The Popes of the Catholic Church

SUBMITTED BY: CYRIL M. AMPOLOQUIO

Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
64/67(
?)
–
76/79(
?)
St.
Linus
LINUS
Linus
Tus
cia
Feast day 23
September.
Also revered
as a saint in
Eastern
Christianity,
with a feast
day
of 7 June.

Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
76/79
(?)
–
88/92
St. Anacl
etus
(Cletus)
ANACLET
US
Anacl
etus Ro
me
Martyred;
feast day 26
April. Once
erroneously
split into
Cletus and
Anacletus

Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
88/9
2
–
97
St. Cleme
nt I
CLEMENS
Cleme
nt
Ro
me
Feast day 23
November.
Also revered
as a saint
in Eastern
Christianity,
with a feast
day of 25
November.

Simon Peter
CΙΜΗΟΝ ΚΗΦΑC
(contemporary Greek)
(modern Greek: Σίμων
(or Συμεών) Κηφᾶς)
‫ܐ‬ ݂ܳ‫ܐܦ‬݁ܺ‫ܟ‬ ‫ܢ‬‫ܘ‬ܽ‫ܡܥ‬ܶ‫ܫ‬
Bethsaida,
Galilea
Apostle of
Jesus from
whom he
received the
keys to the
Kingdom
of Heaven,
according to Matthew
16:18–19. Executed by
crucifixion upside-down;
feast day (Feast of Saints
Peter and Paul) 29 June,
(Chair of Saint Peter) 22
February. Recognized by
the Catholic Church as
the first Bishop of Rome
appointed by Christ. Also
revered as saint
in Eastern Christianity,
with feast day
of 29 June.
Saint
PETRUS
Pontificat
e
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Name
English · Regnal
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name
Place
of
birth
Notes

Pontifica
te
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Name
English
· Regnal
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name
Place
of
birth
Notes
97/99
–
105/1
07
St Evaris
tus
EVARISTU
S
Aristu
s
Bethl
ehem,
Judea
Feast
day
26
Octob
er

Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
105/1
07
–
115/1
16
St Alexa
nder I
ALEXAND
ER
Alexa
nder
Ro
me
Also
revered as
a saint
in Eastern
Christianit
y, with a
feast day
of 16
March.

Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
115/1
16
–
125
St Sixtus I
XYSTUS
Xystu
s
Ro
me
6 April.
Also
revered as
a saint
in Eastern
Christianity
, with a
feast day
of 10
August.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
125
–
136/1
38
St Telesp
horus
TELESPH
ORUS
Telesph
orus
Terranova
da Sibari,
Calabria

Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
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name
Place
of
birth
Notes
136/138
–
140/142
St Hyginus
HYGINUS
Hyginus
Athe
ns,
Gree
ce
Traditionally
martyred;
feast day 11
January

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
/142
–
155
St Pius
I
PIUS
Pius
Aquile
ia,
Friuli
Martyr
ed by
sword;
feast
day 11
July

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
166
St Anicetus
ANICETUS
Anicitu
s
Emes
a,
Syria
Traditiona
lly
martyred;
feast day
17 April

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
174/17
5
–
189
St. Eleuter
us
ELEUTHERI
US
Eleuth
er
Nico
poli,
Epir
us
Traditional
ly
martyred;
feast day 6
May

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
189
–
198/19
9
St. Victor
I
VICTOR
Victor
Roman
Africa

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
199
–
217
St.Zephyr
inus
ZEPHYRIN
US
Zephy
rinus
Rom
e

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
c. 217
–
222/22
3
St.Calli
xtus I
CALLIS
TUS
Callistu
s
Iberian
Penins
ula
Martyr
ed;
feast
day 14
Octobe
r

Pontificate Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
222/223
–
230
St. Urban
I
URBANUS
Urban Rom
e
Also
revered as
a saint in
Eastern
Christianity,
with a feast
day of 25
May.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
21
July
230
–
28
Septemb
er 235
(5
years+)
St Pontian
PONTIANUS
Pontianu
s
Rome First to
abdicate
office after
exile
to Sardinia by
Emperor
Maximinus
Thrax.
TheLiberian
Catalogue reco
rds his death
on 28
September
235, the
earliest exact
date in papal
history.

Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
21
Novem
ber
235
–
3
Januar
y
236
(44
days)
St Anterus
ANTERUS
Anteru
s
Petili
a
Polic
astro
-
Calab
ria
Also
revered
as a saint
in
Eastern
Christianity
,
with a
feast
day of 5
August.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
10
January
236
–
20
January
250
(14
years+)
St Fabian
FABIANUS
Fabianu
s
Rome
Feast day 20
January. Also
revered as a
saint
in Eastern
Christianity,
with a feast
day
of 5 August.

Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
6/11
March
251
–
June
253
(2
years+)
St.
Cornelius
CORNELIUS
Corneli
us
Died a
martyr,
through
extreme
hardship;
feast day
16
September

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
25
June
253
–
5
March
254
(256
days)
St Lucius I
LUCIUS
Lucius Rom
e
Feast day 4
March

Pontific
ate
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
12
May
254
–
2
August
257
(3
years+
St Stephen I
STEPHANUS
Stepha
nus
Rome
Martyred by
beheading;
feast day 2
August. Also
revered as a
saint
in Eastern
Christianity,
with the
same feast
day.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
0/31
August
257
–
6
August
258
(340/34
1 days)
St Sixtus II
XYSTUS
Secundus
Sixtus
Gree
ce
Martyred by
beheading.
Also revered
as a saint
in Eastern
Christianity,
with a feast
day of 10
August.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
22
July
259
–
26
Decem
ber 268
(9
years+)
St. Dionys
ius
DIONYSIUS
Diony
sius
Gree
ce
Feast day
26
December

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
5
January
269
–
30
Decem
ber 274
(5
years+)
St. Felix I
FELIX
Felix Rome

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
Januar
y
275
–
7
Decem
ber
283
(8
years+)
St. Eutychi
an
EUTYCHIAN
US
Eutychi
anus

Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
7
Decemb
er 283
–
22
April
296
(12
years+)
St Caius
CAIUS
Gaius
Salon
a,
Dalma
tia
Martyred
(according to
legend) Feast
day 22 April.
Also revered
as
a saint in
Eastern
Christianity,
with
a feast day
of
11 August.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
30
June
296
–
1
April
304
(7
years+)
St Marcelli
nus
MARCELLIN
US
Marcell
inus
Rom
e
Feast day
26 April.
Also
revered as
a saint
in Eastern
Christianity
, with a
feast day
of 7 June.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
308
–
309
St Marcellus I
MARCELLUS

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
18
April
–
17
August
309 or
310
St. Eusebiu
s
EUSEBIUS
Sardinia

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
2
July
311
–
10
January
314
(2
years+)
St Miltiades
(Melchiades)
MILTIADES
Africa
First pope
after the end
of the
persecution
of Christians
through
the Edict of
Milan(313
AD) issued
byConstantin
e the Great

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
31
January
314
–
31
Decemb
er 335
(21
years+)
St. Sylvester I
SILVESTER
Sant'
Angel
o a
Scala
,Avell
ino
Feast day 31
December.
Also revered
as a saint
in Eastern
Christianity,
with a feast
day of 2
January. First
Council of
Nicaea, 325.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
18
January
336
–
7
October
336
(263
days)
St Mark
MARCUS
Rom
e
Feast day 7
October

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
Februar
y 337
–
12
April
352
(15
years+)
St Julius I
IULIUS
Rome

Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
17
May
352
–
24
Septemb
er 366
(14
years+)
St. Liberius
LIBERIUS
Earliest Pope
not yet
canonized by
the Roman
Church.
Revered as a
saint inEastern
Christianity,
with a feast
day of 27
August.

1
October
366
–
11
Decemb
er 384
(18
years+)
St Damasus I
DAMASUS
Idanh
a-a-
Velha,
Portug
al
Patron
of Jerome,
commissione
d
the Vulgate
translation
of the
Bible.Counci
l of Rome,
382.
Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

11
Decem
ber
384
–
26
Novem
ber
399
(14
years+)
St Siricius
Papa SIRICIUS
Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

7
Novem
ber
399
–
19
Decem
ber
401
(2
years+)
St Anastas
ius I
Papa
ANASTASIU
S
Rome
Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

22
Decem
ber 401
–
12
March
417
(15
years+)
St. Innocen
t I
Papa
INNOCENTI
US
Alba
no,
Latiu
m
Visigoth Sack
of Rome
(410)under A
laric
Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

18
March
417
–
26
Dece
mber
418
(1
year+)
St. Zosim
us
Papa ZOS
IMUS
Mesoraca -
Calabria
Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

28/29
Decem
ber
418
–
4
Septe
mber
422
(3
years+)
St Boniface I
Papa
BONIFATIUS
Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

10
Septe
mber
422
–
27
July
432
(9
years+)
St Celest
ine I
Papa
COELESTI
NUS
Rom
e,
West
ern
Rom
an
Empi
re
Also
revered as
a saint
inEastern
Christianity
, with a
feast day
of 8 April.
Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

31
July
432
–
March
/Augus
t
440
(~8
years)
St Sixtus III
Papa
SIXTUS
Tertius
Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

29
September
440
–
10
November
461
(21 years+)
St Leo I
(Leo the
Great)
Papa
LEO
MAGNUS
Rome
Convinced Attila
the Hun to turn
back his invasion
of Italy. Wrote
the Tome which
was instrumental
in theCouncil of
Chalcedon and in
defining
the hypostatic
union. Feast day
10 November.
Also revered as a
saint inEastern
Christianity, with
a feast day of 18
February.
Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

19
Novem
ber
461
–
29
Februa
ry 468
(6
years+)
St Hilariu
s
Papa
HILARIUS
Hilarius Sardinia
Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

3
March
468
–
10
March
483
(15
years+)
St. Simpli
cius
Papa
SIMPLICIU
S
Simplici
us
Tivoli
Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

13
March
483
–
1
March 4
92
(8
years+)
St Felix
III
(Felix II)
Papa
FELIX Ter
tius
(Secundu
s)
Felice Rome
Sometimes
called Felix
II
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

1
March
492
–
21
Novemb
er 496
(4
years+)
St Gelasi
us I
Papa
GELASIUS
Gelasi
us
Afric
a
To date,
the last
pope to
have been
born on the
continent
of Africa.
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

