pontiff• He is the 131st pontiff in a line dating back to the fourthcentury.• The Romans had an old tradition of chronicling which was kept in the hands of aristocraticpontiffs.• Such an arrangement could only work if the pontiff and his people remained in absoluteaccord.• At any rate the pontiffs of that region, Etruria, were not exerting strong pressure.
Originpontiff
(1500-1600)Frenchpontif, from Latinpontifex“member of the council of priests in ancient Rome”, probably from pons“bridge” + facere“to make”