Pope Leo XXI

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also known as Leo Pappas XXI, the Holy Father, the Pontiff

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Frail, meek, and kindly Pope who presides over Leibowitz's canonization and later receives Francis in private audience, reflecting on the providential irony that the illuminated copy's beauty preserved the original relic.

In A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr., 1960)