24
Novemb
er 496
–
19
Novemb
er 498
(~2
years)
Anastasi
us II
Papa
ANASTAS
IUS
Secundu
s
Anasta
sius Rome
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

22
Novemb
er 498
–
19
July
514
(15
years+)
St Symm
achus
Papa
SYMMAC
HUS
Simma
co
Sardi
nia
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

20
July
514
–
19
July
523
(~9
years)
St Hormi
sdas
Papa
HORMISD
AS
Hormis
das
Frosi
none
,
Sout
hern
Latiu
m
Father of
Pope
Silverius
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

13
August
523
–
18
May
526
(2
years+)
St John I
Papa
IOANNES
Giovan
ni
Toscana
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

13
July
526
–
22
Septem
ber 530
(4
years+)
St Felix
IV (Felix
III)
Papa
FELIX
Quartus
(Tertius)
Felice Samn
ium
Sometimes
called Felix
III
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

22
Septem
ber 530
–
17
October
532
(2
years+)
Boniface
II
Papa
BONIFATI
US
Secundu
s
Bonifa
cio
Rome to
Ostrogoth
parents
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

2
January
533
–
8 May
535
(2
years+)
John II
Papa
IOHANNE
S
Secundus
Mercur
io
Rom
e
First pope
to
not use
personal
name. This
was due
to Mercury
being a
Roman god.
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

13 May
535
–
22 April
536
(346 days)
St Agapetu
s I
Papa
AGAPITUS
Agapito
Rome,
Ostrog
othic
Kingdo
m
Feast days 22
April 20
September.
Also revered
as a saint
in Eastern
Christianity,
with a feast
day of 17
April.
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

1
June
536
–
11
Novem
ber
537
(1
year+)
St Silve
rius
Papa
SILVERI
US
Silver
ius
Exiled;
feast day
20 June,
son
of Pope
Hormisda
s
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

9
March
537
–
7
June
555
(18
years+
)
Vigilius
Papa
VIGILIU
S
Rome
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

16
April
556
–
4
March
561
(~5
years)
Pelagiu
s I
Papa
PELAGI
US
Rome
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

17
July
561
–
13
July
574
(~13
years)
John III
Papa
IOANNE
S
Tertius
Cateli
nus
Rome,Eastern
Roman Empire
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

2 June
575
–
30 July
579
(4
years+)
Benedict I
Papa
BENEDICTUS
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

26
Novemb
er 579
–
7
Februar
y 590
(10
years+)
Pelagius
II
Papa
PELAGIU
S
Secundu
s
Rome
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

3 September
590
–
12 March 604
(13 years+)
St Gregory I
(Gregory
the Great)
Papa
GREGORIUS
MAGNUS
Gregorio
O.S.B.
Rome 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.
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

13
Septem
ber 604
–
22
Februar
y 606
(1
year+)
Sabinian
Papa
SABINIAN
US
Blera
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

19
Februar
y 607
–
12
Novemb
er 607
(267
days)
Boniface
III
Papa
BONIFATI
US
Tertius
Bonif
acio
Rome
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

25 August
608
–
8 May
615
(6 years+)
St Bonifac
e IV
Papa
BONIFATIU
S
Quartus
Bonifaci
o
O.S.B.
Marsi First Pope
to bear the
same name
as his
immediate
predecessor.
Member of
theOrder of
Saint
Benedict.
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

19
October
615
–
8
Novembe
r 618
(3 years+)
St Adeodat
us I
(Deusdedit
)
Papa
ADEODATU
S
sive
DEUSDEDIT
Rome Sometimes
called
Deusdedit, as
a result Pope
Adeodatus IIis
sometimes
called Pope
Adeodatus
without a
number
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

23
Decembe
r 619
–
25
October
625
(5
years+)
Boniface
V
Papa
BONIFATI
US
Quintus
Bonifac
io
Naples
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

27
October
625
–
12
October
638
(12
years+)
Honorius I
Papa
HONORIU
S
Onorio Campa
nia,
Byzant
ine
Empir
e
Named a
heretic and
anathematiz
ed by the
Third
Council of
Constantino
ple (680)
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

October
638
–
2
August
640
(1
year+)
Severinu
s
Papa
SEVERIN
US
Severi
no
Rome
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

24
Decemb
er 640
–
12
October
642
(1
year+)
John IV
Papa
IOANNES
Quartus
Zadar,
Dalmatia,
Byzantine Empire
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

24
Novemb
er 642
–
14 May
649
(6
years+)
Theodor
e I
Papa
THEODO
RUS
Jeru
sale
m
Last Israeli
Pope
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

21 July
649
–
16
September
655
(6 years+)
St Martin I
Papa
MARTINUS
Martino
Near Todi,
Umbria,
Byzantine
Empire
Feast Day
12
November.
Also
revered
as
a saint
in Eastern
Christianit
y,
with a
feast day
of 14
April.
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

0
August
654
–
1 June
657
(2
years+)
St Eugen
e I
Papa
EUGENIU
S
Eugeni
o
Rome
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

30 July
657
–
27
January
672
(14
years+)
St Vitalian
Papa
VITALIANU
S
Segni,
Byzantine Empire
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

11
April 672
–
17
June 676
(4 years+)
Adeodatus II
Papa
ADEODATUS
Secundus
unknown
O.S.B. Rome,
Byzanti
ne
Empire
Sometimes
called Pope
Adeodatus
(without a
number) in
reference to
Pope Adeodatus
I sometimes
being
called Pope
Deusdedit.
Member of the
Order of Saint
Benedict.
Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

2
Novemb
er 676
–
11
April
678
(1
year+)
Donus
Papa
DONUS
Rome, Byzantine
Empire
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

27 June
678
–
10
January
681
(2
years+)
St Agatho
Papa
AGATHO
Sicil
y
Also revered
as a saint
inEastern
Christianity,
with a feast
day of 20
February.
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

17
August
682
–
28
June
683
(315
days)
St Leo II
Papa
LEO Secu
ndus
Leo Sicil
y
Feast day 3
July
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

26 June
684
–
8 May
685
(317
days)
St Benedi
ct II
Papa
BENEDICT
US
Secundus
Bened
etto
Rome
,
Byza
ntine
Empi
re
Feast day 7
May
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

12 July
685
–
2
August
686
(1
year+)
John V
Papa
IOANNES
Quintus
Syria
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

21
October
686
–
22
Septemb
er 687
(335
days)
Conon
Papa
CONON
Sicily
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

15
Decemb
er 687
–
8
Septem
ber 701
(13
years+)
St Sergius
I
Papa
SERGIUS
Sicily
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

0
October
701
–
11
January
705
(3
years+)
John VI
Papa
IOANNES
Sextus
Ιωάνν
ης
Gree
ce
Last Greek
Pope
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

1 March
705
–
18
October
707
(2
years+)
John VII
Papa
IOANNES
Septimus
Ιωάνν
ης
Ross
ano
-
Cala
bria
Second
pope
to bear the
same name
as his
immediate
predecessor
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

15
January
708
–
4
Februar
y 708
(21
days)
Sisinnius
Papa
SISINNIUS
Syria
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

25 March
708
–
9 April
715
(7 years+)
Constantine
Papa
COSTANTINU
S
sive
CONSTANTIN
US
Syria Last pope
to visit Greece
while in
office,
until John
Paul II
in 2001
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

St Grego
ry II
Papa
GREGOR
IUS
Secundu
s
Gregori
o
Rome,
Byzanti
ne
Empire
Feast
day 11
Februar
y
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

18 March
731
–
28
November
741
(10 years+)
St Gregory
III
Papa
GREGORIUS
Tertius
Syria Third pope to
bear the same
name as his
immediate
predecessor.
Was previously
the last pope to
have been born
outside Europe
until the
election
ofFrancis in
2013.
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

3
December
741
–
14/22
March
752
(10
years+)
St Zachary
Papa
ZACHARIAS
Santa
Severi
na -
Calab
ria
Feast day
15 March
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

26
March
752
–
26 April
757
(5
years+)
Stephen
II (Stephe
n III)
Papa
STEPHANU
S
Secundus
(Tertius)
Rom
e
Sometimes
called
Stephen III
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

29 May
757
–
28 June
767
(10
years+)
St Paul I
Papa
PAULUS
Paolo Rome
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

1/7
August
767
–
24
January
772
(4 years+)
Stephen
III (Stephe
n IV)
Papa
STEPHAN
US
Tertius
(Quartus)
Stefano Sicily Sometime
s
called
Stephen IV
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

1
February
772
–
26
December
795
(23
years+)
Adrian I
Papa
HADRIAN
US
Adriano Rome
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

26
December
795
–
12 June 816
(20 years+)
St Leo III
Papa
LEO
Tertius
Leo Rome Crowned
Charlemagne
Imperator
Augustus on
Christmas Day,
800, thereby
initiating what
would become
the office
of Holy Roman
Emperor requiri
ng the
imprimatur
of the pope for
its legitimacy
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

12
June
816
–
24
January
817
Stephen
IV
(Stephen
V)
Papa
STEPHANU
S
Quartus
(Quintus)
Stephan
us
Ro
me
Sometimes
called
Stephen V
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

25
January
817
–
11
Februar
y
824
St Paschal
I
Papa
PASCHALIS
Pasqu
ale
Rome
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

8
May
824
–
August
827
Eugene II
Papa
EUGENIU
S
Secundu
s
Euge
nio
Rome
Name
English
· Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes

Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
Augus
t
827
–
Septe
mber
827
Valentine
Papa
VALENTIN
US
Valen
tino
Rome

Pontifica
te
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
0 Dec
827 –
25 Jan
844
(16 years
,
36 days)
(5880)
Gregory IV
Papa GREGORIU
SQuartus
Gregorio c.
790
Rome
,
Papal
State
s
Italian. Rebuilt
the atrium
of St. Peter’s
Basilica and in
the newly
decorated
chapel
transferred
the body
of Gregory I.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
April 847
–
17 July
855
(8 years,
98 days)
(3020)
St Leo IV
Papa LEOQuart
us
Leone
O.S.B.
c. 790
Rome,
Papal
States
Lombard.
Member of
the Order
of Saint
Benedict.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
0 April
847 –
17 July
855
(8 years,
98 days)
(3020)
St Leo IV
Papa LEOQuar
tus
Leone
O.S.B.
c.
790
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Lombard.
Member of
the Order of
Saint
Benedict.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
29 Sep
855 –
7 April
858
(2 years,
190 days)
(921)
Benedict III
PapaBENEDICT
USTertius
Benedetto c.
810
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
24 April
858 –
13 Nov
867
(9 years,
203 days
)
(3490)
St Nicholas I
(Nicholas the
Great)
Papa NICOLAU
SMAGNUS
NiccolòCo
lonna
c.
800
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.
Encouraged
missionary
activity.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
14 Dec
867 –
14 Dec
872
(5 years,
0 days)
(1827)
Adrian II
Papa HADRIAN
USSecundus
Adriano c.
792
Rome
,
Papal
State
s
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
14 Dec
872 –
16 Dec
882
(10 years
, 2 days)
(3654)
John VIII
Papa IOANNES
Octavus
Giovanni c.
820
Rome
,
Papal
State
s
Italian. First
pope to be
assassinated.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
16 Dec
882 –
15 May
884
(1 year,
151 days)
(516)
Marinus I
Papa MARINUS
Marino c.
830G
alles
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.
Sometimes
also known as
and called
"Martin II."

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
17 May
884 –
15 Sep
885
(1 year,
121 days)
(486)
St Adrian III
Papa HADRIAN
USTertius
Adriano c.
830
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian. Feast
day 8 July.
Maybe the
pope Adrian I
was his
ancestor.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
14 Sep
885 –
4 Sep
891
(5 years,
355 days)
(2181)
Stephen V
(Stephen VI)
PapaSTEPHAN
USQuintus
(Sextus)
Stefano c.
840
Rome
,
Papal
State
s
Italian.
Sometimes
called Stephen
VI.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
6 Oct
891 –
4 April
896
(4 years,
181 days)
(1642)
Formosus
Papa FORMOSU
S
Formoso c.
805/
16Ost
ia,
Papal
State
s
Italian. Posthu
mously ritually
executed follo
wing
the Cadaver
Synod.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
11 April
896 –
26 April
896
(15 days)
(15)
Boniface VI
PapaBONIFATIU
SSextus
Bonifacio c.
806
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
22 May
896 –
14 Aug
897
(1 year,
84 days)
(449)
Stephen VI
(Stephen VII)
PapaSTEPHAN
USSextus
(Septimus)
Stefano di
Spoletto
c.
850
Rom
e,
Pap
al
Stat
es
Italian.
Sometimes
called Stephen
VII. Held the
infamous Cadav
er Synod.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
14 Aug
897 –
Nov 897
(92 days)
(92)
Romanus
Papa ROMANUS
Romano
Marini
c.
850
Gall
ese,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
Dec 897 –
20 Dec
897
(19 days)
(19)
Theodore II
PapaTHEODOR
USSecundus
Theódōros c.
840
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Greek Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
18 Jan
898 –
5 Jan 900
(1 year,
352 days)
(717)
John IX
Papa IOANNES
Nonus
Giovanni
O.S.B.
c.
840
Tivol
i,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Germanic
Italian.
Member of
the Order of
Saint
Benedict.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
1 Feb
900 –
30 July
903
(3 years,
179 days)
(1274)
Benedict IV
PapaBENEDICT
USQuartus
Benedetto c.
840
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
30 July
903 –
Dec 903
(124 days
)
(124)
Leo V
Papa LEOQuint
us
Leone
Britigena
c.
845
Arde
a,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.
Deposed and
murdered.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
Oct 903 –
Jan 904
(92 days)
(92)
Christopher
AntipapaCHRIS
TOFORO
Cristoforo Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es[birt
h 2]
Italian. In
opposition
to Pope Leo
V and Pope
Sergius III

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
29 Jan
904 –
14 April
911
(7 years,
75 days)
(2632)
Sergius III
Papa SERGIUST
ertius
Sergio di
Tuscolo
c.
860
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.
"Saeculum
obscurum"
begins. The
first pope to
be depicted
with the Papal
Tiara.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
14 April
911 –
June 913
(2 years,
48 days)
(779)
Anastasius III
PapaANASTASIU
STertius
Anastasi
o
c.
865
Rome
,
Papal
State
s
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
7 July
913 –
5 Feb
914
(213 days
)
(213)
Lando
Papa LANDO
Lando c.
865
Sabi
na,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
March
914 –
28 May
928
(14 years
,
88 days)
(5202)
John X
Papa IOANNES
Decimus
Giovann
i
c.
860Tos
signan
o,
Romag
na
(forma
lly
part of
the
Papal
States)
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
28 May
928 –
Dec 928
(187 days
)
(187)
Leo VI
Papa LEO Sext
us
Leone c.
880
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
3 Feb
929 –
13 Feb
931
(2 years,
10 days)
(740)
Stephen VII
(Stephen VIII)
PapaSTEPHAN
USSeptimus
(Octavus)
Stefano c.
880
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.
Sometimes
called Stephen
VIII.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
15 March
931 –
Dec 935
(4 years,
261 days)
(1722)
John XI
Papa IOANNES
Undecimus
Giovanni
di Tuscolo
c.
910
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.
Probably,
according to
the Liber
Pontificalis an
d Liutprand of
Cremona, the
son of Pope
Sergius III, and
not of Alberic I
of Spoleto,
who was
Marozia's
husband.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
3 Jan 936
–
13 July
939
(3 years,
191 days)
(1287)
Leo VII
Papa LEOSepti
mus
Leone
O.S.B.
c.
885
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.
Member of
the Order of
Saint
Benedict.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
4 July
939 –
30 Oct
942
(3 years,
108 days)
(1204)
Stephen VIII
(Stephen IX)
PapaSTEPHANU
SOctavus
(Nonus)
Stefano c.
900
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.
Sometimes
called Stephen
IX.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
30 Oct
942 –
1 May
946
(3 years,
183 days)
(1279)
Marinus II
Papa MARINUSS
ecundus
Marino c.
900
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
10 May
946 –
8 Nov
955
(9 years,
182 days)
(3469)
Agapetus II
Papa AGAPETU
SSecundus
Agapito c.
905
Rome
,
Papal
State
s
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
16 Dec
955 –
6 Dec
963
(8 years,
356 days)
(3278)
John XII
Papa IOANNES
Duodecimus
Ottaviano
di
Tuscolo
c.
930/
37
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian. Second
Pope not to
use his
personal
name,
after John II.
Deposed in 963
by Emperor
Otto invalidly;
end of the
"Saeculum
obscurum".

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
22 May
964 –
23 June
964
(32 days)
(32)
Benedict V
PapaBENEDICT
USQuintus
Benedetto c.
915
Rom
e,
Pap
al
Stat
es
Italian. Elected
by the people
of Rome, in
opposition to
the Antipope Le
o VIII who was
appointed by
Emperor Otto;
he accepted his
own deposition
in 964 leaving
Leo VIII as the
sole pope.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
23 June
964 –
1 March
965
(251 days
)
(251)
Leo VIII
Papa LEOOctav
us
Leone c.
915
Rome
,
Papal
State
s
Italian.
Became the
true pope
after Benedict
V was
deposed, after
being antipope
from 963 to
964, in
opposition
to Pope John
XII and Pope
Benedict V. An
appointee of
the Holy
Roman

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
1 Oct
965 –
6 Sep
972
(6 years,
341 days)
(2532)
John XIII
Papa IOANNES
Tertius
Decimus
Giovanni
deiCresce
nzi
c.
930
Rom
e,
Pap
al
Stat
es
Italian.
Chronicled
after his death
as "the Good

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
19 Jan
973 –
8 June
974
(1 year,
140 days)
(505)
Benedict VI
PapaBENEDICT
USSextus
Benedikt c.
925
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
German
Italian.
Deposed and
murdered.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
ct 974 –
10 July
983
(8 years,
282 days)
(3204)
Benedict VII
PapaBENEDICT
USSeptimus
Benedetto
diSpoleto
c.
930
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
Dec 983 –
20 Aug
984
(263 days
)
(263)
John XIV
Papa IOANNES
Quartus
Decimus
Pietro
Canepano
ra
c.
940
Pavi
a,Kin
gdo
m of
Italy,
Holy
Rom
an
Empi
re
Italian. Fourth
Pope not to
use his
personal
name,
after John
II, John
III and John
XII.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
20 Aug
984–
20 July
985
(334 days
)
(334)
Boniface VII
AntipapaBONF
ATIUSSeptinus
Francone
Ferucci
Rom
e,
Rom
an
Empi
re[birt
h 2]
Italian. In
opposition
to Pope John
XIV and Pope
John XV

