(slideshow) The oldest hospital in Europe was founded by the pope

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Santo Spirito Hospital

Pope Innocent III called for the establishment of Europe’s first hospital on the site of a former hospice that was created in 727 to serve Saxon pilgrims visiting St. Peter’s tomb in Rome.

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