Pontificate Year Personal name Place of birth Notes 33 – 64/67 St Peter Simon Peter Bethsaida, Galilea Apostle of Jesus from whom he PETRVS received the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven, according to Matthew 16:18–19 . Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day (Feast of Peter and Paul) 29 June, (Chair of Peter) 22 February. Recognized by the as the first Bishop of Rome () appointed by Christ. Also revered as saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 29 June. [4]

64/67(?) – 76/79(?) St Linus Linus Tuscia Feast day 23 September. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 7 June. LINVS 76/79(?) – 88/92 St Anacletus Anacletus Rome Martyred; feast day 26 April. Once erroneously split into Cletus and Anacletus[5]

(Cletus) ANACLETVS 88/92 – 97 St Clement I Clement Rome Feast day 23 November. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 25 November.

CLEMENS 97/99 – 105/107 St Evaristus Aristus Bethlehem, Judea Feast day 26 October

EVARISTVS 105/107 – 115/116 St Alexander I Alexander Rome Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 16 March.

ALEXANDER 115/116 – 125 St Sixtus I Xystus Rome 6 April. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 10 August.

XYSTVS 125 – 136/138 St Telesphorus Telesphorus Terranova da Sibari, Calabria TELESPHORVS 136/138 – 140/142 St Hyginus Hyginus Athens, Greece Traditionally martyred; feast day 11 January

HYGINVS 140/142 – 155 St Pius I Pius Aquileia, Friuli Martyred by sword; feast day 11 July

PIVS 155–166 St Anicetus Anicitus Emesa, Syria Traditionally martyred; feast day 17 April

ANICETVS c. 166 – 174/175 St Soter Soter Fondi, Latium Traditionally martyred; feast day 22 April

SOTERIVS 174/175 – 189 St Eleuterus Eleuther Nicopoli, Epirus Traditionally martyred; feast day 6 May

ELEVTHERIVS 189 – 198/199 St Victor I Victor Roman Africa

VICTOR 199–217 St Zephyrinus Zephyrinus Rome

ZEPHYRINVS c. 217 – 222/223 St Callixtus I Callistus Spain Martyred; feast day 14 October

CALLISTVS 222/223 – 230 St Urban I Urban Rome Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 25 May.

VRBANVS 21 July 230 St Pontian Pontianus Rome First to abdicate office after exile to – 28 September 235 Sardinia by Emperor Maximinus (5 years+) Thrax. The Liberian Catalogue records his death on 28 September 235, the earliest exact date in papal 235, the earliest exact date in papal history. [6][7] PONTIANVS 21 November 235 St Anterus Anterus Petilia Policastro - Also revered as a saint in Eastern – 3 January 236 Calabria Christianity, with a feast day of 5 (44 days) August.

ANTERVS 10 January 236 St Fabian Fabianus Rome Feast day 20 January. Also revered – 20 January 250 as a saint in Eastern Christianity, (14 years+) with a feast day of 5 August.

FABIANVS 6/11 March 251 St Cornelius Cornelius Died a martyr, through extreme – June 253 hardship; feast day 16 September (2 years+)

CORNELIVS 25 June 253 St Lucius I Lucius Rome Feast day 4 March – 5 March 254 (256 days) LVCIVS 12 May 254 St Stephen I Stephanus Rome Martyred by beheading; feast day 2 – 2 August 257 August. Also revered as a saint in (3 years+) Eastern Christianity, with the same STEPHANVS feast day. 30/31 August 257 St Sixtus II Sixtus Greece Martyred by beheading. Also revered – 6 August 258 as a saint in Eastern Christianity, (340/341 days) with a feast day of 10 August.

XYSTVS Secundus 22 July 259 St Dionysius Dionysius Greece Feast day 26 December – 26 December 268 (9 years+)

DIONYSIVS 5 January 269 St Felix I Felix Rome – 30 December 274 (5 years+) FELIX 4 January 275 St Eutychian Eutychianus – 7 December 283 (8 years+) EVTYCHIANVS 17 December 283 St Gaius Martyred (according to legend) Feast – 22 April 296 day 22 April. Also revered as a saint (12 years+) in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 11 August. CAIVS 30 June 296 St Marcellinus Marcellinus Feast day 26 April. Also revered as a – 1 April 304 saint in Eastern Christianity, with a (7 years+) feast day of 7 June. MARCELLINVS 308–309 St Marcellus I

MARCELLVS c. 309 – c. 310 St Eusebius

EVSEBIVS 2 July 311 St Miltiades Africa First pope after the end of the – 10 January 314 persecution of Christians through the (2 years+) Edict of Milan (313 AD) issued by Constantine the Great

(Melchiades) MILTIADES 31 January 314 St Sylvester I Sant'Angelo a Feast day 31 December. Also – 31 December 335 Scala, Avellino revered as a saint in Eastern (21 years+) Christianity, with a feast day of 2 January. First Council of Nicaea, 325.

SILVESTER 18 January 336 St Mark Rome Feast day 7 October – 7 October 336 (263 days) MARCVS 6 February 337 St Julius I Rome – 12 April 352 (15 years+) IVLIVS 17 May 352 Liberius Earliest Pope not yet canonized by – 24 September 366 the Roman Church. Revered as a (14 years+) saint in Eastern Christianity, with a [8] LIBERIVS feast day of 27 August. 1 October 366 St Damasus I Idanha-a-Velha, Patron of , commissioned the – 11 December 384 Portugal Vulgate translation of the Bible. (18 years+) Council of Rome, 382.

DAMASVS 11 December 384 St Siricius – 26 November 399 (14 years+) Papa SIRICIVS 27 November 399 St Anastasius I – 19 December 401 (2 years+) Papa ANASTASIVS 22 December 401 St Innocent I Visigoth Sack of Rome (410) under – 12 March 417 Alaric (15 years+) Papa INNOCENTIVS 18 March 417 St Zosimus Mesoraca - Calabria – 26 December 418 (1 year+) Papa ZOSIMVS 28/29 December 418 St Boniface I – 4 September 422 (3 years+)

Papa BONIFATIVS 10 September 422 St Celestine I Rome, Western Also revered as a saint in Eastern – 27 July 432 Roman Empire Christianity, with a feast day of 8 (9 years+) April.

Papa COELESTINVS 31 July 432 St Sixtus III – March/August 440 (~8 years)

Papa SIXTVS Tertius 29 September 440 St Leo I Rome Convinced Attila the Hun to turn back – 10 November 461 his invasion of . Wrote the Tome (21 years+) which was instrumental in the Council of Chalcedon and in defining the hypostatic union. Feast day 10 November. Also revered as a saint in Papa LEO MAGNVS Eastern Christianity, with a feast day 19 November 461 St Hilarius Hilarius Sardinia – 29 February 468 (6 years+)

Papa HILARIVS 3 March 468 St Simplicius Simplicius Tivoli – 10 March 483 (15 years+)

Papa SIMPLICIVS 13 March 483 St Felix III (Felix II) Felice Rome Sometimes called Felix II – 1 March 492 (8 years+) Papa FELIX Tertius (Secundus) 1 March 492 St Gelasius I Gelasius Africa – 21 November 496 (4 years+)

Papa GELASIVS 24 November 496 Anastasius II Anastasius – 19 November 498 (~2 years) Papa ANASTASIVS Secundus 22 November 498 St Symmachus Simmaco Sardinia – 19 July 514 (15 years+)

Papa SYMMACHVS 20 July 514 St Hormisdas Hormisdas Frosinone, Father of Pope Silverius – 19 July 523 Southern Latium (~9 years)

Papa HORMISDAS 13 August 523 St John I Giovanni Toscana – 18 May 526 (2 years+)

Papa IOANNES 13 July 526 St Felix IV (Felix III) Felice Samnium Sometimes called Felix III – 22 September 530 (4 years+)

Papa FELIX Quartus (Tertius) 22 September 530 Boniface II Bonifacio Rome to Ostrogoth – 17 October 532 parents (2 years+) Papa BONIFATIVS Secundus 2 January 533 John II Mercurio Rome First pope to not use personal name. – 8 May 535 This was due to Mercury being a (2 years+) Roman god. Papa IOHANNES Secundus 13 May 535 St Agapetus I Agapito Rome, Ostrogothic Feast days 22 April 20 September. – 22 April 536 Kingdom Also revered as a saint in Eastern (346 days) Christianity, with a feast day of 17 April.

Papa AGAPITVS 1 June 536 St Silverius Silverius Exiled; feast day 20 June, son of – 11 November 537 Pope Hormisdas (1 year+) Papa SILVERIVS 29 March 537 Vigilius Rome – 7 June 555 (18 years+) Papa VIGILIVS 16 April 556 Pelagius I Rome – 4 March 561 (~5 years)

Papa PELAGIVS 17 July 561 John III Catelinus Rome, Eastern – 13 July 574 Roman Empire (~13 years)

Papa IOANNES Tertius

2 June 575 Benedict I – 30 July 579 (4 years+) Papa BENEDICTVS 26 November 579 Pelagius II Rome – 7 February 590 (10 years+)