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
20 Aug
985 –
1 April
996
(10 years
,
225 days)
(3877)
John XV
Papa IOANNES
Quintus
Decimus
Giovanni
di Gallina
Alba
c.
950
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian. The
first pope to
formally
canonize a
saint.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
3 May
996 –
18 Feb
999
(2 years,
291 days)
(1021)
Gregory V
Papa GREGORIU
SQuintus
Bruno
vonKärnt
en
c.
972S
taina
ch,D
uchy
of
Cari
nthi
a,
Holy
Rom
an
Empi
re
The first
German Pope
and fifth not to
use his
personal name.
Henceforth,
this decision
became
tradition
among future
popes.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
2 April
999 –
12 May
1003
(4 years,
40 days)
(1500)
Sylvester II
Papa SILVESTER
Secundus
Gerbert
d'Aurillac
O.S.B.
c.
940/
42Be
lliac,
Fran
ce
The first
French
(Occitan)
pope.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
16 May
1003 –
6 Nov
1003
(174 days
)
(174)
John XVII
Papa IOANNESS
eptimus
Decimus
Siccone
Secchi
c.
955
Rome
,
Papal
State
s
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
25
Decembe
r 1003 –
18 July
1009
(5 years,
205 days)
(2032)
John XVIII
Papa IOANNES
Duodevi-
cesimus
Giovanni
Fasano
c.
965R
apag
nano,
Papal
State
s
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
31 July
1009 –
12 May
1012
(2 years,
286 days)
(1016)
Sergius IV
Papa SERGIUSQ
uartus
Pietro
Martino
Boccadipo
rco
O.S.B.
c.
970
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
18 May
1012 –
9 April
1024
(11 years
,
327 days)
(4344)
Benedict VIII
PapaBENEDICT
USOctavus
Teofilatto
di Tuscolo
c.
980
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
14 May
1024 –
6 Oct
1032
(8 years,
145 days)
(3067)
John XIX
Papa IOANNESU
ndevices-
imus
Romano
di
Tuscolo
c.
975
Rom
e,
Pap
al
Stat
es
Italian. Brother
of Benedict
VIII.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
21
October
1032 –
31 Dec
1044
(12 years
,
71 days)
(4454)
Benedict IX
PapaBENEDICT
USNonus
Teofilatto
di
Tuscolo
Rom
e,
Pap
al
Stat
es
Italian; 1st
Term.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
13
January
1045 –
10 March
1045
(56 days)
(56)
Sylvester III
Papa SILVESTE
RTertius
Giovanni
dei
Crescenzi
Ottaviani
c. 1000
Rome,
Papal
States
Italian.
Validity
of
election
question
ed;
consider
ed Anti-
Pope;
deposed
at
theCounc
il of
Sutri.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
10 March
1045 –
1 May
1045
(52 days)
(52)
Benedict IX
PapaBENEDICT
USNonus
Teofilatto
di
Tuscolo
Rome,
Papal
States
Italian. 2nd
Term;
deposed at
the Council of
Sutri.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
5 May
1045 –
20 Dec
1046
(1 year,
229 days)
(594)
Gregory VI
Papa GREGORIU
SSextus
Giovanni
Graziano
Pierleoni
c.
1000
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.
Deposed at
the Council of
Sutri.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
24
Decembe
r 1046 –
9 Oct
1047
(289 days
)
(289)
Clement II
Papa CLEMENSS
ecundus
Suidger
von
Morsleb
en-
Hornbur
g
c.
967Ho
rnbur
g,
Duchy
of
Saxon
y,
Holy
Roma
n
Empir
e
German.
Appointed
by Henry III at
the Council of
Sutri;
crowned
Henry III as
Holy Roman
Emperor.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
8
Novembe
r 1047 –
17 July
1048
(252 days
)
(252)
Benedict IX
PapaBENEDICT
USNonus
Teofilatto
di
Tuscolo
1012
Rome,
Papal
States
Italian. 3rd
Term;
deposed and
excommunica
ted.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
16 July
1048 –
9 Aug
1048
(24 days)
(24)
Damasus II
Papa DAMASUSS
ecundus
Poppo de
Curagnon
i
c.
1000
Pilde
nau,
Duch
y of
Bava
ria,
Holy
Rom
an
Empi
re
German.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
12
February
1049 –
19 April
1054
(5 years,
66 days)
(1892)
St Leo IX
Papa LEO Nonus
Bruno
vonEgishe
im-
Dagsburg
21
July
1002
Eguis
heim
,Duc
hy of
Swab
ia,
Holy
Roma
n
Empi
re
German. In
1054,
mutual excomm
unications of
Leo IX
and Patriarch of
Constantinople
Michael I
Cerularius began
the East–West
Schism.
Theanathematiz
ations were
rescinded
by Pope Paul
VI and Patriarch
Athenagoras in
1965.[13]

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
13 April
1055 –
28 July
1057
(2 years,
106 days)
(837)
Victor II
Papa VICTORSe
cundus
Gebhard
II von
Calw-
Dollnstei
n-
Hirschber
g
c.
1018
Duch
y of
Swa
bia,
Holy
Rom
an
Empi
re
German.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
2 August
1057 –
29 March
1058
(239 days
)
(239)
Stephen IX
(Stephen X)
PapaSTEPHANU
SNonus
(Decimus)
Frederich
,Herzog
von
Lothringe
n
O.S.B.
c.
1020
Duch
y of
Lorr
aine,
Holy
Rom
an
Empi
re
German.
Sometimes
called
Stephen X.
Member of
the Order of
Saint
Benedict.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
6
Decembe
r 1058 –
27 July
1061
(2 years,
233 days)
(964)
Nicholas II
Papa NICOLAUS
Secundus
Gerald
de
Bourgog
ne
c.
980C
hâtea
u de
Chevr
on,Co
unty
of
Savoy
,
Holy
Roma
n
Empi
re
French. In
1059 the
College of
Cardinals was
designated
the sole body
of pope

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
21 April
1073
(11 years
,
203 days
)
(4221)
Alexander II
PapaALEXANDE
RSecundus
Anselmo
da Baggio
c.
1018
Bagg
io,Mi
lan,
Holy
Rom
an
Empi
re
Italian.
Authorised
the Norman
conquest of
England in 1

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
25 May
1085
(12 years,
33 days)
(4416)
St Gregory VII
Papa GREGORIUS
Septimus
Ildebrando
Aldobrand
eschidi
Soana
O.S.B.
c.
1015
Sova
na,M
arch
of
Tusc
any,
Holy
Rom
an
Empi
re
Italian. Initiated
the Gregorian
Reforms.
Restricted the
use of the
title "Papa" to
the Bishop of
Rome.[4] Membe
r of the Order of
Saint Benedict.
Political struggle
with German
Emperor Henry
IV, who had to
go
to Canossa (107
7).

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
16 Sep
1087
(1 year,
115 days)
(480)
Bl. Victor III
Papa VICTORTert
ius
Dauferio
Epifanio
O.S.B.
c.
1026
Bene
vento
,Duc
hy of
Bene
vento
Italian. Member
of the Order of
Saint Benedict.
Called the Synod
of Benevento
(1087)
condemning lay
investiture.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
` Bl. Urban II
Papa URBANUS
Secundus
Odon de
Lagery
O.S.B.
c.
1042
Chât
illon
-sur-
Marn
e,Co
unty
of
Cha
mpa
gne,
Fran
ce
French.
Preached and
started
the First
Crusade.
Member of
the Order of
Saint
Benedict.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
21 Jan
1118
(18 years
,
161 days)
(6735)
Paschal II
Papa PASCHALIS
Secundus
Rainero
Ranieri
O.S.B.
c.
1050
Bled
a, M
arch
of
Tusc
any,
Holy
Rom
an
Empi
re
Italian.
Member of
the Order of
Saint
Benedict.
Ordered the
building of the
basilica
of Santi
Quattro
Coronati.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
29 Jan
1119
(1 year,
5 days)
(370)
Gelasius II
Papa GELASIUS
Secundus
Giovanni
Caetani
O.S.B.
c.
106
1Ga
eta,
Duc
hy
of
Gae
ta
Italian.
Member of
the Order of
Saint
Benedict.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
13 Dec
1124
(5 years,
315 days)
(2141)
Callixtus II
Papa CALLISTU
SSecundus
Guy de
Bourgogn
e,Comte
de
Bourgogn
e
c.
1060
Quin
gey,
Fran
che-
Com
té
French.
Opened
the First
Council of the
Lateran in
1123.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
13 Feb
1130
(5 years,
54 days)
(1880)
Honorius II
Papa HONORIU
SSecundus
Lamberto
Scannabe
cchi
da Fiagna
no
Can.Reg.
9
Febru
ary
1060
Fiagn
ano,R
omag
na,
Holy
Roma
n
Empi
re
Italian. Canon
Regular of S.
Maria di San
Reno.
Approved the
new military
order of
the Knights
Templar in
1128.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
24 Sep
1143
(13 years
,
222 days)
(4970)
Innocent II
PapaINNOCENT
IUSSecundus
Gregorio
Paparesc
hi
Can.Reg.
c.
1082
Rome,
Papal
States
Italian.
Canon
Regular of
Lateran;
Convened
the Second
Council of
the Lateran,
1139.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
8 March
1144
(164 days
)
(164)
Celestine II
PapaCOELESTI
NUSSecundus
Guido
Guelfucci
o de
Castello
c.
1085
Citt
à di
Cast
ello,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
15 Feb
1145
(340 days
)
(340)
Lucius II
Papa LUCIUSSe
cundus
Gherardo
Cacciane
mici
dall'Orso
Can.Reg.
c.
1095
Bolog
na,
Holy
Roma
n
Empi
re
Italian. Canon
Regular of S.
Frediano di
Lucca.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
8 July
1153
(8 years,
143 days)
(3065)
Bl. Eugene III
Papa EUGENIU
STertius
Pietro dei
Paganelli
di
Montemag
no
O.Cist.[14]
c.
1080
Mont
emag
no,Re
publi
c of
Pisa
Italian.
Member of
the Order of
Cistercians.
Announced
the Second
Crusade.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
3 Dec
1154
(1 year,
144 days)
(509)
Anastasius IV
PapaANASTASI
USQuartus
Corrado
Demitri
della Subu
rra
c.
1073
Rom
e,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
1 Sep
1159
(4 years,
271 days)
(1732)
Adrian IV
Papa HADRIAN
USQuartus
Nicholas
Breakspe
ar
Can.Reg.
c.
1100A
bbots
Langl
ey,Her
tfords
hire,K
ingdo
m of
Engla
nd
First and only
English pope;
purportedly
granted
Ireland
to Henry II,
King of
England.
Canon Regular
of St. Rufus
Monastery.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
30 Aug
1181
(21 years,
357 days)
(8028)
Alexander III
PapaALEXANDE
RTertius
Rolando
Bandinell
i
c.
1100S
iena,
Repu
blic
of
Siena
Italian.
Convened
the Third
Council of the
Lateran, 1179.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
25 Nov
1185
(4 years,
85 days)
(1546)
Lucius III
Papa LUCIUSTe
rtius
Ubaldo
Allucignoli
c.
1097
Lucca
, Mar
ch of
Tusca
ny,
Holy
Roma
n
Empi
re
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
20 Oct
1187
(1 year,
329 days)
(694)
Urban III
Papa URBANUS
Tertius
Uberto
Crivelli
c.
1100
/05C
uggi
ono,
Holy
Rom
an
Empi
re
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
17 Dec
1187
(57 days)
(57)
Gregory VIII
Papa GREGORI
USOctavus
Alberto
de Morra
Can.Reg.
c.
1105
/08B
enev
ento
,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian. Canon
Regular
Premostratens
e. Proposed
the Third
Crusade.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
20 March
1191[15]
(3 years,
91 days)
(1187)
Clement III
Papa CLEMENS
Tertius
Paolo
Scolari
c. 1130
Rome,
Papal
States
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
8 Jan
1198
(6 years,
284 days)
(2476)
Celestine III
PapaCOELESTI
NUSTertius
Giacinto
Bobone Or
sini
c.
1106
Rome
,
Papal
State
s
Motto: Perfice
gressus meos
in semitis
tuis ("Going in
Thy path")
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
16 July 1216
(18 years,
190 days)
(6764)
Innocent III
PapaINNOCENTIUS
Tertius
Lotario
deiConti di
Segni
1161Ga
vignano
, Papal
States
Italian. Convened
the Fourth Council
of the Lateran,
1215. Initiated
the Fourth
Crusade but later
distanced himself
from it and
threatened
participants with
excommunication
when it became
clear that the
leadership
abandoned a focus
on conquest of
the Holy Land and
instead intended
to sack Christian
cities.[16]Endorsed
the Franciscan

