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I certify that His Holiness John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła) born in Wadowice (Kraków, Poland) the 18th of May 1920, resident of Vatican City, expired at 9:37 on the evening of April 2, 2005 in his apartment in the Apostolic Vatican Palace (Vatican City) from

• Septic shock
• Irreversible Cardiovascular Collapse

The patient was affected with:

• Parkinson's Disease
• Progressive episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency and resultant tracheotomy
• Benign prostatic hypertrophy complicated by Urosepsis
• Hypertensive cardiopathy and Ischemia

Death was ascertained and established through electrocardiogram readings taken over a period of 20 minutes.

I certify that the cause of death listed is correct, as far as I can ascertain.

Vatican City, April 2, 2005

Director of the Department of Health and Sanitation of the State of Vatican City

Dr. RENATO BUZZONETTI