (Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) is the 265th Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church
265 ⇒ 2 + 6 + 5 = 13
• Week day of the appearances at Fatima of Mary: always the 13th of the month
• Karol Józef Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) was born on May 18, 1920 :
• 05/18/1920 ⇒ 5 + 1 + 8 + 1 + 9 + 2 = 26 = 13 x 2
• In the numerology Starter 13, that is A=13, B=14, C=15, ... , Y=37, Z=38, we have:
Karol Józef Wojtyla = 429 = 13 x 33
John Paul II = 193 + 2 = 195 = 13 x 15
• His mother died on April 13th, 1929 .
• October 13, 1946 Karol Wojtyla became Sub-diaconate
• On January 13, 1964, he was nominated Archbishop of Cracow by Pope Paul VI, who made him a cardinal June 26 [13 x 2], 1967 .
• Elected Pope on October 16, 1978 , at the age of 58 years ⇒ 5 + 8 = 13
• John Paul II was first non-Roman Pope since 455 years ⇒ 455 = 35 x 13
• The attempt against the Pope Jean-Paul II took place on May 13th, 1981 , at the place Saint Pierre.
• The young turk Mehmet Alì Agca who made an attempt on the Pope's life has 13 letters in his full name.
• His pontificate lasted 26 years, that is 13 x 2.
• He leaves behind him 117 cardinals-voters who will have to choose his successor by two-thirds majority; 117 = 9 x 13
• On April 4th, 2005, was held the very first meeting of the cardinals after the death of the Pope; the number of cardinals present in this important session was 65, that is 5 x 13.
• Cardinals have fixed to April 18 the starting date of the Conclave for election of the new pope, at the Sistine Chapel (13 letters); April 18 or 04/18 ⇒ 4 + 1 + 8 = 13
• The election of the new Pope Benedict XVI (born Jozef Ratzinger on April 16, 1927) was announced on April 19, 2005 by:
* White smoke began to pour from the Sistine Chapel's chimney at 5:50 p.m. (Vatican time); but at that time no bells were heard confirming a pope's election, contrary to the planned simultaneous occurence.
5:50 p.m. or 17h 50 ⇒ 1 + 7 + 5 + 0 = 13
* At 6:04 p.m., about 15 minutes after the smoke began to rise out, the bells of the basilica began to peal.
6:04 p.m. or 18h 04 ⇒ 1 + 8 + 0 + 4 = 13
• Benedict XVI, elected at age 78 , is the oldest cardinal to become pope since Clement XII in 1730, who, like Ratzinger, was elected at age 78.
78 = 13 x 6
At the time of the 2005 Conclave, Ratzinger was one of only 14 remaining cardinals appointed by Paul VI, and one of only three of those under the age of 80 and thus eligible to participate in that conclave.
• In the basic ordinal numerology (A=1, B=2, C=3, ... , Y=25, Z=26):
Benedict = 62 and Benedict XVI = 62 + 16 = 78 = 13 x 6
French Benoît = 65 = 13 x 5
• Besides, in Starter 13 alphanumeric encoding (A=13, B=14, C=15, ... , Y=37, Z=38):
Josephum Ratzinger = 429 = 13 x 33 (Josephum is Latin for Joseph)
• Ratzinger was appointed Archbishop of Munich on May 28, 1977, and he was subsequently made a Cardinal by Pope Paul VI on June 27, 1977.
* May 28, 1977 or 05/28/1977 ⇒ 5 + 2 + 8 + 1 + 9 + 7 + 7 = 39 = 13 x 3
* June 27, 1977 or 06/27/1977 ⇒ 6 + 2 + 7 + 1 + 9 + 7 + 7 = 39 = 13 x 3
• His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI is the first German pontiff since 949 years; the last German pope being Victor II (born Gebhard, Count of Calw, pope from 1055 to 1057).
949 = 13 x 73
• Before his first appearance at the balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica after becoming pope, he was announced by the Cardinal Medina Estévez, protodeacon of the College of Cardinals.
Medina Estévez = 13 letters
• On Friday 13th May 2005, speaking in Latin at the basilica of St John Lateran, Pope Benedict XVI announced that the rule of waiting five years after a potential saint's death before the initial process of beatification can start was to be waived in the case of his predecessor John Paul II [see Benedict XVI paves way for John Paul to be made a saint, by Peter Popham in The Independent News Paper and Vatican, Pope'speech to the Clergy of Rome (May 13, 2005), DISCORSO DI SUA SANTITÀ BENEDETTO XVI AL CLERO DI ROMA ]. Pope Benedict's decision to accelerate the process for beatifying Karol Wojtyla came on the 24th anniversary of the attempted assassination of John Paul II by Mehmet Alì Agca, which also happens to be the saint's day of the Madonna of Fatima, whose devotion was close to the late pontiff's heart.