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
18 March
1227
(10 years,
243 days)
(3895)
Honorius III
Papa HONORIUS
Tertius
Cencio Sa
velli
c.
1148
/50
Rom
e, Pa
pal
Stat
es
Italian.
Initiated
the Fifth
Crusade.
Approved
several
religious and
tertiary
orders.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
22 Aug
1241
(14 years
,
156 days)
(5270)
Gregory IX
Papa GREGORI
USNonus
Ugolino
dei Conti
di Segni,O
.F.S
c.
1145
/70A
nagn
i,Pap
al
Stat
es
Italian.
Canonized Elis
abeth of
Hungary (1235)
. Initiated the
Inquisition in
France and
endorsed
the Northern
Crusades.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
10 Nov
1241
(16 days)
(16)
Celestine IV
PapaCOELESTI
NUSQuartus
Goffredo
Castiglioni
c.
1180
/87M
ilan,
Italy
,Hol
y
Rom
an
Empi
re
Italian. Died
before
coronation.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
7 Dec
1254
(11 years,
165 days)
(4183)
Innocent IV
PapaINNOCENT
IUSQuartus
Sinibaldo
Fieschi
c.
1195
Gen
oa,R
epub
lic of
Gen
oa,
Holy
Rom
an
Empi
re
Italian.
Convened
the First
Council of
Lyons (1245).
Issued the
bull Ad
extirpandathat
permitted the
torture of
heretics
(1252).

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
25 May
1261
(6 years,
164 days)
(2356)
Alexander IV
PapaALEXANDE
RQuartus
Rinaldo
deiConti
di Jenne
c.
1199J
enne,
Papa
l
State
s
Italian.
Established an
Inquisition in
France.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
2 Oct
1264
(3 years,
34 days)
(1130)
Urban IV
Papa URBANUS
Quartus
Jacques
Pantaléo
n
c.
1195
Troye
s,Cou
nty
of
Cham
pagn
e,
Franc
e
French.
Instituted
the feast of
Corpus
Christi (1264).

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
10 Jan
1276
(4 years,
131 days)
(1592)
Bl. Gregory X
Papa GREGORI
USDecimus
TebaldoVi
sconti, O.
F.S
c.
1210
Piace
nza,It
aly, H
oly
Roma
n
Empi
re
Italian.
Convened
the Second
Council of
Lyons (1274).
Responsible
for regulation
all papal
conclaves until
the 20th
century.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
22 June
1276
(153 days
)
(153)
Bl. Innocent V
PapaINNOCENT
IUSQuintus
Pierre de
Tarentais
e,O.P.
c.
1224
/5Co
unty
of
Savoy
, Hol
y
Roma
n
Empi
re
French.
Member of
the Dominican
Order.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
18 Aug
1276
(38 days)
(38)
Adrian V
Papa HADRIAN
USQuintus
Ottobuon
oFieschi
c.
1216
Gen
oa,R
epub
lic
of
Gen
oa,
Holy
Rom
an
Empi
re
Italian.
Annulled
Gregory X's
papal bull on
the regulations
of papal
conclaves.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
20 May
1277
(254 days)
(254)
John XXI
Papa IOANNESVicesi
mus Primus
Pedro
Julião
(a.k.a.
Petrus
Hispanus
and Pedro
Hispano)
c.
1215Lis
bon,
Portug
al
Portuguese. Due to a
confusion over
the numbering of
popes named John in
the 13th century,
there was no John
XX. There has never
been a John XX,
because the 20th
pope of this name
formerly when
elected, decided to
skip the number XX
and be counted as
John XXI instead. He
wanted to correct
what in his time was
believed to be an
error in the counting
of his predecessors
John XV to XIX.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
22 Aug
1280
(2 years,
271 days
)
(1001)
Nicholas III
Papa NICOLAUS
Tertius
Giovan
ni
Gaetan
o Orsini
c.
1216
Rom
e, Pa
pal
Stat
es
Italian. Planned
the Sicilian
Vespers.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
28 March
1285
(4 years,
34 days)
(1495)
Martin IV
Papa MARTIN
USQuartus
Simon de
Brion
c.
121
0
Mei
npic
ien,
Tour
aine
,
Fran
ce
French.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
3 April
1287
(2 years
, 1 day)
(731)
Honorius IV
Papa HONOR
IUSQuartus
Giacom
o
Savelli
c.
1210
Rom
e, P
apal
Stat
es
Italian.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
4 April
1292
(4 years
,
42 days)
(1503)
Nicholas IV
Papa NICOLA
USQuartus
Girolamo
Masci, O.
F.M.
30
Sept
emb
er
122
7
Lisci
ano,
Pap
al
Stat
es
Italian.
Member of
the Francisca
n Order.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
13 Dec
1294
(161 days)
(161)
St Celestine V
PapaCOELESTINU
SQuintus
Pietro
Angelerio,
O.S.B.
c.
1207
/09
Sant'
Angel
o
Limo
sano,
Kingd
om
of
Sicily
Italian. One of
the few popes
who abdicated
voluntarily.
Member of
the Order of
Saint Benedict.
Founded
the Celestines.
Resigned from
office and
rumored to have
been murdered
in prison
by Boniface VIII.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
11 Oct
1303
(8 years,
291 days)
(3212)
Boniface VIII
PapaBONIFATIU
SOctavus
Benedett
oCaetani
c.
1230
/36A
nagni
,Papa
l
State
s
Italian.
Formalized
the Jubilee in
1300.
Issued Unam
Sanctam (1302
) which
proclaimed
papal
supremacy and
pushing it to
its historical
extreme.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
7 July
1304
(259 days
)
(259)
Bl. Benedict XI
PapaBENEDICT
USUndecimus
Niccolò
Boccasini,
O.P.
c.
124
0Tre
viso
,Pap
al
Stat
es
Motto: Illustra
faciem Tuam
super servum
Tuum ("Let Your
Face shine
upon Your
servant")Italian
. Member of
the Dominican
Order. Reverted
Boniface
VIII's Unam
Sanctam

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
20 April 1314
(8 years, 319 days)
(3241)
Clement V
Papa CLEMENSQuintus
Raymond Bertrand
de Gouth/ de
Goth/de Got
c. 1264
Villandr
aut,
Gascony
, France
French. Pope at Avignon.
Convened the Council of
Vienne (1311–1312). Initiated
the persecution of the Knights
Templar with the
bull Pastoralis
Praeeminentiae under pressure
from King Philip IV of France.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
4 Dec
1334
(18 year
s,
119 days
)
(6693)
John XXII
Papa IOANNES
Vicesimus
Secundus
Jacques
d'Euse;
Jacques
Duèse
c.
1244/
49Ca
hors,
Quer
cy,
Franc
e
French. Pop
e at
Avignon.
Controversia
l for his
views on
the Beatific
Vision.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
25 April
1342
(7 years,
126 days)
(2683)
Benedict XII
PapaBENEDICT
USDuodecimus
Jacques
Fournier,O
.Cist.
c.
128
0/8
5
Sav
erd
un,
Cou
nty
of
Foi
x,
Fra
nce
French. Pope at
Avignon.
Member of
the Order of
Cistercians.
Known for
issuing
theApostolic
constitution Be
nedictus
Deus (1336).

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
6 Dec
1352
(10 years
,
213 days)
(3866)
Clement VI
Papa CLEMENSS
extus
Pierre
Roger,O.S
.B.
c.
1291
Mau
mon
t,
Limo
usin,
Fran
ce
French. Pope
at Avignon.
Reigned during
the Black
Death and
absolved those
who died of it
of their sins.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
12 Sep
1362
(9 years,
268 days)
(3555)
Innocent VI
PapaINNOCENT
IUSSextus
Étienne
Aubert
c.
1282
Les
Mont
s,
Limo
usin,
Fran
ce
French. Pope
at Avignon.
Through his
exertions
the Treaty of
Brétigny (1360
) was brought
about.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
19 Dec
1370
(8 years,
82 days)
(3004)
Bl. Urban V
Papa URBANUSQu
intus
Guillaume
(de)
Grimoard,
O.S.B.
c.
1309
/10
Griz
ac,
Lang
uedo
c,
Fran
ce
French. Pope at
Avignon. Member
of the Order of
Saint Benedict.
Reformed areas
of education and
sent missionary
movements
across Europe
and Asia. His
pontificate
witnessed
the Alexandrian
and Savoyard
crusades.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
27 March
1378
(7 years,
87 days)
8
(2644)
Gregory XI
Papa GREGORIU
SUndecimus
Pierre
Roger de
Beaufort
c.
132
9
Ma
um
ont
,
Lim
ous
in,
Fra
nce
French. Pope at
Avignon;
returns to
Rome. The
last French pop
e.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
15 Oct
1389
(11 years
,
190 days)
(4208)
Urban VI
Papa URBANUSS
extus
Bartolom
eo
Prignano
c.
1318
Napl
es,
King
dom
of
Napl
es
Italian. Wester
n Schism. Last
pontiff to be
elected
outside the
College of
Cardinals.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
1 Oct
1404
(14 years
,
334 days)
(5446)
Boniface
IX
PapaBON
IFATIUSN
onus
Pietro
Tomacell
i Cybo
c.
1348/50
Naples,
Kingdom
of Naples
33 (35) /
48 (50)
Italian.
Western
Schism.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
6 Nov
1406
(2 years,
20 days)
(750)
Innocent VII
PapaINNOCENT
IUSSeptimus
Cosimo
Gentile
Migliorati
1336
/39
Sulm
ona,
King
dom
of
Napl
es
Italian. Weste
rn Schism.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
4 July
1415
(8 years,
216 days)
(3138)
Gregory XII
Papa Gregorius
Duodecimus
Angelo
Correr
14
May
1324
Veni
ce,R
epub
lic
of
Veni
ce
Italian. Wester
n Schism. Last
Pope to
abdicate during
the Second
Millenn

