[POPE JOHN PAUL II (Karol Jozef Wojtyła,1920-2005)]. Pastoral Visit of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Jamaica, Merida and Denver, August 9-16, 1993. [Vatican City]: Typus Vaticanus, [1993]. Lot 503

Lot 503

[POPE JOHN PAUL II (Karol Jozef Wojtyła,1920-2005)]. Pastoral Visit of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Jamaica, Merida and Denver, August 9-16, 1993. [Vatican City]: Typus Vaticanus, [1993]. SIGNED BY POPE JOHN PAUL II.

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[POPE JOHN PAUL II (Karol Jozef Wojtyła,1920-2005)]. Pastoral Visit of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Jamaica, Merida and Denver, August 9-16, 1993. [Vatican City]: Typus Vaticanus, [1993].

Large 8vo. Text in English, Spanish and some prayers in Latin. Original gilt-decorated white roan with Papal arms on upper cover, with three attached silk bookmarks; slipcase.

SIGNED BY POPE JOHN PAUL II (“Joannes Paulus PP II”) on the title-page of the Denver service. During his reign, Pope John Paul II ("The Pilgrim Pope") made 104 foreign trips, more than all previous popes combined. The 1993 World Youth Day was held on August 10-15, 1993 in Denver, Colorado. It was the first World Youth Day held in either North America or an English-speaking nation.The event took place in the context of the pope's sixtieth apostolic journey, on which, before reaching Denver, he had stopped in Jamaica and Mexico.

Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota