| Currency | Lire (VAL) |
| Facial value | 500 |
| Year of issue | 1995 |
| Metal | Stainless steel + Aluminium-Bronze |
| Ø in mm | 25,8 |
| Art.-No. | VA500.0B |
| Price EUR | 50,00 |
Karol Józef Wojtyła (born in Wadowice, Poland on May 18, 1920 – died in the Vatican on April 2, 2005). He was successively a Polish priest, bishop and then archbishop of Krakow, cardinal, elected to be the 264th pope of the Catholic Church on October 16, 1978 under the name of John Paul II. canonized in 2014, this charismatic pope opposed to communism favored by his action the fall of the Eastern bloc.