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
20 Feb
1431
(13 years
,
101 days)
(4849)
Martin V
Papa MARTINU
SQuintus
OddoneCo
lonna, O.F
.S
Jan/
Feb
1369
Gena
zzan
o,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.
Convened
the Council of
Basel (1431).
Initiated
the Hussite
Wars.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
23 Feb
1447
(15 years,
357 days)
(5836)
Eugene IV
Papa EUGENIUSQ
uartus
Gabriele
Condulmer
,O.S.A.
1383
Venic
e,
Repu
blic
of
Venic
e
Italian. Member
of
the Augustinian
Order. Nephew
of Martin V.
Crowned Sigism
undemperor at
Rome in 1433.
Transferred the
Council of Basel
to Ferrara. It
was later
transferred
again, to
Florence,
because of
the Bubonic
plague.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
24 March
1455
(8 years,
18 days)
(2940)
Nicholas V
Papa NICOLAUSQ
uintus
Tommaso
Parentuce
lli,O.P.
13
Novem
ber
1397
Sarzan
a,
Republ
ic of
Genoa
Italian. Member
of
the Dominican
Order. Held
the Jubilee of
1450.
CrownedFrederi
ck III emperor at
Rome (1452).
Issued the Papal
Bull Dum
Diversas allowin
g Portugal's right
to conquer and
subjugate
Saracens and
pagans (1452).
Created a library
in the Vatican

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
6 Aug
1458
(3 years,
120 days)
(1216)
Callixtus III
Papa CALLISTU
STertius
Alfonso
deBorja
31
Dece
mbe
r
1378
Xàtiv
a,
King
dom
of
Vale
ncia,
Crow
n of
Arag
on
The first
Spanish pope.
Ordered
the Feast of
the
Transfiguration
to be
celebrated on
6 August.
Ordered
the retrial of J
oan of Arc, in
which she was
vindicated.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
5 Aug
1464
(5 years,
362 days)
(2188)
Pius II
Papa PIUSSecun
dus
Enea
SilvioPicc
olomini
18
Octo
ber
1405
Corsi
gnan
o,Re
publi
c of
Sien
a
Italian.
Displayed a
great interest
in urban
planning.
Founded Pienz
a near Siena as
the ideal city
in 1462.
Known for his
work on
the Commenta
ries.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
26 July
1471
(6 years,
330 days)
(2521)
Paul II
Papa PAULUSSe
cundus
Pietro
Barbo
23
Febr
uary
1417
Veni
ce,
Repu
blic
of
Veni
ce
Italian. The
nephew of
Eugene IV.
Built the
Palazzo San
Marco
(now Palazzo
Venezia).
Approved the
introduction of
printing in the
Papal States.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
12 Aug
1484
(13 years,
3 days)
(4752)
Sixtus IV
Papa XYSTUSQua
rtus
Francesco
della
Rovere,O.
F.M.
21
July
1414
Celle
Ligure
,
Repub
lic of
Genoa
Italian. Member
of
the Franciscan
Order.
Commissioned
the Sistine
Chapel.
Authorized an
Inquisition
targeting
converted
Jewish
Christians in
Spain at the
request
of Queen
Isabella and King
Ferdinand.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
25 July
1492
(7 years,
331 days)
(2887)
Innocent VIII
PapaINNOCENT
IUSOctavu
Giovanni
Battista C
ybo
1432
Gen
oa,
Repu
blic
of
Gen
oa
Italian.
Appointed Tom
ás de
Torquemada.
Endorsed the
prosecution of
witchcraft in
the
bull Summis
desiderantes
affectibus (148
4).

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
18 Aug
1503
(11 years,
7 days)
(4023)
Alexander VI
PapaALEXANDER
Sextus
Roderic
Llançol i de
Borja
1
Janu
ary
1431
Xàti
va,
King
dom
of
Vale
ncia
,
Cro
wn
of
Arag
on
Spanish; Nephew
of Callixtus III;
father to Cesare
Borgia and Lucre
zia Borgia.
Divided the
extra-European
world between
Spain and
Portugal in the
bull Inter
caetera (1493).
No Alexander V
due to
the antipope.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
18 Oct
1503
(26 days)
(26)
Pius III
Papa PIUSTerti
us
Francesco
Todeschini
Piccolomi
ni
29
May
143
9
Sien
a,
Rep
ubli
c of
Sien
a
Italian. Nephew
of Pius II.
Founded the
Piccolomini
Library in
the Siena
Cathedral

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
21 Feb
1513
(9 years,
113 days)
(3401)
Julius II
Papa IULIUSSecund
us
Giuliano del
la
Rovere, O.F.
M.
5
Dece
mber
1443
Albiso
la,
Repub
lic of
Genoa
Italian. Nephew of
Sixtus IV;
convened
the Fifth Council
of the
Lateran (1512).
Took control of all
the Papal
States for the first
time.
Commissioned Mic
helangelo to paint
the Sistine Chapel
ceiling.
Commissioned the
rebuilding of St
Peter's Basilica.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
1 Dec 1521
(8 years,
267 days)
(3189)
Leo X
Papa LEODecimus
Giovanni di
Lorenzo
de'Medici
11
Dece
mber
1475
Flore
nce,R
epubl
ic of
Flore
nce
Italian. Son
of Lorenzo the
Magnificent.
Closed the Fifth
Council of the
Lateran.
Remembered for
granting indulgenc
es to those who
donated to rebuild
St. Peter's Basilica;
excommunicated M
artin
Luther (1521).
Extended the
Spanish Inquisition
into Portugal.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
14 Sep
1523
(1 year,
248 days)
(613)
Adrian VI
Papa HADRIANUS
Sextus
Adriaan
Floriszoon
Boeyens
2
March
1459
Utrec
ht,
Bisho
pric
of
Utrec
ht, Ho
ly
Roma
n
Empir
e (no
wNet
herlan
ds)
Motto: Patere et
sustine ("Respect
and wait")[17]The
only Dutch pope;
last non-Italian to
be elected pope
until John Paul
II in 1978. Tutor of
Emperor Charles
V. Retained his
baptismal name as
his regnal name.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
25 Sep 1534
(10 years,
303 days)
(3956)
Clement VII
Papa CLEMENSSepti
mus
Giulio di
Giuliano
de'Medici
26
May
1478
Flore
nce,
Repu
blic
of
Flore
nce
Motto: Candor
illæsus ("Unharmed
candor")[18]Italian;
Cousin of Leo X.
Rome plundered by
imperial troops
(1527). Forbade the
divorce of Henry VIII;
crowned Charles V as
emperor
at Bologna (1530).
His niecewas married
to the future Henry
II of France. Ordered
Michelangelo's
painting of The Last
Judgment in the
Sistine Chapel.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
10 Nov
1549
(15 years,
28 days)
(5507)
Paul III
Papa PAULUSTertiu
s
AlessandroFa
rnese
29
Febru
ary
1468
Canin
o,
Lazio,
Papal
States
Italian. Opened
the Council of
Trent (1545). His
illegitimate son
became the
firstDuke of
Parma. Decreed
the second and
final
excommunication
of Henry VIII.
Appointed Michela
ngelo to supervise
construction of St.
Peter's Basilica
(1546).

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
29 March
1555
(5 years,
50 days)
(1876)
Julius III
Papa IULIUSTe
rtius
Giovanni
Maria
Ciocchi
del Monte
10
Sept
emb
er
1487
Rom
e,
Lazi
o,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.
Established
the Collegium
Germanicum (
1552).
Reconvened
the Council of
Trent. The
Innocenzo
Scandal.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
1 May
1555
(22 days)
(22)
Marcellus II
PapaMARCELLUSS
ecundus
Marcello
Cervini
degli
Spannochi
6
May
1501
Mont
efano
,
Marc
he,
Papal
State
s
Italian. The last
to use his birth
name as
the regnal
name. Instituted
immediate
economies in
Vatican
expenditures.
The Missa Papae
Marcelli compos
ed in his honour.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
18 Aug 1559
(4 years,
87 days)
(1548)
Paul IV
Papa PAULUSQuartus
Giovanni
Pietro
Carafa, C.R.
28 June
1476Ca
priglia
Irpina,C
ampani
a,
Kingdo
m of
Naples
Motto: Dominus mihi
adjutor ("The Lord is
my helper")[19]Italian.
Member of
the Theatines.
Established
the Roman
Ghetto in Cum Nimis
Absurdum (1555) and
established the Index
of Forbidden Books.
Ordered
Michelangelo to
repaint the nudes
of The Last
Judgment modestly

