Timeline of fictional stories set in Vatican City

Updated on Dec 31, 2024

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This is a chronology of notable fictional and semi-fictional stories (including films, episodes in TV series, as well as literary works) that are set, either wholly or partially, in Vatican City, Rome. The years listed on the left refer to the year of release of the works.

1960s

1961 - The Agony and the Ecstasy (novel), by Irving Stone

1963 - The Cardinal, starring Tom Tryon

1965 October - The Agony and the Ecstasy (film), starring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II

1970s

1972 August - Pope Joan (1972 film), with Liv Ullmann in the title role.

1990s

1991 May - Hudson Hawk, with Bruce Willis in the title role.

1991 August - The Pope Must Die, a comedy film starring Robbie Coltrane.

1997 - The Genesis Code, a novel by John Case.

2000s

2000 - Angels & Demons, a novel by Dan Brown

2003 - The Confessor (novel) by Daniel Silva

2004 May - Van Helsing (film), with Hugh Jackman in the title role.

2005 May - The Third Secret (novel) by Steve Berry

2006 May - Mission Impossible III (film), with Tom Cruise in the lead role.

2007 April - God's Spy, a novel by Juan Gómez-Jurado

2009 May - Angels & Demons (film), with Tom Hanks in the lead role.

2009 October - Pope Joan (2009 film), with Johanna Wokalek in the title role.

2009 November – 2012 (film), with John Cusack in the lead role. The film has an apocalyptic scene in which Vatican is destroyed.

2010s

2011 February - V (2009 TV series), Season 2, Episode 4: Unholy Alliance, and Episode 5: Concordia.

2012 January–February - Il tredicesimo apostolo, Season 1: Il prescelto.

2014 January–February - Il tredicesimo apostolo, Season 2: La rivelazione.

References

Timeline of fictional stories set in Vatican City Wikipedia

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