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Yeah, he'd definitely have to change that.
Odds on the Next Papal Name
[list][*]Pope Peter II: evens
(Sucker's bet here, as tradition reserves this name for the original only, and it would be the historic height of arrogance to proclaim yourself Pedro Dos.)[/*:m]
[*]Pope Pius XIII: 4/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope John Paul III: 5/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Benedict 12/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope John XXIV: 12/1
(To take the name of the reformer every reform advocate loves? The media would plotz!) [/*:m]
[*]Pope Leo XIV: 16/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Paul VII: 16/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Joseph/Josephius I: 16/1
(A pretty low odds point for what would be a debut.)[/*:m]
[*]Pope Clement XV: 25/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Gregory XVII: 25/1
(This would put Gregory ahead of Benedict into second place among the most popular papal names. The last Greg, who died in 1846, was a strong traditionalist, and much hay would be made if a successor chose it now)[/*:m]
[*]Pope Anthony I: 33/1
(As with Joseph, this would be a debut. Paddy Power seems to give weight to names that have a strong Italian tradition if not a strong papal one.)[/*:m]
[*]Pope Julius IV: 33/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Nicholas VI: 33/1
(A daring choice if you want to present yourself as a protector of children.)[/*:m]
[*]Pope Luke I: 33/1
(I don't know if Paddy means this as a debut or a re-continuance of the line of Lucius, in which case the nu pope would be Lucius IV.)[/*:m]
[*]Pope Matthew I: 33/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Patrick I: 33/1
(Peter de Rosa wrote an excellent novel called Pope Patrick about an obscure and humble Irish cardinal attending a conclave to elect a successor to an ancient John Paul II and getting elected after a dozen ballots as a compromise choice. I recommend.)[/*:m]
[*]Pope Andrew I: 40/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Augustine: 40/1
(An excellent choice if you're betting on a debut.)[/*:m]
[*]Pope Celestine VI: 40/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Felix VII: 50/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Franciscus I: 40/1 (Would be revolutionary.)[/*:m]
[*]Pope Theodore III: 40/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Urban/Blessed Urban IX: 40/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Alexander IX: 50/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Boniface X: 50/1
(It'd be cool to have a nice round X. It'd also have forbidden, bad-ass Malcolm X ring to it.)[/*:m]
[*]Pope Charles I: 50/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Gabriel I: 50/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Honorius V: 50/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Innocent/Blessed Innocent XiV: 50/1
(If he preached at CitiField, would the Mets take 14 out of retirement?)[/*:m]
[*]Pope James I: 50/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Simon I: 50/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Stephen X: 50/1
(Another X!)[/*:m]
[*]Pope Danyon 66/1
(Is this a joke? Some Irish teen idol singer?)[/*:m]
[*]Pope Ignatius 66/1
(A good bet. I don't think they're going to elect a Jesuit, but this name might be an impressive statement of rapprochement with the SJ.)[/*:m]
[*]Pope Adrian VII: 80/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Kenneth I: 80/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Sergius V: 80/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Sixtus VI: 80/1
(Double Six!)[/*:m]
[*]Pope Sylvester IV: 80/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Taine I: 80/1
(What's this about?)[/*:m]
[*]Pope Valentine II: 80/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Victor IV: 25/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Damian I: 200/1[/*:m]
[*]Pope Paddy Power: 500/1[/*:m][/list:u]
I think it'd be a really interesting precedent if he took a female saint's name, perhaps as a second name, like Pope Joseph Mary, or Pope Clement Magdalene. Perfectly common in the European traditional world. Common in religious orders too. But it'd be a shot heard round the world.
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