Papa PELAGIVS Secundus 3 September 590 St Gregory I , O.S.B. Gregorio Rome First to formally employ the titles – 12 March 604 "Servus servorum Dei" and (13 years+) "Pontifex Maximus" . Feast day 3 September. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 12 March. (Gregory the Great) Papa GREGORIVS MAGNVS 13 September 604 Sabinian Blera – 22 February 606 (1 year+) Papa SABINIANVS 19 February 607 Boniface III Bonifacio Rome – 12 November 607 (267 days) Papa BONIFATIVS Tertius 25 August 608 St Boniface IV , O.S.B. Bonifacio Marsi First Pope to bear the same name as – 8 May 615 his immediate predecessor. Member (6 years+) of the Order of Saint Benedict. Papa BONIFATIVS Quartus 19 October 615 St Adeodatus I Rome Sometimes called Deusdedit, as a – 8 November 618 result Pope Adeodatus II is (3 years+) sometimes called Pope Adeodatus without a number (Deusdedit) Papa ADEODATVS sive DEVSDEDIT 23 December 619 Boniface V Bonifacio – 25 October 625 (5 years+)

Papa BONIFATIVS Quintus 27 October 625 Honorius I Onorio Campania, – 12 October 638 Byzantine Empire (12 years+)

Papa HONORIVS October 638 Severinus Severino Rome – 2 August 640 (1 year+)

Papa SEVERINVS 24 December 640 John IV Ivan Zadar, Dalmatia, – 12 October 642 now Croatia (1 year+)

Papa IOANNES Quartus

24 November 642 Theodore I Palestine – 14 May 649 (6 years+) Papa THEODORVS July 649 St Martin I Martino Near Todi, Umbria, Feast Day 12 November. Also – 16 September 655 Byzantine Empire revered as a saint in Eastern (6 years+) Christianity, with a feast day of 14 April.

Papa MARTINVS 10 August 654 St Eugene I Eugenio Rome – 2 June 657 (2 years+)

Papa EVGENIVS 30 July 657 St Vitalian Segni, Byzantine – 27 January 672 Empire (14 years+)

Papa VITALIANVS 11 April 672 Adeodatus II , O.S.B. Rome, Byzantine Sometimes called Pope Adeodatus – 17 June 676 Empire (without a number) in reference to (4 years+) Pope Adeodatus I sometimes being called Pope Deusdedit. Member of Papa ADEODATVS the Order of Saint Benedict. Secundus 2 November 676 Donus Rome, Byzantine – 11 April 678 Empire (1 year+) Papa DONVS 27 June 678 St Agatho Sicily Also revered as a saint in Eastern – 10 January 681 Christianity, with a feast day of 20 (2 years+) February.

Papa AGATHO December 681 St Leo II Leo Sicily Feast day 3 July – 3 July 683 (1 year+)

Papa LEO Secundus 26 June 684 St Benedict II Benedetto Rome, Byzantine Feast day 7 May – 8 May 685 Empire (317 days) Papa BENEDICTVS Secundus 12 July 685 John V Syria – 2 August 686 (1 year+) Papa IOANNES Quintus

21 October 686 Conon – 22 September 687 (335 days) Papa CONON 15 December 687 St Sergius I Sicily – 8 September 701 (13 years+) Papa SERGIVS 30 October 701 John VI Ιωάννης Greece – 11 January 705 (3 years+) Papa IOANNES Sextus

1 March 705 John VII Ιωάννης Rossano - Calabria Second pope to bear the same name – 18 October 707 as his immediate predecessor (2 years+)

Papa IOANNES Septimus 15 January 708 Sisinnius Syria – 4 February 708 (21 days) Papa SISINNIVS 25 March 708 Constantine Syria Last pope to visit Greece while in – 9 April 715 office, until John Paul II in 2001 (7 years+) Papa COSTANTINVS sive CONSTANTINVS 19 May 715 St Gregory II Gregorio Rome, Byzantine Feast day 11 February – 11 February 731 Empire (15 years+) Papa GREGORIVS Secundus 18 March 731 St Gregory III Syria Third pope to bear the same name – 28 November 741 as his immediate predecessor (10 years+)

Papa GREGORIVS Tertius 3 December 741 St Zachary Santa Severina - Feast day 15 March – 14/22 March 752 Calabria (10 years+) Papa ZACHARIAS 23 March 752 Pope-elect Stephen Sometimes known as Stephen II. – 25 March 752 Died three days after his election (Never took office as having never received episcopal pope) consecration. Some lists still include his name. The Vatican sanctioned his addition to the list of in the Papa Electus sixteenth century; however he was STEPHANVS removed in 1961. He is no longer 26 March 752 Stephen II (Stephen III) Sometimes called Stephen III

– 26 April 757 (5 years+)

Papa STEPHANVS Secundus (Tertius) 29 May 757 St Paul I Paolo Rome – 28 June 767 (10 years+) Papa PAVLVS 1/7 August 767 Stephen III (Stephen IV) Stefano Sicily Sometimes called Stephen IV

– 24 January 772 (4 years+) Papa STEPHANVS Tertius (Quartus) 1 February 772 Adrian I Adriano Rome – 26 December 795 (23 years+)

