Vincenza Taffarel[1][2] (died 1984) was the Catholic nun who found the body of Pope John Paul I.
[6][7][8] Taffarel was portrayed by Maroussia Frank in The Last Confession, a play by Roger Crane.
Taffarel told French reporters the morning after the death that she had discovered the Pope's body in the bathroom at 4:45 am.
[citation needed] She had entered the room after he had not retrieved his morning coffee that she had left outside his door.
Later, it was claimed, she was sworn to secrecy about the event by Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot, before being sent to a nunnery.