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
9 Dec
1565
(5 years,
348 days)
(2175)
Pius IV
Papa PIUSQuart
us
Giovanni
Angelo M
edici
31
Marc
h
1499
Mila
n,Du
chy
of
Mila
n
Italian.
Reopened and
closed
the Council of
Trent. Ordered
public
construction to
improve the
water supply of
Rome.
Instituted
the Tridentine
Creed.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
1 May 1572
(6 years,
115 days)
(2306)
St Pius V
Papa PIUSQuintus
Antonio
Ghislieri, O.
P.
17
Janua
ry
1504
Bosco
,
Piedm
ont,
Duchy
of
Milan
Motto: Utinam
dirigantur viæ
meæ ad
custodiendas ("It
binds us to
keep")[20]Italian.
Member of
the Dominican
Order.
Excommunicated E
lizabeth
I (1570). Battle of
Lepanto (1571);
instituted the
feast of Our Lady
of Victory. Issued
the 1570 Roman
Missal.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
10 April 1585
(12 years,
332 days)
(4715)
Gregory XIII
Papa GREGORIUSTertiu
s Decimus
Ugo
Boncompagni
7
Januar
y 1502
Bologn
a,
Emilia-
Romag
na,
Papal
States
Motto: Aperuit et
clausit ("Opened and
closed")[21]Italian. Ref
ormed the
calendar (1582); built
the Gregorian Chapel
in the Vatican. The
first pope to bestow
the Immaculate
Conception as
Patroness to the
Philippine Islands
through the bull Ilius
Fulti Præsido (1579).
Strengthened
diplomatic ties with
Asian nations.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
27 Aug
1590
(5 years,
125 days)
(1951)
Sixtus V
Papa XYSTUSQuintu
s
Felice
Peretti di
Montalto,O.
F.M. Conv.
13
Dece
mber
1521
Grott
amma
re,
March
e,
Papal
States
Italian. Member of
the Conventual
Franciscan Order.
Known for fixing
and completing
building works to
major basilicas in
Rome. Limited
the College of
Cardinals to 70 in
number; doubled
the number
of curial
congregations.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
27 Sep
1590
(12 days)
(12)
Urban VII
Papa URBANUSSep
timus
Giovanni
Battista
Castagna
4
Augus
t 1521
Rome,
Lazio,
Papal
States
Italian; Supported
by the Spanish.
Shortest-reigning
pope; died before
coronation. Set
the first known
worldwide
smoking ban,
banning smoking
in and near all
churches.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
16 Oct 1591
(315 days)
(315)
Gregory XIV
Papa GREGORIUSQu
artus Decimus
Niccolò
Sfondrati
11
Febru
ary
1535
Somm
a
Lomb
ardo,
Lomb
ardy,
Duchy
of
Milan
Italian. Modified
the
constitution Effrae
natam of Sixtus
V so that the
penalty for
abortion did not
apply until the
foetus became
animated (1591).
Made gambling on
papal
elections punishab
le by
excommunication.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
30 Dec
1591
(62 days)
(62)
Innocent IX
PapaINNOCENTIU
SNonus
Giovanni
Antonio
Facchinett
i
20
July
1519
Bolo
gna,
Emil
ia-
Rom
agna
,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.
Supported the
cause of Philip
II and
the Catholic
League against H
enry IV in
the French Wars
of Religion.
Prohibited the
alienation of
church property.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
March
1605
(13 years,
32 days)
(4781)
Clement VIII
Papa CLEMENSOcta
vus
Ippolito
Aldobrandi
ni
24
Febru
ary
1536
Fano,
March
e,
Papal
States
Italian. Initiated an
alliance of
European Christian
powers to partake
in the war with the
Ottoman Empire
known as The Long
War (1595).
Convened
the Congregatio de
Auxiliis which
addressed doctrinal
disputes between
the Dominicans and
Jesuitsregarding
free will and divine
grace.[22]

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
27 April
1605
(26 day
s)
(26)
Leo XI
Papa LEOUn
decimus
Alessan
dro
Ottavia
no
de'Medi
ci
2
June
1535
Flor
ence
,Duc
hy
of
Flor
ence
Italian. The
nephew
of Leo X.
Called "Papa
Lampo"
(Lightning
Pope) for
his brief
pontificate.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
28 Jan 1621
(15 years,
257 days)
(5736)
Paul V
Papa PAULUSQuintu
s
CamilloBorg
hese
17
Septe
mber
1550
Rome,
Lazio,
Papal
States
Motto: Absit nisi in
te gloriari ("May it
be absent, except
to glory in
you")[23]Italian.
Known for various
building projects
which included
the facade of St
Peter's Basilica.
Established
the Bank of the
Holy Spirit (1605);
restored the Aqua
Traiana.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
8 July 1623
(2 years,
149 days)
(879)
Gregory XV
Papa GREGORIUSQu
intus Decimus
Alessandro
Ludovisi
9
Janu
ary
1554
Bolog
na,
Emili
a-
Roma
gna,
Papal
State
s
Italian.
Established
the Congregation
for the
Propagation of the
Faith (1622).
Issued the
bull Aeterni
Patris (1621)
which imposed
conclaves to be by
secret ballot.
Issued the
constitution Omni
potentis
Dei against
magicians and
witches (1623).

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
29 July
1644
(20 years
,
358 days)
(7663)
Urban VIII
Papa URBANUSOc
tavus
MaffeoBarb
erini
5
April
1568
Flor
ence
,Gra
nd
Duch
y of
Tusc
any
Italian. Trial
against Galileo
Galilei. The last
pope to expand
papal territory
by force of
arms. Issued a
1624 bull that
made the use of
tobacco in holy
places
punishable by
excommunicatio
n.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
7 Jan 1655
(10 years,
114 days)
(3766)
Innocent X
PapaINNOCENTIUSD
ecimus
Giovanni
BattistaPam
philj
6 May
1574
Rome,
Lazio,
Papal
States
Motto: Alleviatæ
sunt aquæ super
terram ("Water on
earth")[24]Italian.
The great-great-
great-grandson
of Alexander VI.
Erected
the Fontana dei
Quattro
Fiumi in Piazza
Navona.
Promulgated the
apostolic
constitution Cum
occasione (1653)
which condemned
five doctrines
of Jansenism as he
resy.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
22 May
1667
(12 years,
45 days)
(4428)
Alexander VII
PapaALEXANDER
Septimus
Fabio Chigi 13
Febr
uary
1599
Siena
,Gran
d
Duch
y of
Tusca
ny
Italian. Great-
nephew of Paul
V.
Commissioned St
. Peter's Square.
Issued the
constitution Soll
icitudo Omnium
Ecclesiarum that
set the doctrine
of
the Immaculate
Conception almo
st identical to
that of Pius
IX centuries
later.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
9 Dec
1669
(2 years,
172 days)
(903)
Clement IX
Papa CLEMENS
Nonus
Giulio
Rospigliosi
28
Janu
ary
1600
Pist
oia,
Gran
d
Duch
y of
Tusc
any
Motto: Aliis
non sibi
Clemens ("Cle
ment to
others, not to
himself")[25]Ital
ian. Mediated
in the peace of
Aachen (1668).

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
22 July
1676
(6 years,
84 days)
(2276)
Clement X
Papa CLEMENSDeci
mus
Emilio
Bonaventura
Altieri
13 July
1590
Rome,
Lazio,
Papal
States
Bonum auget
malum minuit ("He
increases good and
diminishes
evil")[26]Italian.
Canonized the
first saint from the
Americas: St. Rose
of Lima (1671).
Decorated the
bridge of Sant'
Angelo with the
ten statues of
angels and the two
fountains that
adorn the piazza
of St. Peter's.
Established
regulations for the
removal of relics
of saints from
cemeteries.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
12 Aug
1689
(12 years,
325 days)
(4708)
Bl. Innocent XI
PapaINNOCENTIUS
Undecimus
Benedetto
Odescalchi
16
May
1611C
omo,
Lomb
ardy,
Duchy
of
Milan
Motto: Avarus non
Implebitur ("The
covetous man is
not
satisfied")[27]Italia
n. Condemned
the doctrine of
mental
reservation (1679
) and initiated
the Holy League.
Extended
the Holy Name of
Mary as a
universal feast
(1684). Admired
for positive
contributions to
catechesis.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
1 Feb
1691
(1 year,
118 days)
(483)
Alexander VIII
PapaALEXANDE
ROctavus
Pietro
Vito
Ottoboni
22
April
1610
Veni
ce,
Repu
blic
of
Veni
ce
Italian.
Condemned
the so-
called philosop
hical sin (1690

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
27 Sep
1700
(9 years,
77 days)
(3364)
Innocent XII
PapaINNOCENT
IUSDuodecimus
Antonio
Pignatelli,
O.F.S
13
Marc
h
1615
Spin
azzo
la,A
pulia
,
King
dom
of
Napl
es
Italian. Issued
the
bull Romanum
decet
Pontificem to
stop nepotism
(1692).
Erected
various
charitable and
educational
institutions.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
19 March
1721
(20 years
,
116 days
)
(7421)
Clement XI
Papa CLEMENS
Undecimus
Giovanni
Francesco
Albani
23
July
164
9
Urbi
no,
Mar
che,
Pap
al
Stat
es
Italian.
The "Chinese
Rites"
controversy.
Patronized the
first
archaeological
excavations in
the Roman
catacombs and
made the feast
of
the Immaculat
e
Conception uni
versal.[12]

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
7 March
1724
(2 years,
304 days)
(1034)
Innocent XIII
PapaINNOCENTIU
STertius Decimus
Michelang
elo
dei Conti
13
May
1655
Poli,
Lazio
,
Papal
State
s
Italian.
Prohibited
the Jesuits from
prosecuting
their mission
in China orderin
g that no new
members should
be received into
the order. Issued
the papal
bull Apostolici
Ministerii (1724)
to revive
ecclesiastical
discipline
in Spain.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
21 Feb
1730
(5 years,
268 days)
(2094)
S.D. Benedict XIII
PapaBENEDICTUS
Tertius Decimus
Pietro
Francesco
Orsini, O.P
.
2
Febr
uary
1649
Gravi
na in
Pugli
a,Bar
i,King
dom
of
Napl
es
Italian. Member
of
the Dominican
Order; third and
last member of
the Orsini
family to be
pope. Originally
called Benedict
XIV due to
the antipope but
reverted to XIII.
Repealed the
worldwide tobac
co smoking ban
set by Urban
VII and Urban
VIII

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
6 Feb 1740
(9 years,
209 days)
(3496)
Clement XII
Papa CLEMENSDuod
ecimus
LorenzoCor
sini, O.F.S
7 April
1652Flo
rence,G
rand
Duchy
of
Tuscany
Motto: Dabis
discernere inter
malum et
bonum ("You shall
deign to
distinguish
between good and
evil")[28]Italian.
Completed the
new façade of
the Archbasilica of
Saint John
Lateran (1735).
Commissioned
the Trevi
Fountain in Rome
(1732).
Condemned Freem
asonry in In
eminenti
apostolatus (1738).
Last pope to be
elected at an old

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
3 May 1758
(17 years,
259 days)
(6468)
Benedict XIV
PapaBENEDICTUS
Quartus Decimus
Prospero
Lorenzo
Lambertini
31
March
1675B
ologn
a,Pap
al
State
s
Motto: Curabuntu
r omnes ("All will
be
healed")[29]Italian
. Reformed the
education
of priests and
the calendar of
feasts.
Completed
theTrevi
Fountain and
affirmed the
teachings
of Thomas
Aquinas; founded
academies of art,
religion and
science.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
2 Feb
1769
(10 years
,
211 days)
(3864)
Clement XIII
Papa CLEMENS
Tertius
Decimus
Carlo
della
Torre di
Rezzonico
7
Marc
h
1693
Veni
ce,R
epub
lic of
Veni
ce
Italian.
Provided the
famous fig
leaves on nude
male statues
in the Vatican.
Defended
the Society of
Jesus in "Apost
olicum
pascendi" (176
5).