Papa HADRIANVS 26 December 795 St Leo III Leo Rome Crowned Charlemagne Imperator – 12 June 816 Augustus on Christmas Day, 800, (20 years+) thereby initiating what would become the office of Holy Roman Emperor requiring the imprimatur of the pope for its legitimacy

Papa LEO Tertius 12 June 816 – 24 St Stephen IV (Stephen Stephanus January 817 V)

Papa STEPHANVS Quartus (Quintus) 25 January 817 – 11 St Paschal I Pasquale Rome February 824

Papa PASCHALIS 8 May 824 – August 827 Eugene II Eugenio Rome

Papa EVGENIVS Secundus August 827 – Valentine Valentino Rome September 827

Papa VALENTINVS 827 – January 844 Gregory IV Gregorio Rome

Papa GREGORIVS Quartus January 844 – 7 Sergius II Rome January 847

Papa SERGIVS Secundus January 847 – 17 July St Leo IV , O.S.B. Leo Rome 855

Papa LEO Quartus 855 – 7 April 858 Benedict III Benedetto Rome

Papa BENEDICTVS Tertius 24 April 858 – 13 St Nicholas I Niccolò Rome November 867

(Nicholas the Great) Papa NICOLAVS MAGNVS 14 December 867 – 14 Adrian II Adriano Rome December 872

Papa HADRIANVS Secundus 14 December 872 – 16 John VIII Giovanni Rome December 882

Papa IOANNES Octavus 16 December 882 – 15 Marinus I Marino Gallese, Rome May 884

Papa MARINVS 17 May 884 – St Adrian III Adriano Rome c. September 885 c. September 885

Papa HADRIANVS Tertius 885 – 14 September 891 Stephen V (Stephen VI) Stefano Rome

Papa STEPHANVS Quintus (Sextus) 19 September 891 – 4 Formosus Formoso Ostia April 896

Papa FORMOSVS 4 April 896 – 19 April Boniface VI Bonifacio Rome 896

Papa BONIFATIVS Sextus 22 May 896 – August Stephen VI (Stephen Stefano 897 VII)

Papa STEPHANVS Sextus (Septimus) August 897 – Romanus Romano Gallese, Rome November 897

Papa ROMANVS December 897 Theodore II Teodoro Rome

Papa THEODORVS Secundus January 898 – January John IX , O.S.B. Giovanni Tivoli 900

Papa IOANNES Nonus

900 – 903 Benedict IV Benedetto Rome

Papa BENEDICTVS Quartus July 903 – September Leo V Leo Ardea 903

Papa LEO Quintus 29 January 904 – 14 Sergius III Sergio Rome April 911 April 911

Papa SERGIVS Tertius

April 911 – June 913 Anastasius III Rome

Papa ANASTASIVS Tertius July/August 913 – Lando Lando Sabina February/March 914

Papa LANDVS March 914 – May 928 John X Giovanni Romagna

Papa IOANNES Decimus May 928 – December Leo VI Leo Rome 928

Papa LEO Sextus December 928 – Stephen VII (Stephen Stefano Rome February 931 VIII)

Papa STEPHANVS Septimus (Octavus) February/March 931 – John XI Giovanni Rome December 935

Papa IOANNES Undecimus 3 January 936 – 13 July Leo VII , O.S.B. Leo 939

Papa LEO Septimus 14 July 939 – October Stephen VIII (Stephen Stephan Rome 942 IX)

Papa STEPHANVS Octavus (Nonus) 30 October 942 – May Marinus II Marino Rome 946

Papa MARINVS Secundus 10 May 946 – Agapetus II Agapito Rome December 955

Papa AGAPITVS Secundus 16 December 955 – 14 John XII Octavian Rome May 964

Papa IOANNES Duodecimus 22 May 964 – 23 June Benedict V Rome 964

Papa BENEDICTVS Quintus July 964 – 1 March 965 Leo VIII Rome

Papa LEO Octavus 1 October 965 – 6 John XIII Rome September 972

Papa IOANNES Tertius Decimus 19 January 973 – June Benedict VI Rome, 974

Papa BENEDICTVS Sextus October 974 – 10 July Benedict VII Rome 983

Papa BENEDICTVS Septimus December 983 – 20 John XIV Pietro Campanora Pavia August 984 Papa IOANNES Quartus Decimus August 985 – March 996 John XV Rome

Papa IOANNES Quintus Decimus 3 May 996 – 18 Gregory V of Carinthia Germany, Holy February 999 Roman Empire

Papa GREGORIVS Quintus 2 April 999 – 12 May Sylvester II Gerbert d'Aurillac Auvergne region of 1003 France

Papa SILVESTER Secundus June 1003 John XVII Siccone Rome, Papal States – 6 December 1003

Papa IOANNES Septimus Decimus 25 December 1003 John XVIII Giovanni Fasano; Rapagnano, Papal – July 1009 Phasianus States (5 years+)

