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  Vatican City State,
officially the State of the Vatican City (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano, Italian pronunciation: [ˈsta(ː)to
della tʃitˈta del vatiˈka(ː)no]), is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists
of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, the capital city of Italy. At approximately 44 hectares (110 acres) (0.44 km2), and with a population of barely over 800, it is the smallest country in the world by both population and area.
Vatican City is a city-state that
came into existence in 1929. It is distinct from the Holy See, which dates back to early Christianity and is the
main episcopal see of 1.142 billion Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic adherents from around the globe. Ordinances
of Vatican City are published in Italian; official documents of the Holy See are issued mainly in Latin. The two
entities even have distinct passports: the Holy See, not being a country, only issues diplomatic and service passports;
the state of Vatican City issues normal passports. In both cases the passports issued are very few.
The Lateran Treaty in 1929, which brought
the city-state into existence, spoke of it as a new creation (Preamble and Article III), not as a vestige of the
much larger Papal States (756-1870) that had previously encompassed central Italy. Most of this territory was absorbed
into the Kingdom of Italy in 1860, and the final portion, namely the city of Rome with a small area close to it,
ten years later, in 1870.
Vatican City is an ecclesiastical or
sacerdotal-monarchical state, ruled by the bishop of Rome-the Pope. The highest state functionaries are all Catholic
clergymen of various nationalities. It is the sovereign territory of the Holy See (Sancta Sedes) and the location of
the Pope's residence, referred to as the Apostolic Palace. The Popes have resided in the area that in 1929 became Vatican City since the return
from Avignon in 1377. Previously, they resided in the Lateran Palace on the Caelian Hill on the opposite side of Rome,
which site Constantine gave to Pope Miltiades in 313. The signing of the agreements that established the new state
took place in the latter building, giving rise to the name of Lateran Pacts, by which they are known. The Complete List of Popes of The
Holy See The list
of Popes chronologically lists the men who have been given the title Pope (or Bishop of Rome) by the Catholic Church.
While there is actually no official list of popes, the Annuario Pontificio, published every year by the Vatican,
contains a list that is generally considered to be the most authoritative. The Annuario Pontificio lists Benedict XVI as the 265th Bishop of Rome. That list is the one given here; it lists 263 men serving 265 pontificates (periods
of Papal office), if Pope-elect Stephen is excluded (see below). The difference in these numbers is due to the
fact that Benedict IX reigned during three non-consecutive periods between 1032 and 1048. The term Pope (Latin: papa "father'") is used
in several Churches to denote their high spiritual leaders (for example Coptic Pope). This title in English usage
usually refers to the head of the Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic pope officially uses the title of Pontifex Maximus. This title was first used by the Ancient Romans as the title of the high priest of the College of Pontiffs.
Emperor Augustus later subsumed the office into his Imperial office but Gratian dropped the title on the advice
of Ambrose. Hermannus Contractus
may have been the first historian to number the popes continuously. His list ends in 1049 with Pope Leo IX as number
154. Several changes were made to the list during the 20th century. Antipope Christopher was considered legitimate
for a long time. Pope -elect Stephen was considered legitimate under the name Stephen II until the 1961 edition,
when his name was erased. Although these changes are no longer controversial, a number of modern lists still include
this "first Pope Stephen II". It is probable that this is because they are based on the 1913 edition of the
Catholic Encyclopedia, which is in the public domain. In the year 2001 a rigorous study was made by the Catholic
Church into the history of the papacy which "prompted almost 200 corrections to the existing biographies of the Popes, from St. Peter to John Paul II.". The List of Popes
| Pontificate | Portrait | Common English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal
name | Place of birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | years
as Pope | Notes | | 30 - 67 |  | Peter Saint Peter | Petrus, Head of the Church | Simon Peter
(Shimon ben Yona)
Shimon Kipha CΙΜΗΟΝ ΚΗΦΑC (Simeon Kephas - Simon the Rock) שמעון בן יונה |
Bethsaida, Galilea | | | Disciple of Jesus from whom he received the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven, according to Matthew 16:18-19. | | post42/ante57 - 64/67(?) |
Petrus, Episcopus Romanus | Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day (Feast of Saints Peter and Paul) 29 June, (Chair of Saint Peter) 22 February. Recognized as the first Bishop of Rome (Pope) appointed by Christ, by the Catholic Church. Also revered as
a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 29 June. | | 64/67(?) - 76/79(?) |
 | Linus Saint Linus | Linus, Episcopus Romanus |
Linus | Tuscia (Northern Latium) | | | - Feast day 23 September. Also revered as a
saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 7 June.
| | 76/79(?)
- 88 |  | Anacletus (Cletus) Saint Anacletus | Anacletus,
Episcopus Romanus | Anacletus | Probably Greece | | |
Martyred; feast day 26 April | | 88/92 - 97/101 |  | Clement I Saint Clement | Clemens, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome | | |
Feast day 23 November. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 25 November. | | 97/99 -
105/107 |  | Evaristus (Aristus) Saint Evaristus | Evaristus,
Episcopus Romanus | Aristus | | | | Feast day 26 October |
2nd Century | Pontificate | Portrait |
Common English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal name |
Place of birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as
Pope | Notes | | 105/107 - 115/116 |  | Alexander I Saint Alexander | Alexander, Episcopus
Romanus | Alexander | Rome |
| |
Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 16 March. | | 115/116 - 125 |
 | Sixtus I Saint Sixtus | Xystus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome or Greece |
| |
Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 10 August. | | 125 - 136/138 |
 | Telesphorus Saint Telesphorus | Telesphorus, Episcopus
Romanus | | Greece |
| |
| | 136/138
- 140/142 |  | Hyginus Saint Hyginus | Hyginus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Greece |
| |
Traditionally martyred; feast day 11 January |
| 140/142 - 155 |  | Pius I Saint Pius | Pius, Episcopus Romanus |
| Aquileia, Friuli, Italy | | | Martyred by sword; feast day 11 July |
| 155 - 166 |  | Anicetus Saint Anicetus | Anicetus, Episcopus
Romanus | | Emesa, Syria | | |
Traditionally martyred; feast day 17 April |
| c.166 - 174/175 |  | Soter Saint Soter | Soterius, Episcopus Romanus |
| Fondi, Latium, Italy | | | Traditionally martyred; feast day 22 April |
| 174/175 - 189 |  | Eleuterus Saint Eleutherus | Eleutherius, Episcopus
Romanus | | Nicopoli, Epyrus | | |
Traditionally martyred; feast day 6 May | | 189 - 198/199 |  | Victor I Saint Victor | Victor, Episcopus Romanus |
| Northern Africa | | |
| | 199
- 217 |  | Zephyrinus Saint Zephyrin | Zephyrinus, Episcopus
Romanus | | Rome |
| |
| 3rd
Century | Pontificate |
Portrait | Common
English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal name | Place of
birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as Pope | Notes | | c.217 - 222/223 |
 | Callixtus I Saint Callixtus | Callistus, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| |
Martyred; feast day 14 October | | 222/223 - 230 |  | Urban I Saint Urban | Urbanus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| |
Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 25 May. | | 21 July 230 -
28 September 235 |  | Pontian Saint Pontian | Pontianus, Episcopus
Romanus | | Rome |
| 5 | First Pope with firm dates of office | | 21 November 235 - 3 January 236 |  | Anterus Saint Anterus | Anterus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Greece |
| <1 |
Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 5 August. | | 10 January
236 - 20 January 250 |  | Fabian Saint Fabian | Fabianus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| 14 | Feast day 20 January. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 5 August. | | 6 March/11
March 251 - June 253 |  | Cornelius Saint Cornelius | Cornelius, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 2 | Died a martyr, through extreme hardship; feast day 16 September |
| 25 June 253 - 5 March 254 |  | Lucius I Saint Lucius | Lucius, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| <1 |
Feast day 4 March | | 12 May 254 - 2 August 257 |  | Stephen I Saint Stephen | Stephanus, Episcopus
Romanus | | Rome |
| 3 | Martyred by beheading; feast day 2 August. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with the same feast day. | | 30/31 August 257
- 6 August 258 |  | Sixtus II Saint Sixtus II | Xystus Secundus, Episcopus
Romanus | | Greece |
| <1 |
Martyred by beheading. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 10 August. | | 22 July 259
- 26 December 268 |  | Dionysius Saint Dionysius | Dionysius, Episcopus
Romanus | | Greece |
| 9 | Feast day 26 December | | 5 January 269 - 30 December 274 |  | Felix I Saint Felix | Felix, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| 5 | | | 4 January
275 - 7 December 283 |  | Eutychian Saint Eutychian | Eutychianus, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 8 | | | 17
December 283 - 22 April 296 |  | Caius Saint Caius | Caius, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 12 | Feast day 22 April. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 11 August. | | 30 June 296
- 1 April 304 |  | Marcellinus Saint Marcellinus | Marcellinus, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 7 | Feast day 26 April. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 7 June. | 4th Century
| Pontificate | Portrait | Common English
name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal name | Place of
birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as Pope | Notes | | 308 to 309 |  | Marcellus I Saint Marcellus | Marcellus, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| |
| | c.309
- c.310 |  | Eusebius Saint Eusebius | Eusebius, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| |
| | 2
July 311 - 11 January 314 |  | Miltiades Melchiades Saint Miltiades | Miltiades,
Episcopus Romanus | | Africa | | 2 | First pope after the end of the persecution of Christians
through the Edict of Milan (313 AD) issued by Constantine the Great | | 31 January 314 - 31 December 335 |
 | Sylvester I Saint Sylvester | Silvester, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 21 | Feast day 31 December. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 2 January. | | 18 January
336 - 7 October 336 |  | Mark Saint Mark | Marcus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| <1 |
Feast day 7 October | | 6 February 337 - 12 April 352 |  | Julius I Saint Julius | Iulius, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| 15 | | | 17
May 352 - 24 September 366 |  | Liberius | Liberius, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 14 | Earliest Pope not yet canonized by the Roman Church. Revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 27 August. | | 1 October
366 - 11 December 384 |  | Damasus I Saint Damasus | Damasus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Idanha-a-Velha, Portugal | | 18 |
| | 11
December 384 - 26 November 399 |  | Siricius Saint Siricius | Papa Siricius, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 14 | First Bishop of Rome to employ the title "Papa"
("Pope") | | 27 November 399 - 19 December
401 |  | Anastasius I Saint Anastasius | Papa Anastasius,
Episcopus Romanus | | | | 2 | | 5th Century | Pontificate |
Portrait | Common
English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal name | Place of
birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as Pope | Notes | | 22 December 401 - 12 March 417 |
 | Innocent I Saint Innocent | Papa Innocentius, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 15 | Visigoth Sack of Rome (410) under Alaric | | 18 March 417 - 26 December 418 |
 | Zosimus Saint Zosimus | Papa Zosimus, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 1 | | | 28/29
December 418 - 4 September 422 |  | Boniface I Saint Boniface | Papa Bonifacius, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 3 | | | 10
September 422 - 27 July 432 |  | Celestine I Saint Celestine | Papa Coelestinus,
Episcopus Romanus | | | | 9 | Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 8 April. | | 31 July 432
- March/August 440 |  | Sixtus III Saint Sixtus | Papa Xystus Tertius,
Episcopus Romanus | | | | 8 | | | 29 September 440 - 10 November 461 |  | Leo I Saint Leo Leo the Great | Papa Leo
Magnus, Episcopus Romanus | | Rome | | 21 | Convinced Attila the Hun to turn back his invasion of Italy. Feast day 10 November. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 18 February. | | 19 November
461 - 29 February 468 |  | Hilarius Saint Hilarius | Papa Hilarius, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 6 | | | 3 March
468 - 10 March 483 |  | Simplicius Saint Simplicius | Papa Simplicius,
Episcopus Romanus | | Tivoli, Italy | | 15 |
| | 13
March 483 - 1 March 492 |  | Felix III (Felix II) Saint Felix | Papa Felix
Tertius (Secundus), Episcopus Romanus | | Rome | | 8 | Sometimes called Felix II |
| 1 March 492 to 21 November 496 |  | Gelasius I Saint Gelasius | Papa Gelasius, Episcopus
Romanus | | Africa |
| 4 | | | 24
November 496 - 19 November 498 |  | Anastasius II | Papa Anastasius Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 1 | | | 22
November 498 - 19 July 514 |  | Symmachus Saint Symmachus | Papa Symmachus, Episcopus
Romanus | | Sardinia | | 15 |
| 6th
Century | Pontificate |
Portrait | Common
English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal name | Place of
birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as Pope | Notes | | 20 July 514 - 19 July 523 |
 | Hormisdas Saint Hormisdas | Papa Hormisdus, Episcopus
Romanus | | Frosinone, Southern Latium, Italy | | 8 | Father of Pope Silverius |
| 13 August 523 - 18 May 526 |  | John I Saint John | Papa Ioannes, Episcopus
Romanus | | Tuscany | | 2 |
| | 13
July 526 - 22 September 530 |  | Felix IV (Felix III) Saint Felix | Papa Felix
Quartus(Tertius), Episcopus Romanus | | Samnium | | 4 |
Sometimes called Felix III | | 22 September 530 - 17 October 532 |  | Boniface II | Papa Bonifacius Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome to Ostrogoth parents | | 2 |
| | 2
January 533 - 8 May 535 |  | John II | Papa Ioannes Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
Mercurius | Rome |
| 2 | First pope to not use personal name. This was due to Mercury being a Roman god. | | 13 May 535 - 22 April 536 |
 | Agapetus I Agapitus Saint Agapetus | Papa Agapetus,
Episcopus Romanus | | | | <1 | Feast days 22 April, 20 September. Also revered as a
saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 17 April. | | 1 June 536
- 11 November 537 |  | Silverius Saint Silverius | Papa Silverius, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 1 | Exiled; feast day 20 June, son of Pope Hormisdas | | 29 March 537 - 7 June 555 |  | Vigilius | Papa Vigilius, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| 18 | | | 16
April 556 - 4 March 561 |  | Pelagius I | Papa Pelagius, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| 5 | | | 17
July 561 - 13 July 574 |  | John III | Papa Ioannes Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
Catelinus | |
| 12 | | | 2 June
575 - 30 July 579 |  | Benedict I | Papa Benedictus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 4 | | | 26
