5 Films & TV Shows Set In Holy See During The Middle Ages

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  Pope Joan

  🇻🇦 Holy See 🇩🇪 Germany The 9th Century

  A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.

  Released in 2009 • 149 minutes
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  The Conclave

  🇻🇦 Holy See The 14th Century

  In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turk, eighteen cardinals meet to elect a new pope. Rodrigo Borgia, a 27 year old cardinal learns to play a very dangerous game.

  Released in 2006 • 100 minutes
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  Brother Sun, Sister Moon

  🇻🇦 Holy See 🇮🇹 Italy The 13th Century

  This is a dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.

  Released in 1972 • 135 minutes
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  Pope Joan

  🇻🇦 Holy See The 9th Century

  Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is questionable that Pope Joan really did exist, and portrays her relationships with other notables of the time.

  Released in 1972 • 105 minutes
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  The Agony and the Ecstasy

  🇻🇦 Holy See 🇮🇹 Italy The 16th Century

  From the age of magnificence comes a new magnificence in motion pictures. — Charlton Heston stars as Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II in this epic adaptation of Irvine Stone's novel directed by Carol Reed. While the novel covers Michelangelo's life from birth to death, the film focuses on the battle of wills between the perfectionist artist and the impatient Pope who commissions (and eventually commands) him to paint the famed chapel.

  Released in 1965 • 138 minutes