Papa IOANNES Duodevicesimus 31 July 1009 Sergius IV Pietro Boccapecora Rome, Papal – 12 May 1012 States, Holy (2 years+) Roman Empire

Papa SERGIVS Quartus

18 May 1012 Benedict VIII Theophylactus II, Rome, Papal – 9 April 1024 Conti di Tusculum States, Holy (11 years+) Roman Empire

Papa BENEDICTVS Octavus April/May 1024 John XIX Romanus, Conti di Rome, Papal – 20 October 1032 Tusculum States, Holy (8 years+) Roman Empire

Papa IOANNES Undevicesimus 1032–1044 Benedict IX Theophylactus III, Rome, Papal 1st Term Conti di Tusculum States, Holy Roman Empire Papa BENEDICTVS Nonus 1045 Sylvester III John, Bishop of Rome, Papal Validity of election questioned; Sabina States, Holy considered Anti-Pope; deposed at Roman Empire the Council of Sutri.

Papa SILVESTER Tertius 1045–1046 Benedict IX Theophylactus III, Rome, Papal 2nd Term; deposed at the Council of Conti di Tusculum States, Holy Sutri Roman Empire

Papa BENEDICTVS Nonus April/May 1045 Gregory VI Johannes Rome, Papal Deposed at the Council of Sutri – 20 December 1046 Gratianus States, Holy (1 year+) Roman Empire

Papa GREGORIVS Sextus, 24 December 1046 Clement II Suidger Hornburg, Duchy of Appointed by Henry III at the Council – 9 October 1047 Saxony, Holy of Sutri; crowned Henry III as Holy (289 days) Roman Empire Roman Emperor.

Papa CLEMENS Secundus November 1047 Benedict IX Theophylactus III, Rome, Papal 3rd Term; deposed and – 1048 Conti di Tusculum States, Holy excommunicated Roman Empire

Papa BENEDICTVS Nonus 17 July 1048 Damasus II Poppo Pildenau, Duchy of – 9 August 1048 Bavaria, Holy (23 days) Roman Empire

Papa DAMASVS Secundus 12 February 1049 St Leo IX Bruno, Count of Eguisheim, Swabia, In 1054, mutual excommunications – 19 April 1054 Dagsbourg Holy Roman Empire of Leo IX and of (5 years+) Constantinople I Cerularius began the East–West Schism. The anathematizations were rescinded by Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras in 1965. [9]

Papa LEO Nonus 13 April 1055 Victor II Gebhard, Count of Kingdom of – 28 July 1057 Calw, Tollenstein, Germany, Holy (2 years+) and Hirschberg Roman Empire Papa VICTOR Secundus 2 August 1057 Stephen IX (Stephen Frédéric de Duchy of Lorraine, Sometimes called Stephen X. X), O.S.B. Lorraine Holy Roman Empire Member of the Order of Saint – 29 March 1058 Benedict. (241 days)

Papa STEPHANVS Nonus (Decimus) 6 December 1058 Nicholas II Gérard de Château de – 27 July 1061 Bourgogne Chevron, Kingdom (2 years+) of Arles

Papa NICOLAVS Secundus 30 September 1061 Alexander II Anselmo da Baggio Milan, Italy, Holy Authorised the Norman conquest of – 21 April 1073 Roman Empire England in 1066 (11 years+)

Papa ALEXANDER Secundus 22 April 1073 St Gregory VII , O.S.B. Hildebrand Sovana, Italy, Holy Initiated the Gregorian Reforms. – 25 May 1085 Roman Empire Restricted the use of title "Papa" to (12 years+) the Bishop of Rome. [4] Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. Political Papa GREGORIVS struggle with German Emperor Septimus Henry IV, who had to go to Canossa (1077). 24 May 1086 Bd. Victor III , O.S.B. Desiderio; Benevento, Duchy Member of the Order of Saint – 16 September 1087 Desiderius; of Benevento Benedict. (1 year+) Dauferius

Papa VICTOR Tertius 12 March 1088 Bd. Urban II , O.S.B. Odo of Lagery Lagery, County of Started the First Crusade. Member of – 29 July 1099 Champagne, France the Order of Saint Benedict. (11 years+)

Papa VRBANVS Secundus 13 August 1099 Paschal II , O.S.B. Raniero Bleda, Papal Member of the Order of Saint – 21 January 1118 States, Holy Benedict. (18 years+) Roman Empire

Papa PASCHALIS Secundus 24 January 1118 Gelasius II , O.S.B. Giovanni Coniulo Gaeta, Principality Member of the Order of Saint – 28 January 1119 of Capua Benedict. (1 year, 4 days)