November 579 - 7 February 590 |  | Pelagius II | Papa Pelagius Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| 10 | | | 3 September
590 - 12 March 604 |  | Gregory I, O.S.B. Saint Gregory Gregory the Great | Papa Gregorius
Magnus, Episcopus Romanus | | Rome | | 13 | First to formally employ the titles "Servus servorum Dei" and "Pontifex Maximus". Feast day 3 September. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 12 March. | 7th Century
| Pontificate | Portrait | Common English
name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal name | Place of
birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as Pope | Notes | | 13 September 604 - 22 February
606 |  | Sabinian Saint Sabinian | Papa Sabinianus, Episcopus
Romanus | | Blera | | 1 |
| | 19
February 607 - 12 November 607 |  | Boniface III | Papa Bonifacius Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| <1 |
| | 25
August 608 - 8 May 615 |  | Boniface IV, O.S.B. Saint Boniface | Papa Bonifacius
Quartus, Episcopus Romanus | | Marsi | | 6 |
First Pope to bear the same name as his predecessor. Member of the Order of St. Benedict. | | 19 October 615 - 8 November 618 |
 | Adeodatus I | Papa Adeodatus, or Papa Deusdedit
Episcopus Romanus | | Rome | | 3 | Sometimes called Deusdedit, and then Pope Adeodatus II is called Pope Adeodatus without a number | | 23 December 619 - 25 October 625 |  | Boniface V | Papa Bonifacius Quintus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Naples | | 5 |
| | 27
October 625 - 12 October 638 |  | Honorius I | Papa Honorius, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 2 | | | October
638 - 2 August 640 |  | Severinus | Papa Severinus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| 1 | | | 24
December 640 - 12 October 642 |  | John IV | Papa Ioannes Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Zadar, Dalmatia, now Croatia | | 1 |
| | 24
November 642 - 14 May 649 |  | Theodore I | Papa Theodorus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Palestine | | 6 |
| | July
649 - 16 September 655 |  | Martin I Saint Martin | Papa Martinus, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 6 | Feast Day 12 November. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 14 April. | | 10 August 654
- 2 June 657 |  | Eugene I Saint Eugene | Papa Eugenius, Episcopus
Romanus | | Rome |
| 2 | | | 30
July 657 - 27 January 672 |  | Vitalian Saint Vitalian | Papa Vitalianus, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 14 | | | 11
April 672 - 17 June 676 |  | Adeodatus II, O.S.B. | Papa Adeodatus Secundus, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 4 | Sometimes called Pope Adeodatus (without a number) when Pope Adeodatus I is called Pope Deusdedit. Member of the Order of St. Benedict. | | 2 November 676 - 11 April 678 |
 | Donus | Papa Donus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 1 | | | 27
June 678 - 10 January 681 |  | Agatho Saint Agatho | Papa Agatho, Episcopus
Romanus | | Sicily | | 2 |
Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 20 February. | | December
681 - 3 July 683 |  | Leo II Saint Leo | Papa Leo Secundus, Episcopus
Romanus | | Sicily |
| 1 | Feast day 3 July | | 683/26
June 684 - 8 May 685 |  | Benedict II Saint Benedict | Papa Benedictus Secundus,
Episcopus Romanus | | | | <1 | Feast day 7 May |
| 12 July 685 - 2 August 686 |  | John V | Papa Ioannes Quintus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Syria | | 1 |
| | 21
October 686 - 22 September 687 |  | Conon | Papa Conon, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| <1 |
| | 15
December 687 - 8 September 701 |  | Sergius I Saint Sergius | Papa Sergius, Episcopus
Romanus | | Sicily |
| 13 | | [edit] 8th Century | Pontificate |
Portrait | Common
English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal name | Place of
birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as Pope | Notes | | 30 October 701 - 11 January
705 |  | John VI | Papa Ioannes Sextus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Greece |
| 3 | | | 1 March
705 - 18 October 707 |  | John VII | Papa Ioannes Septumus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Greece |
| 2 | Second Pope to bear the same name as his predecessor |
| 15 January 708 - 4 February 708 |  | Sisinnius | Papa Sisinnius, Episcopus Romanus |
| Syria |
| <1 |
| | 25
March 708 - 9 April 715 |  | Constantine | Papa Constantinus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Syria |
| 7 | Last Pope to visit Greece until John Paul II in 2001 | | 19 May 715 - 11 February 731 |
 | Gregory II Saint Gregory | Papa Gregorius Secundus,
Episcopus Romanus | | | | 15 | Feast day 11 February |
| 18 March 731 - 28 November 741 |  | Gregory III | Papa Gregorius Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
| Syria |
| 10 | Third Pope to bear the same name as his predecessor | | 3 December 741 - 14 March/22 March 752 |  | Zachary Saint Zachary | Papa Zacharias, Episcopus
Romanus | | Greece |
| 10 | Feast day 15 March | | 23 March 752 - 25 March 752 Never took office as Pope. |  | (Pope-Elect Stephen) | Papa Scelga Stephanus | | | | 0 | Sometimes known as Stephen II. Died three days after his election and was never consecrated into the office of Pope
as such debate remains over whether he was Pope or not. The Vatican sanctioned his addition to the list of Popes in the sixteenth
century, however he was removed in 1961. As such he is not considered a Pope by the Catholic Church. | | 26 March 752 - 26 April 757 |  | Stephen II | Papa Stephanus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 5 | Sometimes called Stephen III | | 29 May 757 - 28 June 767 |  | Paul I Saint Paul | Papa Paulus, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 10 | | | 1 August
or 7 August 767 - 24 January 772 |  | Stephen III | Papa Stephanus Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 4 | Sometimes called Stephen IV | | 1 February 772 - 26 December 795 |  | Adrian I | Papa Hadrianus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| 23 | | | 26
December 795 - 12 June 816 |  | Leo III Saint Leo | Papa Leo Tertius, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 20 | Crowned Charlemagne Imperator Augustus on Christmas Day, 800, thereby initiating what would become the office of Holy Roman Emperor requiring the imprimatur of the pope for its legitimacy | 9th Century | Pontificate |
Portrait | Common
English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal name | Place of
birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as Pope | Notes | | 12 June 816 - 24 January 817 |
 | Stephen IV | Papa Stephanus Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| <1 |
Sometimes called Stephen V | | 25 January 817 - 11 February 824 |  | Paschal I Saint Paschal | Papa Paschalis, Episcopus
Romanus | | Rome |
| 7 | | | 8 May
824 - August 827 |  | Eugene II | Papa Eugenius Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| 3 | | | August
827 - September 827 |  | Valentine | Papa Valentinus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| <1 |
| | 827
- January 844 |  | Gregory IV | Papa Gregorius Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 17 | | | January
844 - 7 January 847 |  | Sergius II | Papa Sergius Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| 3 | | | January
847 - 17 July 855 |  | Leo IV, O.S.B. Saint Leo | Papa Leo Quartus, Episcopus
Romanus | | Rome |
| 8 | Member of the Order of St. Benedict. | | 855 - 7 April 858 |  | Benedict III | Papa Benedictus Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| |
| | 24
April 858 - 13 November 867 |  | Nicholas I Saint Nicholas Nicholas the Great | Papa Nicolaus
Magnus Episcopus Romanus | | | | 9 | | | 14 December 867 - 14 December 872 |  | Adrian II | Papa Hadrianus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| 5 | | | 14
December 872 - 16 December 882 |  | John VIII | Papa Ioannes Octavus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| 10 | | | 16
December 882 - 15 May 884 |  | Marinus I | Papa Marinus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 1 | | | 17