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
22 Sep
1774
(5 years,
126 days)
(1952)
Clement XIV
Papa CLEMENS
Quartus
Decimus
Giovanni
Vincenzo
Antonio
Ganganell
i,O.F.M.
Conv.
31
Octo
ber
1705
Sant
'
Arca
ngel
o di
Rom
agna
,Pap
al
Stat
es
Italian.
Member of
the Conventua
l Franciscan
Order.
Suppressed
the Society of
Jesus in the
brief "Dominus
ac
Redemptor" (1
773).

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
29 Aug
1799
(24 years,
195 days)
(8961)
Pius VI
Papa PIUS Sextu
s
Count
Giovanni
Angelo
Braschi
25
Dece
mber
1717
Cese
na,
Emili
a-
Roma
gna,
Papal
State
s
Motto: Floret in
domo domini ("It
blossoms in the
house of
God")[30]Italian.
Condemned
the French
Revolution;
expelled from
the Papal States
by French troops
from 1798 until
his death. The
last pope to be
a patron
ofRenaissance ar
t.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
20 Aug
1823
(23 years
,
159 days)
(8559)
S.D. Pius VII
Papa PIUSSepti
mus
Count
Barnaba
Niccolò
Maria
Luigi
Chiaramo
nti,O.S.B.
14
Augu
st
1742
Cese
na,
Emili
a-
Rom
agna
,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.
Member of
the Order of
Saint
Benedict.
Present
at Napoleon's c
oronation as
Emperor of the
French.
Expelled from
the Papal
States by the
French
between 1809
and 1814.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
0 Feb
1829
(5 years,
135 days)
(1962)
Leo XII
Papa LEODuod
ecimus
Count
Annibale
Francesco
Clemente
Melchiore
Girolamo
Nicola
Sermattei
della
Genga
22
Augu
st
1760
Geng
a,
Marc
he,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian. Placed
the Catholic
educational
system under
the control of
the Jesuits
through Quod
divina
sapientia (182
4).
Condemned
the Bible
societies.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
30 Nov
1830
(1 year,
244 days)
(609)
Pius VIII
Papa PIUSOcta
vus
Francesco
Saverio
Castiglioni
20
Nove
mbe
r
1761
Cing
oli,
Marc
he,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian.
Accepted Louis
Philippe
I as King of the
French.
Condemned
the masonic
secret
societies and
modernist
biblical
translations in
the
brief Litteris
altero (1830

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
1 June
1846
(15 years
,
119 days)
(5598)
Gregory XVI
PapaGREGORIU
SSextus
Decimus
Bartolome
o Alberto
Cappellari
,O.S.B.
Cam.
18
Sept
emb
er
1765
Bellu
no,
Vene
to,
Repu
blic
of
Veni
ce
Italian.
Member of
the Camaldole
se Order; last
non-bishop to
be elected to
the papacy.
Opposed
democratic
and
modernising
reforms in the
Papal States.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
Feb 1878
(31 years,
236 days)
(11559)
Bl. Pius IX
Papa PIUSNonus
Count
Giovanni
Maria
Mastai-
Ferretti, O
.F.S.
13
May
1792
Seni
galli
a,
Marc
he,
Papa
l
Stat
es
Italian. Opened
the First Vatican
Council; lost
the Papal
States to Italy.
Defined the
dogma of
the Immaculate
Conception and
defined papal
infallibility.
Issued the
controversial Syll
abus of Errors.
Longest serving
pope in history.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
20 July
1903
(25 years,
150 days)
(9280)
Leo XIII
Papa LEO Tertius
Decimus
Gioacchino
Vincenzo
Raffaele
Luigi
Pecci, O.F.S
.
2
March
1810
Carpin
eto
Roma
no,
Lazio,
Italy
Italian. Issued the
encyclical Rerum
novarum;
supported Christi
an
democracyagainst
Communism. Had
the third-longest
reign after Pius
IX, and John Paul
II. Promoted
the rosary and
the scapular and
approved two
new Marian
scapulars; first
pope to fully
embrace the
concept of Mary
as mediatrix.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
20 Aug
1914
(11 years,
16 days)
(4034)
St Pius X
Papa PIUSDecim
us
Giuseppe
Melchiorre
Sarto, O.F.
S.
2
June
1835
Riese
,Trev
iso,Ki
ngdo
m of
Lomb
ardy–
Vene
tia
Motto: Instaurar
e Omnia in
Christo ("Restore
all things in
Christ")Italian.
Encouraged and
expanded
reception of the
Eucharist.
CombattedMode
rnism; issued
the oath against
it. Advocated
the Gregorian
Chant and refor
med the Roman
Breviary.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
22 Jan 1922
(7 years,
141 days)
(2698)
Benedict XV
PapaBENEDICTUSQ
uintus Decimus
Giacomo
Paolo
Giovanni
Battista
Della
Chiesa, O.F.S
.
21
Novem
ber
1854 P
egli,G
enoa,K
ingdo
m of
Sardini
a
Motto: In te,
Domine, speravi:
non confundar in
aeternum. ("In
thee, o Lord, have
I trusted: let me
not be confounded
for
evermore.")Italian.
Credited for
intervening for
peace during
World War I.
Issued the 1917
Code of Canon
Law; supported
the missionaries
in Maximum illud.
Remembered
byBenedict XVI as
a "prophet of
peace".

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
10 Feb 1939
(17 years,
4 days)
(6213)
Pius XI
Papa PIUSUndecim
us
Achille
Ambrogio
Damiano
Ratti,O.F.S.
31 May
1857D
esio,
Milan,
Kingdo
m of
Lomba
rdy–
Veneti
a
Motto: Pax Christi
in Regno
Christi ("The Peace
of Christ in the
Kingdom of
Christ")Italian.
Signed the Lateran
Treaty with Italy
(1929)
establishing Vatica
n City as a
sovereign state.
Inaugurated Vatica
n Radio (1931).
Re-founded
the Pontifical
Academy of
Sciences (1936).
Created the feast
of Christ the King.
OpposedCommunis
m and Nazism.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
9 Oct 1958
(19 years,
221 days)
(7161)
Ven. Pius XII
Papa PIUSDuodeci
mus
Eugenio
Maria
Giuseppe
Giovanni
Pacelli, O.F.
S.
2 March
1876Ro
me, Ital
y
Motto: Opus
Justitiae Pax ("The
work of justice
[shall be]
peace")Italian.
Invoked papal
infallibility in the
encyclical Munifice
ntissimus Deus;
defined the dogma
of the Assumption.
Eliminated the
Italian majority
of cardinals.
Credited with
intervening for
peace
during World War
II; controversial
for his reactions to
theHolocaust.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
3 June
1963
(4 years,
218 days)
(1679)
St John XXIII
Papa IOANNESVice
simus Tertius
Angelo
Giuseppe
Roncalli,O.F.
S.
25
Nove
mber
1881
Sotto
il
Monte
,Berg
amo,
Italy
Motto: Obedientia
et
Pax ("Obedience
and
peace")Italian.
Opened
the Second
Vatican Council;
called "Good Pope
John". Issued the
encyclical Pacem
in terris (1963) on
peace and nuclear
disarmament;
intervened for
peace during
the Cuban Missile
Crisis (1962).

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
6 Aug 1978
(15 years,
46 days)
(5525)
St Paul VI
Papa PAULUSSextu
s
Giovanni
Battista
Enrico
Antonio
Maria
Montini
26
Septe
mber
1897C
oncesi
o,Bres
cia,
Italy
Motto: Cum Ipso in
Monte ("With Him
on the
mount")Italian.
Last pope to
be crowned. First
pope since 1809 to
travel outside
Italy. Closed
the Second Vatican
Council. Issued the
encyclical Humana
e vitae (1968)
condemning
artificial
contraception.
Instituted the
new Mass
form (1969) to
succeed
the Tridentine
Rite.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
28 Sep
1978
(33 days)
(33)
Ven. John Paul I
Papa IOANNES
PAULUS Primus
Albino
Luciani
17
Octo
ber
1912
Forno
di
Canal
e,Bel
luno,
Italy
Motto: Humilitas
("Humility")Itali
an. Abolished
the coronation
opting for
the Papal
Inauguration.
First pope to use
'the First' in
papal name;
first with two
names for two
immediate
predecessors.
Last pope to use
the Sedia
Gestatoria.

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
2 April 2005
(26 years,
168 days)
(9665)
St John Paul II
(John Paul the
Great)[31]
Papa IOANNES
PAULUSSecundus
Karol Józef
Wojtyła
20 May
1920Wa
dowice
,Poland
Motto: Totus
Tuus ("Totally
yours")Polish. First
non-Italian pope
since Adrian
VI (1522–1523).
Traveled
extensively,visiting
129 countries during
his pontificate.
Second longest
reign after Pius IX.
Founded World
Youth Day (1984)
and the Pontifical
Academy of Social
Sciences(1994).
Canonized more
saints than all his
predecessors.
Youngest individual
to start his papacy
since Pius IX (1846).

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
28 Feb 2013
(7 years,
315 days)
(2872)
Benedict XVI
PapaBENEDICTUSDeci
mus Sextus
Joseph Aloisius
Ratzinger
16 April
1927(ag
e 91)Ma
rktl am
Inn,
Bavaria,
German
y
Motto: Cooperatores
Veritatis ("Cooperator
s of the
truth")German.
Oldest to become
pope since Clement
XII (1730). Elevated
the Tridentine Mass to
a more prominent
position and
promoted the use
of Latin; re-
introduced several
disused papal
garments. Established
the Anglican
Ordinariate (2009).
First pope to
renounce the papacy
on his own initiative
since Celestine
V (1294),[32]retaining
regnal name with
title of Pope
Emeritus.[33]

Pontificat
e
Portrait
Name
English · Regnal
Personal
name
Place
of
birth
Notes
present
(5 years,
327 days)
(2153)s
Francis
PapaFRANCISCUS
Jorge Mario
Bergoglio, S.J
.
17
Decem
ber
1936(a
ge 82)
Flores,
Bueno
s
Aires,
Argent
ina
Motto: Miserando
atque
Eligendo ("Lowly but
chosen", literally 'by
having mercy, by
choosing
him')[34]Argentinian.
First pope to be born
outside Europe
since Gregory
III (731–741) and the
first from the
Americas; first pope
from the Southern
Hemisphere. First
pope from a religious
institute since Grego
ry XVI (1831–1846);
first Jesuit pope.
First to use a new
and non-composed
regnal name
since Lando (913–
914).

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