Papa GELASIVS Secundus 2 February 1119 Callixtus II Guido, Comte de Quingey, County of Opened the First Council of the – 13 December 1124 Bourgogne Burgundy, Holy Lateran in 1123 (5 years, 315 days) Roman Empire Papa CALLISTVS Secundus 15 December 1124 Honorius II , Can.Reg. Lamberto Fiagnano, Papal Canon Regular of S. Maria di San – 13 February 1130 Scannabecchi States, Holy Reno (5 years, 60 days) Roman Empire

Papa HONORIVS Secundus 14 February 1130 Innocent II , Can.Reg. Gregorio Rome, Papal Canon Regular of Lateran; – 24 September 1143 Papareschi States, Holy Convened the Second Council of the (13 years, 222 days) Roman Empire Lateran, 1139

Papa INNOCENTIVS Secundus 26 September 1143 Celestine II Guido Città di Castello, – 8 March 1144 Papal States, Holy (0 years, 164 days) Roman Empire

Papa COELESTINVS Secundus 12 March 1144 Lucius II , Can.Reg. Gerardo Bologna, Papal Canon Regular of S. Frediano di – 15 February 1145 Caccianemici dal States, Holy Lucca (0 years, 340 days) Orso Roman Empire

Papa LVCIVS Secundus

15 February 1145 Bd. Eugene III , O.Cist. Bernardo da Pisa Pisa, Republic of Member of the Order of Cistercians. – 8 July 1153 Pisa, Holy Roman Announced the Second Crusade. (8 years, 143 days) Empire

Papa EVGENIVS Tertius

8 July 1153 Anastasius IV Corrado Demetri Rome, Papal – 3 December 1154 della Suburra States, Holy (1 year, 148 days) Roman Empire

Papa ANASTASIVS Quartus 4 December 1154 Adrian IV , Can.Reg. Nicholas Abbots Langley, First and only English pope; – 1 September 1159 Breakspear Hertfordshire, purportedly granted Ireland to Henry (4 years, 271 days) Kingdom of England II, King of England. Canon Regular of St. Rufus Monastery . Papa HADRIANVS Quartus 7 September 1159 Alexander III Rolando Siena, Italy, Holy Convened the Third Council of the – 30 August 1181 Roman Empire Lateran, 1179 (21 years, 357 days)

Papa ALEXANDER Tertius 1 September 1181 Lucius III Ubaldo Lucca, Italy, Holy – 25 November 1185 Roman Empire (4 years, 85 days) Papa LVCIVS Tertius 25 November 1185 Urban III Uberto Crivelli Cuggiono, Italy, – 19 October 1187 Holy Roman Empire (1 year, 328 days)

Papa VRBANVS Tertius

21 October 1187 Gregory VIII , Can.Reg. Alberto di Morra Benevento, Papal Canon Regular Premostratense. States, Holy Proposed the Third Crusade – 17 December 1187 Roman Empire (0 years, 57 days)

Papa GREGORIVS Octavus 19 December 1187 Clement III Paolo Scolari Rome, Papal – 20 March 1191[10] States, Holy (3 years, 91 days) Roman Empire

Papa CLEMENS Tertius

21 March 1191 Celestine III Giacinto Bobone Rome, Papal – 8 January 1198 States, Holy (6 years, 293 days) Roman Empire

Papa COELESTINVS Tertius 8 January 1198 Innocent III Lothario dei Conti Gavignano, Papal Convened the Fourth Council of the – 16 July 1216 di Segni States, Holy Lateran, 1215. Initiated the Fourth (18 years, 190 days) Roman Empire Crusade. Initiated the medieval Inquisition in Spain and Portugal. Papa INNOCENTIVS Tertius 18 July 1216 Honorius III Cencio Rome, Papal Initiated the Fifth Crusade. – 18 March 1227 States, Holy (10 years, 243 days) Roman Empire

Papa HONORIVS Tertius 19 March 1227 Gregory IX Ugolino dei Conti , Papal Canonized Elisabeth of Hungary, – 22 August 1241 di Segni States, Holy 1235. Initiated the Inquisition in (14 years, 156 days) Roman Empire France.

Papa GREGORIVS Nonus

25 October 1241 Celestine IV Goffredo Castiglioni Milan, Italy, Holy Died before . – 10 November 1241 Roman Empire (0 years, 16 days)

Papa COELESTINVS Quartus 25 June 1243 Innocent IV Sinibaldo Fieschi Genoa, Republic of Convened the First Council of Lyons, – 7 December 1254 Genoa, Holy 1245 Roman Empire (11 years, 165 days) Roman Empire

Papa INNOCENTIVS Quartus

12 December 1254 Alexander IV Rinaldo dei Conti Jenne, Papal States – 25 May 1261 di Jenne (6 years, 164 days)

Papa ALEXANDER Quartus

29 August 1261 Urban IV Jacques Pantaléon Troyes, County of – 2 October 1264 Champagne, France (3 years, 34 days)

Papa VRBANVS Quartus 5 February 1265 Clement IV Gui Faucoi Saint-Gilles, – 29 November 1268 Languedoc, France (3 years, 298 days)