May 884 - c.September 885 |  | Adrian III Saint Adrian | Papa Hadrianus Tertius,
Episcopus Romanus | | Rome | | | | | 885 - 14 September 891 |  | Stephen V | Papa Stephanus Quintus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| |
Sometimes called Stephen VI | | 19 September 891 - 4 April 896 |  | Formosus | Papa Formosus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Ostia | | 4 |
Posthumously ritually executed following the Cadaver Synod | | 4 April 896 - 19 April 896 |  | Boniface VI | Papa Bonifacius Sextus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| <1 |
| | 22
May 896 - August 897 |  | Stephen VI | Papa Stephanus Sextus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 1 | Sometimes called Stephen VII | | August 897 - November 897 |  | Romanus | Papa Romanus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| <1 |
| | December
897 |  | Theodore II | Papa Theodorus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| <1 |
| | January
898 - January 900 |  | John IX, O.S.B. | Papa Ioannes Nonus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| |
Member of the Order of St. Benedict. | | 900 - 903 |  | Benedict IV | Papa Benedictus Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| |
| 10th
Century | Pontificate |
Portrait | Common
English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal name | Place of
birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as Pope | Notes | | July 903 - September 903 |
 | Leo V | Papa Leo Quintus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Ardea | | <1 |
| | 29
January 904 - 14 April 911 |  | Sergius III | Papa Sergius Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| 7 | "Pornocracy" begins | | April 911 - June 913 |
 | Anastasius III | Papa Anastasius Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| 2 | | | July/August
913 - February/March 914 |  | Lando | Papa Lando, Episcopus Romanus |
| Sabina, Italy | | <1 |
| | March
914 - May 928 |  | John X | Papa Ioannes Decimus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 14 | | | May
928 - December 928 |  | Leo VI | Papa Leo Sextus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| <1 |
| | December
928 - February 931 |  | Stephen VII | Papa Stephanus Septimus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 2 | Sometimes called Stephen VIII | | February/March 931 - December 935 |  | John XI | Papa Ioannes Undecimus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 4 | | | 3 January
936 - 13 July 939 |  | Leo VII, O.S.B. | Papa Leo Septimus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 3 | Member of the Order of St. Benedict. | | 14 July 939 - October 942 |  | Stephen VIII | Papa Stephanus Octavus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 3 | Sometimes called Stephen IX | | 30 October 942 - May 946 |  | Marinus II | Papa Marinus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 3 | | | 10
May 946 - December 955 |  | Agapetus II | Papa Agapetus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 9 | | | 16
December 955 - 14 May 964 |  | John XII | Papa Ioannes Duodecimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Octavian | |
| 8 | Deposed in 963 by Emperor Otto invalidly; end of the "Pornocracy" | | 22 May 964 - 23 June 964 |
 | Benedict V | Papa Benedictus Quintus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| <1 |
Elected after John XII's death by the people of Rome, in opposition to the Antipope Leo VIII who was appointed by Emperor Otto; Benedict accepted his deposition in 964
leaving Leo as sole pope. | | July 964 - 1 March
965 |  | Leo VIII | Papa Leo Octavus, Episcopus Romanus |
| Rome |
| <1 |
Appointed antipope by Emperor Otto in 963 in opposition to John XII and Benedict V. He became the true Pope after Benedict V was deposed | | 1 October 965 - 6 September 972 |  | John XIII | Papa Ioannes Tertius Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | | |
| 6 | | | 19
January 973 - June 974 |  | Benedict VI | Papa Benedictus Sextus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 1 | Deposed and murdered | | October 974 - 10 July 983 |  | Benedict VII | Papa Benedictus Septimus, Episcopus Romanus |
| |
| 8 | | | December
983 - 20 August 984 |  | John XIV | Papa Ioannes Quartus Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | Pietro Campanora | Pavia | | <1 |
| | August
985 - March 996 |  | John XV | Papa Ioannes Quintus Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | | Rome |
| 10 | | | 3 May
996 - 18 February 999 |  | Gregory V | Papa Gregorius Quintus, Episcopus Romanus |
Bruno of Carinthia | | |
2 | First German Pope |
| 2 April 999 - 12 May 1003 |  | Sylvester II | Papa Silvester Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
Gerbert d'Aurillac | Auvergne region of France | | 4 | First French Pope | 11th Century | Pontificate | Portrait | Common English name | Regnal
(Latin) name | Personal name | Place of birth | Age at Election
/ Death or Resigned | # years as Pope | Notes | | June
1003 - December 1003 |  | John XVII | Papa Ioannes Septimus Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | Siccone | Rome | | <1 |
| | 25
December 1003 - July 1009 |  | John XVIII | Papa Ioannes Duodevicesimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Giovanni Fasano; Phasianus | Rome | | 5 |
| | 31
July 1009 - 12 May 1012 |  | Sergius IV | Papa Sergius Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
Pietro Boccapecora | Rome | | 2 |
| | 18
May 1012 - 9 April 1024 |  | Benedict VIII | Papa Benedictus Octavus, Episcopus Romanus |
Theophylactus II, Conti di Tusculum | Rome | | 11 |
| | April/May
1024 - 20 October 1032 |  | John XIX | Papa Ioannes Undevicesimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Romanus, Conti di Tusculum | Rome | | 8 |
| | 1032
- 1044 |  | Benedict IX | Papa Benedictus Nonus, Episcopus Romanus |
Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum | Rome | | |
1st Term | | 1045 |  | Sylvester III | Papa Silvester Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
John, Bishop of Sabina | Rome | | |
Validity of election questioned; considered Anti-Pope; deposed at the Council of Sutri. | | 1045 - 1046 |  | Benedict IX | Papa Benedictus Nonus, Episcopus Romanus |
Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum | Rome | | |
2nd Term; deposed at the Council of Sutri | | April/May 1045 - 20 December 1046 |
 | Gregory VI | Papa Gregorius Sextus, Episcopus Romanus |
Johannes Gratianus | |
| 1 | Deposed at the Council of Sutri | | 24 December 1046 - 9 October 1047 |
 | Clement II | Papa Clemens Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
Suidger | Saxony | | <1 |
| | November
1047 - 1048 |  | Benedict IX | Papa Benedictus Nonus, Episcopus Romanus |
Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum | | |
| 3rd Term; deposed
and excommunicated | | 17 July 1048 - 9 August
1048 |  | Damasus II | Papa Damasus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
Poppo | Tirol | | <1 |
| | 12
February 1049 - 19 April 1054 |  | Leo IX Saint Leo | Papa Leo Nonus, Episcopus
Romanus | Bruno, Count of Dagsbourg | Alsace | | 5 |
On July 16, 1054, legates sent by Pope Leo IXPatriarch of Constantinople Michael I Cerularius, who promptly reciprocated. Centuries of disputes over such matters as Primacy of the Roman Pontiff, the ecclesiastical calendar, the use of leavened or unleavened bread, and additions to the Creed (notably the filioque clause) reached their nadir on that date. Although the excommunications were originally intended to be of an individual nature,
the break in communion spread to the broader church as sides were chosen; the East-West schism still exists today. to the Byzantine capital excommunicated the |
| 13 April 1055 - 28 July 1057 |  | Victor II | Papa Victor Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
Gebhard, Count of Calw, Tollenstein, and Hirschberg | Germany | | 2 | |
| 2 August 1057 - 29 March 1058 |  | Stephen IX, O.S.B. | Papa Stephanus Nonus, Episcopus Romanus |
Frederic de Lorraine; Frederick of Lorraine | | | <1 | Sometimes called Stephen X. Member of the Order of St. Benedict. | | 6 December 1058 - 27 July 1061 |
