why do popes get/chose nicknames instead of using their real name?

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why do popes get/chose nicknames instead of using their real name?

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Just want to chime in to say that kings have chosen regnal names different from their birth names all over world history. Egypt, China, Japan just off the top of my head. And the Pope very much was a king, directly ruling over significant land in Italy on top of the Church-owned land in other kingdoms

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