DIGITAL ART TRANSFORMATION The Vatican denies its existence. Pope Joan (also Pope John VIII and John Anglicus ( John Englishman ) = name you wear it while disguised as a man, according to other versions Jutta, Jutta, Gilbert Agnes and glance ) was a woman - Legendary pope who would have reigned on the pontifical throne for two years, in the ninth century . His story first appeared in the chronicles of the thirteenth century , and was later spread and adorned throughout Europe , being considered a historical reality during the Middle Ages..