 | Nicholas II | Papa Nicolaus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
Gérard de Bourgogne; Gerard of Burgundy | | | 2 | | | 30 September 1061 - 21 April 1073 |  | Alexander II | Papa Alexander Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
Anselmo da Baggio | Baggio,
Milan, Italy | | 11 |
| | 22
April 1073 - 25 May 1085 |  | Gregory VII, O.S.B. Saint Gregory | Papa Gregorius
Septimus, Episcopus Romanus | Hildebrand | Soana, Tuscany, Italy | | 12 |
Restricted the use of title "Papa" to the Bishop of Rome. Member
of the Order of St. Benedict. | | 24 May 1086 - 16 September 1087 |
 | Victor III, O.S.B. Blessed Victor | Papa Victor Tertius,
Episcopus Romanus | Desiderio; Desiderius; Dauferius | Southern Italy | | 1 |
Member of the Order of St. Benedict. | | 12 March 1088 - 29 July 1099 |
 | Urban II, O.S.B. Blessed Urban | Papa Urbanus Secundus,
Episcopus Romanus | Odo of Lagery | France | | 11 | Started the First Crusade. Member of the Order of St. Benedict. | | 13 August 1099 - 21 January 1118 |
 | Paschal II, O.S.B. | Papa Paschalis Secundus, Episcopus
Romanus | Raniero | Romagna, Italy | | 18 |
Member of the Order of St. Benedict. | 12th Century
| Pontificate | Portrait | Common English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal
name | Place of birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as
Pope | Notes | | 24 January 1118 - 28 January 1119 |  | Gelasius II, O.S.B. | Papa Gelasius Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
Giovanni Coniulo | Gaeta, Latium, Italy | | 1 | Member of the Order of St. Benedict. | | 2 February 1119 - 13 December 1124 |
 | Callixtus II | Papa Callistus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
Guido, Comte de Bourgogne | France | |
5 | Opened the First Council of the Lateran in 1123 | | 15 December 1124 - 13 February 1130 |
 | Honorius II, Can.Reg. | Papa Honorius
Secundus, Episcopus Romanus | Lamberto | Bologna, Italy | | 5 |
Canon Regular of S. Maria di San Reno | | 14 February 1130 - 24 September 1143 |  | Innocent II, Can. Reg. | Papa Innocentius
Secundus, Episcopus Romanus | Gregorio Papareschi | Rome, Italy | | 13 |
Canon Regular of Lateran; Convened the Second Council of the Lateran, 1139 | | 26 September 1143 - 8 March 1144 |
 | Celestine II | Papa Coelestinus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
Guido | Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy | | <1 | | | 12 March 1144 - 15 February 1145 |  | Lucius II, Can. Reg. | Papa Lucius
Secundus, Episcopus Romanus | Gerardo Caccianemici dal Orso |
Bologna, Italy | | 1 |
Canon Regular of S. Frediano di Lucca | | 15 February 1145 - 8 July 1153 |  | Eugene III, O.Cist. Blessed Eugene | Papa Eugenius
Tertius, Episcopus Romanus | Bernardo da Pisa | Pisa, Tuscany, Italy | | 8 | Member of the Order of Cistercians. | | 8 July 1153 - 3 December 1154 |
 | Anastasius IV | Papa Anastasius Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
Corrado Demetri della Suburra | Rome |
| 1 | | | 4 December
1154 - 1 September 1159 |  | Adrian IV, O.S.A. | Papa Hadrianus Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
Nicholas Breakspear | England |
| 4 | First and only English pope; granted Ireland to Henry II, King of England. Member of the Order of St. Augustine. | | 7 September 1159 - 30 August 1181 |
 | Alexander III | Papa Alexander Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
Rolando | Siena, Tuscany,
Italy | | 21 |
Convened the Third Council of the Lateran, 1179 | | 1 September 1181 - 25 November 1185 |
 | Lucius III | Papa Lucius Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
Ubaldo | Lucca, Tuscany, Italy | | 4 | | | 25 November 1185 - 19 October 1187 |  | Urban III | Papa Urbanus Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
Uberto Crivelli | Milan, Italy | | 1 |
| | 21
October 1187 - 17 December 1187 |  | Gregory VIII, Can. Reg. | Papa Gregorius
Octavus, Episcopus Romanus | Alberto di Morra | Benevento, Campania, Italy | | <1 | Canon Regular Premostratense; Proposed the Third Crusade | | 19 December 1187 - 27 March 1191 |
 | Clement III | Papa Clemens Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
Paolo Scolari | Rome | | 3 |
| | 30
March 1191 - 8 January 1198 |  | Celestine III | Papa Coelestinus Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
Giacinto Bobone | Rome | |
6 | |
| 8 January 1198 - 16 July 1216 |  | Innocent III | Papa Innocentius Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
Lothario dei Conti di Segni | Gavignano, Latium, Italy | | 18 | Convened
the Fourth Council of the Lateran, 1215 | 13th Century
| Pontificate | Portrait | Common English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal
name | Place of birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as
Pope | Notes | | 18 July 1216 - 18 March 1227 |  | Honorius III | Papa Honorius Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
Cencio | Rome | | 10 |
| | 19
March 1227 - 22 August 1241 |  | Gregory IX | Papa Gregorius Nonus, Episcopus Romanus |
Ugolino dei Conti di Segni | Anagni, Latium, Italy | | 14 | Canonized
Elisabeth of Hungary, 1235 | | 25 October 1241 - 10 November 1241 |
 | Celestine IV | Papa Coelestinus Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
Goffredo Castiglioni | Milan, Italy | | <1 |
Died before coronation. | | 25 June 1243 - 7 December 1254 |  | Innocent IV | Papa Innocentius Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
Sinibaldo Fieschi | Genoa, Italy | | 11 |
Convened the First Council of Lyons, 1245 | | 12 December 1254 - 25 May 1261 |
 | Alexander IV | Papa Alexander Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
Rinaldo dei Conti di Jenne | Anagni,
Italy | | 6 |
| | 29
August 1261 - 2 October 1264 |  | Urban IV | Papa Urbanus Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
Jacques Pantaléon | Troyes,
France | | 3 |
| | 5
February 1265 - 29 November 1268 |  | Clement IV | Papa Clemens Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
Gui Faucoi le Gros (angl: Guy Foulques the Fat) | Saint-Gilles, France | |
3 | |
| 29 November 1268 - 1 September 1271 |  | interregnum | | |
| |
| Almost 3 year period without a valid pope elected. This was due to a deadlock among cardinals voting for the pope. |
| 1 September 1271 - 10 January 1276 |  | Gregory X Blessed Gregory | Papa Gregorius Decimus,
Episcopus Romanus | Tebaldo Visconti | Piacenza, Italy | |
4 | Convened the Second Council of Lyons, 1274. | | 21 January 1276 - 22 June 1276 |
 | Innocent V, O.P. Blessed Innocent | Papa Innocentius
Quintus, Episcopus Romanus | Pierre de Tarentaise | Savoy, France | | <1 | Member of the Dominican Order. | | 11 July 1276 - 18 August 1276 |
 | Adrian V | Papa Hadrianus Quintus, Episcopus Romanus |
Ottobuono Fieschi | Genoa, Italy | |
<1 | |
| 8 September 1276 - 20 May 1277 |  | John XXI | Papa Ioannes Vicesimus Primus, Episcopus
Romanus | Pedro Hispano | Lisbon, Portugal | | <1 |
Killed in the collapse of his scientific laboratory |
| 25 November 1277 - 22 August 1280 |  | Nicholas III | Papa Nicolaus Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
Giovanni Gaetano Orsini | Rome, Italy | |
2 | |
| 22 February 1281 - 28 March 1285 |  | Martin IV | Papa Martinus Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
Simon de Brion; Simon de Brie | Touraine,
France | | 4 |
| | 2
April 1285 - 3 April 1287 |  | Honorius IV | Papa Honorius Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
Giacomo Savelli | Rome, Italy |
| 2 | | | 22
February 1288 - 4 April 1292 |  | Nicholas IV, O.F.M. | Papa Nicolaus Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
Girolamo Masci | Ascoli, Italy |
| 4 | Member of the Franciscan Order. | | 4 April 1292 - 5 July 1294 |  | interregnum | | |
| |
| 2 year period without a valid pope elected. This was due to a deadlock among cardinals voting for the pope. |
| 5 July 1294 - 13 December 1294 |  | Celestine V, O.S.B. Saint Celestine | Papa Coelestinus
Quintus, Episcopus Romanus | Pietro da Morrone | Moline, Italy | | <1 | One of only two popes who abdicated.
