But in a world which expects to discover truth through open-ended discussion, the treatment of these turbulent priests made them into popular heroes.
Despite an effort a year ago to spice up his image, his popularity rating is low (43%, according to Ifop, a pollster), compared with that of Mr Hollande (48%), and way behind those of popular heroes such as Bernard Kouchner (73%) or Jack Lang (67%).
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All day Sydneysiders had celebrated the presence of one of Australia's most popular sporting heroes.
But he is a famous film actor who feeds a popular yearning for heroes, even fictional ones.
Iron Man is far and away one of the most popular of the Marvel heroes.
On Friday, the company announced its latest investment in a company called Astro Ape, maker of the popular iPhone game Office Heroes.
For example, he has a revisionist view of the Medici, stubbornly refusing to eulogise Cosimo or Lorenzo de' Medici, the conventional heroes of popular histories of Renaissance Florence.
Chinese people today look to popular culture instead of politics for their heroes.
The masses get the popular version, complete with villains and heroes.
Thomas Edison remains one of America's heroes, both in business and in popular history.
Until Netanyahu came across these writings, he shared the popular view that the so-called Conversos were heroes who led a double life.
LOVEFiLM will also bring popular NBCU science fiction dramas like the smash hit Heroes, in addition to David Hasselhoff's ultimate '80s cult TV classic Knight Rider, to its members.
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