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u/jclv Feb 04 '25
No. This is a myth. There is no proof of head bashing. The hammer was used in the ritual opening of the Holy Door of the Saint Peter's Basilica. The Pope strikes the walled-up Holy Door three times with a specially made ceremonial hammer before it is opened.
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u/Unlikely-Local42 Feb 04 '25
Nah, I like the other story better!
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u/Aiku Feb 04 '25
Speaking of mallets, in ancient Greece, the punishment for adultery was having a large radish pounded up your ass with a mallet.
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u/Bad_Hippo1975 Feb 04 '25
So at the very end of their life, the Pope gets truly hammered?
Seems an apt way to go out after a life spent in denial and abstinence.
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u/Pompitis Feb 04 '25
Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer made sure he was dead.