Member of the Order of St. Benedict. | | 24 December 1294 - 11 October 1303 |
 | Boniface VIII | Papa Bonifacius Octavus, Episcopus Romanus |
Benedetto Caetani | Anagni,
Italy | | 8 |
| 14th
Century | Pontificate |
Portrait | Common
English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal name | Place of
birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as Pope | Notes | | 22 October 1303 - 7 July 1304 |
 | Benedict XI, O.P. Blessed Bendedict | Papa Benedictus
Undecimus, Episcopus Romanus | Niccolò Boccasini | Treviso, Italy | |
<1 | Convened the Council of Vienne, 1311-1312. Member of the Dominican Order. | | 5 June 1305 - 20 April 1314 |  | Clement V | Papa Clemens Quintus, Episcopus Romanus |
Bertrand de Got | Bordeaux,
France | | 8 |
Pope at Avignon. Suppressed the Knights Templar at the Council of Vienne. | | 20 April 1314 - 7 August 1316 |
 | interregnum | | |
| |
| 2 year period without a valid pope elected. This was due to a deadlock among cardinals voting for the pope. |
| 7 August 1316 - 4 December 1334 |  | John XXII | Papa Ioannes Vicesimus Secundus, Episcopus
Romanus | Jacques d'Euse; Jacques Duèse | Cahors, France | |
18 | Pope at Avignon | | 20 December 1334 - 25 April 1342 |
 | Benedict XII, O.Cist. | Papa Benedictus Duodecimus, Episcopus
Romanus | Jacques Fournier | Saverdun, France | | 7 | Pope at Avignon. Member of the Order of Cistercians. | | 7 May 1342 - 6 December 1352 |
 | Clement VI, O.S.B. | Papa Clemens Sextus, Episcopus Romanus |
Pierre Roger | Limoges, France |
| 10 | Pope at Avignon | | 18 December 1352 - 12 September 1362 |
 | Innocent VI | Papa Innocentius Sextus, Episcopus Romanus |
Étienne Aubert; Stephen Aubert | Beyssac, France | | 9 | Pope at Avignon | | 28 September 1362 - 19 December 1370 |
 | Urban V, O.S.B. Blessed Urban | Papa Urbanus Quintus,
Episcopus | Guillaume Grimoard; Guillaume de Grimoard | Languedoc, France | |
8 | Pope at Avignon. Member of the Order of St. Benedict. | | 30 December 1370 - 26 March 1378 |
 | Gregory XI | Papa Gregorius Undecimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Pierre Roger de Beaufort | Limoges,
France | | 7 |
Pope at Avignon; returns to Rome; last French Pope | | 8 April
1378 - 15 October 1389 |  | Urban VI | Papa Urbanus Sextus, Episcopus Romanus |
Bartolomeo Prignano | Naples,
Italy | | 11 |
Western Schism | | 2 November 1389 - 1 October 1404 |
 | Boniface IX | Papa Bonifacius Nonus, Episcopus Romanus |
Pietro Tomacelli | Naples,
Italy | | 14 |
Western Schism | 15th Century
| Pontificate | Portrait | Common English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal
name | Place of birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as
Pope | Notes | | 17 October 1404 - 6 November 1406 |  | Innocent VII | Papa Innocentius Septimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Cosimo Gentile Migliorati | Abruzzi,
Italy | 67 / 69 [B] | 2 | Western Schism | | 30 November 1406 - 4 July 1415 |
 | Gregory XII | Papa Gregorius Duodecimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Angelo Correr | Venice, Italy |
60 / 69 [R][B] | 8 | Western Schism; abdicated during the Council of Constance, which had been called by his opponent John XXIII. | | 4 July 1415 - 11 November 1417 |
 | Interregnum | | |
| |
| Two year period without
a valid pope elected. Alexander V and John XXIII were both antipopes during this period. | | 11 November 1417 - 20
February 1431 |  | Martin V | Papa Martinus Quintus, Episcopus Romanus |
Oddone Colonna | Rome, Italy | 48
/ 62 [B] | 13 | Convened
the Council of Basel, 1431 | | 3 March 1431 - 23 February 1447 |
 | Eugene IV, O.S.A. | Papa Eugenius Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
Gabriele Condulmer | Venice,
Italy | 47 / 63 [B] | 15 | Member
of the Augustinian Order. Crowned Sigismund emperor at Rome in 1433. | | 6 March 1447 - 24 March 1455 |
 | Nicholas V | Papa Nicolaus Quintus, Episcopus Romanus |
Tommaso Parentucelli | Sarzana,
Liguria, Italy | 49 / 57 | 8 | Held Jubilee of 1450; crowned Frederick III emperor at Rome in 1452. | | 8 April 1455 - 6 August 1458 |  | Callixtus III | Papa Callistus Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
Alfonso de Borgia | Xàtiva, València, Spain | 76 / 79 | 3 | First
Spanish Pope | | 19 August 1458 - 15 August 1464 |
 | Pius II | Papa Pius Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
Enea Silvio Piccolomini | Siena,
Italy | 52 / 58 | 5 |
| | 30
August 1464 - 26 July 1471 |  | Paul II | Papa Paulus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
Pietro Barbo | Venice, Italy |
47 / 54 | 6 | Nephew of Eugene IV | | 9 August 1471 - 12 August 1484 |  | Sixtus IV, O.F.M. | Papa Xystus Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
Francesco della Rovere | Savona, Italy | 57
/ 70 | 13 | Member
of the Franciscan Order. Commissioned the Sistine Chapel | | 29 August 1484 - 25 July 1492 |
 | Innocent VIII | Papa Innocentius Octavus, Episcopus Romanus |
Giovanni Battista Cybo | Genoa,
Italy | 51 / 59 [B] | 7 | Appointed
Tomás de Torquemada | | 11 August 1492 - 18 August 1503 |
 | Alexander VI | Papa Alexander Sextus, Episcopus Romanus |
Rodrigo de Lanzòl-Borgia | Xàtiva, València, Spain | 61 / 72 | 11 | Nephew
of Callixtus III. Father to Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia. Divided the extra-European world between Spain and Portugal in 1493 by the Bull Inter caetera. | 16th Century | Pontificate |
Portrait | Common
English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal name | Place of
birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as Pope | Notes | | 22 September 1503 - 18 October
1503 |  | Pius III | Papa Pius Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini | Siena, Tuscany, Italy | 64 / 64 | <1 | Nephew of Pius II | | 31 October 1503
- 21 February 1513 |  | Julius II | Papa Iulius Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
Giuliano della Rovere | Albisola, Savona, Italy | 59 / 69 | 9 | Nephew
of Sixtus IV; Convened the Fifth Council of the Lateran, 1512. Took effective control of the whole territory of the Papal StatesSaint Peter's Basilica for the first time. Proposed plans for rebuilding of | | 9 March 1513 - 1 December 1521 |  | Leo X | Papa Leo Decimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici | Florence,
Italy | 37 / 45 | 8 |
