Italian Peak Named after Pope John Paul II

Politics | May 19, 2005, Thursday // 00:00
Italian Peak Named after Pope John Paul II The late Pope John Paul II visited the Gran Sasso Mountain, the highest mountain in the Appennines, many times during his 26-year-papacy. Photo by www.cathnews.com

An Italian mountain peak was renamed after the late Pope John Paul II on May 18 because it would have been the late pontiff's 85th birthday.

The 2400 metre-high peak is located in the Gran Sasso Mountain, the highest mountain in the Appennines, which John Paul had visited many times during his 26-year-papacy. It was previously known as "The Gendarme".

The pope, an avid mountaineer in his youth, reportedly told pilgrims in St. Peter's Square once that in the Bible, mountains "were considered a special place to meet God."

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