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Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Alois Ratzinger) was born on April 16, 1927 in the village of Marktl am Inn (literally “Little Market” on the “Inn” river) at Southeastern German state of Bavaria. He is the first German pope since Victor II, and the first noted scholar in Theology to be elected pope since Benedict XIV.
