Weatherday: Il Papa del Sorriso

Dull and damp start. Some light rain and drizzle possible. Brighter with sunny spells in the afternoon.

Highest temperatures of 14deg in southerly light breezes shifting westerly.

On this day in 1978, Pope John Paul I died after just 33 days in office, the shortest reign in the history of the Papacy. 

(Headline: John Paul I was known as The Smiling Pope.)

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