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What does the word Max in the title 'Johannes XXIII Pont Max' mean?

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The expression is "Pontifex Maximus". Pontifex literally means "bridge-builder" (pons + facere) and "maximus" means "greatest". This refers to one of the vocations of the pope i.e. to build bridges between people.

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