Son of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Excommunicated Martin Luther | | 9 January 1522 - 14 September 1523 |
 | Adrian VI | Papa Hadrianus Sextus, Episcopus Romanus |
Adriaan Floriszoon Boeyens | Utrecht,
Holy Roman EmpireNetherlands) (presently The | 62 / 64 | 1 | The only Dutch Pope. Last non-Italian to be elected pope
until John Paul II in 1978. The tutor of Emperor Charles V | | 26 November 1523 - 25 September 1534 |
 | Clement VII | Papa Clemens Septimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici | Florence, Italy | 45
/ 56 | 11 | Cousin
of Leo X. Rome plundered by imperial troops ("Sacco di Roma"), 1527. He forbade the divorce of Henry VIII and crowned Charles V Emperor at Bologna in 1530. His niece Catherine de' Medici was married to the son of the French king. | | 13
October 1534 - 10 November 1549 |  | Paul III | Papa Paulus Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
Alessandro Farnese | Canino, Viterbo, Italy | 66 / 81 | 15 | Opened
the Council of Trent in 1545. His illegitimate son became the first Duke of Parma. | | 7 February 1550 - 29 March 1555 |
 | Julius III | Papa Iulius Tertius, Episcopus Romanus |
Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte | Rome, Italy | 62 / 67 | 5 | | | 9 April 1555 - 30 April or 1 May 1555 |  | Marcellus II | Papa Marcellus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus |
Marcello Cervini | Montefano,
Macerata, Italy | 53 / 53 | <1 | Last to use birth name as regnal name | | 23 May 1555 - 18 August 1559 |  | Paul IV | Papa Paulus Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
Giovanni Pietro Carafa | Capriglia,
Campania, Italy | 78 / 83 | 4 | | | 26 December 1559 - 9 December 1565 |  | Pius IV | Papa Pius Quartus, Episcopus Romanus |
Giovanni Angelo Medici | Milan,
Italy | 59 / 66 | 6 |
Reopened the Council of Trent, 1562, it concluded its proceedings in 1563 | | 7
January 1566 - 1 May 1572 |  | Pius V, O.P. Saint Pius | Papa Pius Quintus,
Episcopus Romanus | Michele Ghislieri | Bosco, Alessandria, Italy | 61 / 68 | 6 | Member of the Dominican Order. Excommunicated Elizabeth I of England, 1570. Victory of Lepanto 1571 | | 13 May 1572
- 10 April 1585 |  | Gregory XIII | Papa Gregorius Tertius Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | Ugo Boncompagni | Bologna, Italy | 70 / 83 | 12 | Reform of the calendar 1582 |
| 24 April 1585 - 27 August 1590 |  | Sixtus V, O.F.M. Conv. | Papa Xystus Quintus, Episcopus Romanus |
Felice Peretti | Grottammare,
Marche, Italy | 63 / 68 | 5 | Member of the Conventual Franciscan Order. | | 15 September 1590 - 27 September 1590 |
 | Urban VII | Papa Urbanus Septimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Giovanni Battista Castagna | Rome,
Italy | 69 / 69 | <1 |
| | 5
December 1590 - 15 /16 October 1591 |  | Gregory XIV | Papa Gregorius Quartus Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | Niccolò Sfondrati | Cremona, Lombardy, Italy | 55 / 56 | <1 | | | 29 October 1591 - 30 December 1591 |  | Innocent IX | Papa Innocentius Nonus, Episcopus Romanus |
Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti | Bologna,
Italy | 72 / 72 | <1 |
| | 30
January 1592 - 3 March 1605 |  | Clement VIII | Papa Clemens Octavus, Episcopus Romanus |
Ippolito Aldobrandini | Fano,
Marche, Italy | 55 / 69 | 13 | | [edit] 17th Century | Pontificate |
Portrait | Common
English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal name | Place of
birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as Pope | Notes | | 1 April 1605 - 27 April 1605 |
 | Leo XI | Papa Leo Undecimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici | Florence, Italy | 69
/ 69 | <1 | |
| 16 May 1605 - 28 January 1621 |  | Paul V | Papa Paulus Quintus, Episcopus Romanus |
Camillo Borghese | Rome, Italy | 52
/ 68 | 15 | |
| 9 February 1621 - 8 July 1623 |  | Gregory XV | Papa Gregorius Quintus Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | Alessandro Ludovisi | Bologna, Italy | 67 / 69 | 2 | | | 6 August 1623 - 29 July 1644 |  | Urban VIII | Papa Urbanus Octavus, Episcopus Romanus |
Maffeo Barberini | Florence, Italy | 55
/ 76 | 20 | Trial
against Galileo Galilei | | 15 September 1644 - 7 January 1655 |
 | Innocent X | Papa Innocentius Decimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Giovanni Battista Pamphilj | Rome, Italy | 70
/ 80 | 10 | |
| 7 April 1655 - 22 May 1667 |  | Alexander VII | Papa Alexander Septimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Fabio Chigi | Siena, Tuscany, Italy | 56 / 68 | 12 | |
| 20 June 1667 - 9 December 1669 |  | Clement IX | Papa Clemens Nonus, Episcopus Romanus |
Giulio Rospigliosi | Pistoia,
Tuscany, Italy | 67 / 69 | 2 | | | 29 April 1670 - 22 July 1676 |  | Clement X | Papa Clemens Decimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Emilio Altieri | Rome, Italy |
79 / 86 | 6 | | | 21
September 1676 - 11/12 August 1689 |  | Innocent XI Blessed Innocent XI | Papa Innocentius
Undecimus, Episcopus Romanus | Benedetto Odescalchi | Como, Lombardy, Italy | 65 / 78 |
12 | |
| 6 October 1689 - 1 February 1691 |  | Alexander VIII | Papa Alexander Octavus, Episcopus Romanus |
Pietro Vito Ottoboni | Padova,
Veneto, Italy | 79 / 80 | 1 | | | 12 July 1691 - 27 September 1700 |  | Innocent XII | Papa Innocentius Duodecimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Antonio Pignatelli | Spinazzola,
Puglia, Italy | 76 / 85 | 9 | | | 23 November 1700 - 19 March 1721 |  | Clement XI | Papa Clemens Undecimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Giovanni Francesco Albani | Urbino,
Marche, Italy | 51 / 71 | 20 | | 18th Century | Pontificate |
Portrait | Common
English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal name | Place of
birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as Pope | Notes | | 8 May 1721 - 7 March 1724 |
 | Innocent XIII | Papa Innocentius Tertius Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | Michelangelo de 'Conti; Michael Angelo Conti | Poli, Lazio, Italy | 65
/ 68 | 3 | |
| 29 May 1724 - 21 February 1730 |  | Benedict XIII, O.P. | Papa Benedictus Tertius Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | Pierfrancesco Orsini | Gravina, Puglia, Italy | 75 / 81 | 5 | Member
of the Dominican Order. | | 12 July 1730 - 6 February 1740 |
 | Clement XII | Papa Clemens Duodecimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Lorenzo Corsini | Florence, Italy | 78
/ 87 | 9 | |