Papa CLEMENS Quartus 29 November 1268 Interregnum Almost 3 year period without a valid – 1 September 1271 pope elected. This was due to a 1 September 1271 Bd. Gregory X Tebaldo Visconti Piacenza, Italy, Conveneddeadlock among the Second cardinals Council voting of for – 10 January 1276 Holy Roman Empire Lyons, 1274. (4 years, 131 days)

Papa GREGORIVS Decimus 21 January 1276 Bd. Innocent V , O.P. Pierre de County of Savoy, Member of the Dominican Order. – 22 June 1276 Tarentaise Holy Roman Empire (0 years, 153 days)

Papa INNOCENTIVS Quintus

11 July 1276 Adrian V Ottobuono Fieschi Genoa, Republic of – 18 August 1276 Genoa, Holy (0 years, 38 days) Roman Empire

Papa HADRIANVS Quintus 8 September 1276 John XXI Pedro Julião Lisbon, Portugal Due to a confusion over the – 20 May 1277 (a.k.a. Petrus numbering of popes named John in (0 years, 254 days) Hispanus and the 13th century, there was no John Pedro Hispano) XX. There has never been a Pope John XX, because the 20th pope of this name, formerly Petrus Hispanus, Papa IOANNES when elected Pope in 1276, decided Vicesimus Primus to skip the number XX and to be 25 November 1277 Nicholas III Giovanni Gaetano Rome, Papal Orsini States, Holy – 22 August 1280 Orsini States, Holy (2 years, 271 days) Roman Empire

Papa NICOLAVS Tertius 22 February 1281 Martin IV Simon de Brion Meinpicien, – 28 March 1285 Touraine, France (4 years, 34 days)

Papa MARTINVS Quartus 2 April 1285 Honorius IV Giacomo Savelli Rome, Papal – 3 April 1287 States, Holy (2 years, 1 day) Roman Empire

Papa HONORIVS Quartus 22 February 1288 Nicholas IV , O.F.M. Girolamo Masci Lisciano, Papal Member of the Franciscan Order. – 4 April 1292 States, Holy (4 years, 42 days) Roman Empire

Papa NICOLAVS Quartus 4 April 1292 Interregnum 2 year period without a valid pope – 5 July 1294 elected. This was due to a deadlock 5 July 1294 St Celestine V , O.S.B. Pietro da Morrone Sant'Angelo Oneamong of thecardinals few popes voting who for resigned.the pope. – 13 December 1294 Limosano, Member of the Order of Saint (0 years, 161 days) Benedict.

Papa COELESTINVS Quintus 24 December 1294 Boniface VIII Benedetto Anagni, Papal – 11 October 1303 States, Holy (8 years, 291 days) Roman Empire

Papa BONIFATIVS Octavus 22 October 1303 Bd. Benedict XI , O.P. Niccolò Boccasini Treviso Member of the Dominican Order. – 7 July 1304 (0 years, 259 days)

Papa BENEDICTVS Undecimus 5 June 1305 Clement V Bertrand de Got Villandraut, Pope at Avignon. Convened the – 20 April 1314 Gascony, France Council of Vienne, 1311–1312. (8 years, 319 days) Initiated the persecution of the Knights Templar with the Pastoralis Praeeminentiae under pressure from Papa CLEMENS King Philip IV of France. Quintus

20 April 1314 Interregnum 2 year period without a valid pope elected. This was due to a deadlock – 7 August 1316 elected. This was due to a deadlock 7 August 1316 John XXII Jacques d'Euse; Cahors, Quercy, Popeamong at cardinals Avignon voting for the pope. – 4 December 1334 Jacques Duèse France (18 years, 119 days)

Papa IOANNES Vicesimus Secundus 20 December 1334 Benedict XII , O.Cist. Jacques Fournier Saverdun, County Pope at Avignon. Member of the – 25 April 1342 of Foix, France Order of Cistercians. (7 years, 126 days)

Papa BENEDICTVS Duodecimus 7 May 1342 Clement VI , O.S.B. Pierre Roger Maumont, Pope at Avignon – 6 December 1352 Limousin, France (10 years, 213 days)

Papa CLEMENS Sextus

18 December 1352 Innocent VI Étienne Aubert Les Monts, Pope at Avignon – 12 September 1362 Limousin, France (9 years, 268 days)

Papa INNOCENTIVS Sextus 28 September 1362 Bd. Urban V , O.S.B. Guillaume (de) Grizac, Languedoc, Pope at Avignon. Member of the – 19 December 1370 Grimoard France Order of Saint Benedict. (8 years, 82 days)

