Pope Infallibilius IX would, on occasion, leave his chair to get something to eat or drink and would make an "X" on his seat, reciting the ancient incantation: "x vestigium macula", or "crux crucis pommum saucus", and then the pope would expect to keep his chair that way. But when others similarly "crossed their seat", Infallibilius would sit in their seat as though he did not hear.

Similarly the pope did not respect the tradition of jinxus, the long held belief that when two bishops spoke the same words at the same time, the second one to declare "jinxus" was to remain silent until another bishop thrice said the their Christian name, or until the jinxus was forgotten.

The historian Girardo Riverarundom, (whose treatise on 12th century ankle-socks is considered the lodestar of medieval sock fashion) writes that "Infallibilius would often seem to make oaths and pledges in earnest, but would at the time hold his middle and index fingers intertwined behind his back, thus rendering the oath meaningless."

Prince William of Tenor Saxony came into conflict with the pope on those times that the Prince visited the Vatican and challenged the pope to a game of "sticks", (where the players would attempt to hit a small leather ball into a small sand pit or a little pond.) Prince William noted to his counselors that Infallibilius would allow himself several "mulligansus" or take-overs, but would never allow any to the Prince. Prince William would complain to the pope, and occasionally use harsh language, and the pope would be heard to remark "We are rubber, thou art glue; Thy words thus are more applicable to thee."

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"Stop judging by appearances, but judge justly."

LOL! Christopher Marlowe...me thinkest thou pullest my legeth!

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To Jesus Through Mary