| 17 August 1740 - 3 May 1758 |  | Benedict XIV | Papa Benedictus Quartus Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini | Bologna, Italy | 65 / 83 | 17 | | | 6 July 1758 - 2 February 1769 |  | Clement XIII | Papa Clemens Tertius Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | Carlo della Torre Rezzonico | Venice, Veneto, Italy | 65 / 75 | 10 | | | 19 May 1769 - 22 September 1774 |  | Clement XIV, O.F.M. Conv. | Papa Clemens Quartus Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli | Sant'Arcangelo di Romagna, Italy | 63
/ 68 | 5 | Member
of the Conventual Franciscan Order. Suppressed the Jesuit Order. | | 15 February 1775 - 29 August 1799 |
 | Pius VI | Papa Pius Sextus, Episcopus Romanus |
Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi | Cesena,
Italy | 57 / 81 | 24 |
Condemned the French Revolution and was expelled from the Papal States by French troops from 1798 until his death. | | 14 March 1800 - 20 August 1823 |  | Pius VII, O.S.B. | Papa Pius Septimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Barnaba Chiaramonti | Cesena,
Italy | 57 / 81 | 23 |
Member of the Order of St. Benedict. Present at Napoleon's coronation as Emperor of the French. Temporarily expelled from the Papal States by the French between 1809 and 1814. |
19th Century
| Pontificate | Portrait | Common English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal
name | Place of birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as
Pope | Notes | | 28 September 1823 - 10 February 1829 |  | Leo XII | Papa Leo Duodecimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Count Annibale Sermattei della Genga | Fabriano, Marche, Italy | 63 / 68 | 5 | | | 31 March 1829 - 1 December 1830 |  | Pius VIII | Papa Pius Octavus, Episcopus Romanus |
Francesco Saverio Castiglioni | Cingoli,
Marche, Italy | 67 / 69 | 1 | | | 2 February 1831 - 1 June 1846 |  | Gregory XVI, O.S.B. Cam. | Papa Gregorius Sextus Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari | Belluno, Veneto, Italy | 65 / 80 | 15 | Member of the Camaldolese Order. The last non-bishop to be elected | | 16 June
1846 - 7 February 1878 |  | Pius IX, O.F.S. Blessed Pius IX | Papa Pius Nonus, Episcopus
Romanus | Count Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti | Senigallia, Marche, Italy | 54 / 85 |
31 | Opened First Vatican Council; lost the Papal States to Italy. Longest serving pope in history (see note on St. Peter.) | | 20 February 1878 - 20 July 1903 |
 | Leo XIII, O.F.S. | Papa Leo Tertius Decimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci | Carpineto Romano, Latium, Italy | 67 / 93 | 25 | Laid down the seeds of Catholic
Social Teaching through his encyclical, Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor) and supported Christian Democracy as against communism; he is the third-longest reigning pope after Pius IX (reigned for 31 years) and John Paul II (reigned for 26 years) | 20th Century
| Pontificate | Portrait | Common English
name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal name | Place of
birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as Pope | Notes | | 4 August 1903 - 20 August 1914 |
 | Pius X, O.F.S. Saint Pius X | Papa Pius Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto | Riese, Treviso, Veneto, Italy | 68 / 79 | 11 | Encouraged and expanded reception
of Holy Communion. Most recent pope to be canonized. | | 3 September 1914 - 22 January 1922 |  | Benedict XV, O.F.S. | Papa Benedictus Quintus Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | Giacomo Della Chiesa | Genoa, Italy | 59 / 67 | 7 | Credited for intervening for peace during World War I. He
is remembered by Pope Benedict XVI as "prophet of peace." | | 6 February 1922 - 10 February 1939 |  | Pius XI, O.F.S. | Papa Pius Undecimus, Episcopus Romanus |
Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti | Desio,
Milan, Italy | 64 / 81 | 17 | Signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy, establishing the Vatican City as a sovereign state. | | 2 March 1939 - 9 October
1958 |  | Pius XII, O.F.S. Venerable Pius XII | Papa Pius Duodecimus,
Episcopus Romanus | Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli |
Rome, Italy | 63 / 82 |
19 | Invoked papal infallibility
in encyclical Munificentissimus Deus. | | 28 October 1958 - 3 June 1963 |
 | John XXIII, O.F.S. Blessed John XXIII | Papa Ioannes Vicesimus
Tertius, Episcopus Romanus | Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli | Sotto il Monte, Bergamo, Italy | 76
/ 81 | 4 | Opened
Second Vatican Council; sometimes called "Good Pope John" | | 21
June 1963 - 6 August 1978 |  | Paul VI Servant of God Paul VI | Papa Paulus
Sextus, Episcopus Romanus | Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini |
Concesio, Brescia, Italy | 65
/ 80 | 15 | The
last pope to be crowned with the Papal Tiara. Concluded Second Vatican Council. In 1965, the specific anathemas and excommunications resulting in the East-West schism of 1054 (see Pope Leo IX) were lifted through the "embrace of peace" and declaration of reconciliation by Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople & Pope Paul VI. | | 26 August 1978 - 28 September 1978 | | John Paul I Servant of God John Paul I | Papa Ioannes Paulus
Primus, Episcopus Romanus | Albino Luciani | Forno di Canale (now Canale d'Agordo), Veneto, Italy | 65 / 65 | <1 | First Pope to use 'the First' in regnal name. First
pope with two names, for his two immediate predecessors. Died early into a charismatic reign. |
| 16 October 1978 - 2 April 2005 |  | John Paul II Servant of God John Paul II | Papa Ioannes Paulus
Secundus, Episcopus Romanus | Karol Józef Wojtyła |
Wadowice, Poland | 58 / 84 | 26 |
First Polish pope and first non-Italian pope in 455 years. Canonized more saints than all predecessors. Longest serving Pope since Pius IX | 21st Century
| Pontificate | Portrait | Common English name | Regnal (Latin) name | Personal
name | Place of birth | Age at Election / Death or Resigned | # years as
Pope | Notes | | 19 April 2005 - present |  | Benedict XVI | Papa Benedictus Sextus Decimus, Episcopus
Romanus | Joseph Alois Ratzinger | Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany | 78 / - | 4 |
First German pope since Adrian VI in 1523. Oldest to become pope since Clement XII in 1730. |
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