Papa VRBANVS Quintus 30 December 1370 Gregory XI Pierre Roger de Maumont, Pope at Avignon; returns to Rome; – 27 March 1378 Beaufort Limousin, France last French Pope (7 years, 87 days)

Papa GREGORIVS Undecimus

8 April 1378 Urban VI Bartolomeo Naples, Kingdom of – 15 October 1389 Prignano Naples (11 years, 190 days)

Papa VRBANVS Sextus

2 November 1389 Boniface IX Pietro Tomacelli Naples, Kingdom of Western Schism – 1 October 1404 Naples (14 years, 334 days)

Papa BONIFATIVS Nonus 17 October 1404 Innocent VII Cosimo Gentile , Kingdom Western Schism Migliorati of Naples – 6 November 1406 Migliorati of Naples (2 years, 20 days)

Papa INNOCENTIVS Septimus

30 November 1406 Gregory XII Angelo Correr Venice, Republic of Western Schism; abdicated during – 4 July 1415 Venice the Council of Constance, which had (8 years, 216 days) been called by his opponent John XXIII. Papa GREGORIVS Duodecimus

4 July 1415 Interregnum Two-year period without a valid pope – 11 November 1417 elected. 11 November 1417 Martin V Oddone Colonna Genazzano, Papal Convened the Council of Basel, 1431 – 20 February 1431 States (13 years, 101 days)

Papa MARTINVS Quintus 3 March 1431 Eugene IV , O.S.A. Gabriele Venice, Republic of Member of the Augustinian Order. – 23 February 1447 Condulmer Venice Crowned Sigismund emperor at (15 years, 357 days) Rome in 1433. Transferred the Council of Basel to Ferrara. It was later transferred again, to Florence, because of the Bubonic plague. Papa EVGENIVS Quartus 6 March 1447 Nicholas V Tommaso Sarzana, Republic Held Jubilee of 1450; crowned – 24 March 1455 Parentucelli of Genoa Frederick III emperor at Rome in (8 years, 18 days) 1452.

Papa NICOLAVS Quintus 8 April 1455 Callixtus III Alfonso de Borgia Xàtiva, Kingdom of First Spanish pope – 6 August 1458 Valencia, Crown of (3 years, 120 days) Aragon

Papa CALLISTVS Tertius 19 August 1458 Pius II Enea Silvio Corsignano, Interest in urban planning. Founded – 15 August 1464 Piccolomini Republic of Siena Pienza (near Siena) as the ideal city (5 years, 362 days) (1462).

Papa PIVS Secundus 30 August 1464 Paul II Pietro Barbo Venice, Republic of Nephew of Eugene IV – 26 July 1471 Venice (6 years, 330 days)

Papa PAVLVS Secundus 9 August 1471 Sixtus IV , O.F.M. Francesco della Celle Ligure, Member of the Franciscan Order. – 12 August 1484 Rovere Republic of Genoa Commissioned the Sistine Chapel. Authorized an Inquisition targeting (13 years, 3 days) Authorized an Inquisition targeting converted (Jewish) Christians in Spain, at the request of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand.

Papa XYSTVS Quartus

29 August 1484 Innocent VIII Giovanni Battista Genoa, Republic of Appointed Tomás de Torquemada – 25 July 1492 Cybo Genoa (7 years, 331 days)

Papa INNOCENTIVS Octavus

11 August 1492 Alexander VI Rodrigo de Lanzol- Xàtiva, Kingdom of Nephew of Callixtus III. Father to – 18 August 1503 Borgia Valencia, Crown of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia. (11 years, 7 days) Aragon Divided the extra-European world between Spain and Portugal in 1493 by the Bull Inter caetera . Papa ALEXANDER Sextus 22 September 1503 Pius III Francesco Siena, Republic of Nephew of Pius II – 18 October 1503 Todeschini Siena (0 years, 26 days) Piccolomini

Papa PIVS Tertius 31 October 1503 Julius II Giuliano della Albisola, Republic Nephew of Sixtus IV; Convened the – 21 February 1513 Rovere of Genoa Fifth Council of the Lateran, 1512. (9 years, 113 days) Took effective control of the whole territory of the Papal States for the first time. Commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Papa IVLIVS Secundus Chapel ceiling. Proposed plans for rebuilding of St Peter's Basilica 9 March 1513 Leo X Giovanni di Florence, Republic Son of Lorenzo the Magnificent. – 1 December 1521 Lorenzo de' Medici of Florence Excommunicated Martin Luther. (8 years, 267 days) Extended the Spanish Inquisition into Portugal.

Papa LEO Decimus 9 January 1522 Adrian VI Adriaan Floriszoon Utrecht, Bishopric The only Dutch pope but also known – 14 September 1523 Boeyens of Utrecht, Holy as a German Pope. Last non-Italian (1 year, 248 days) Roman Empire to be elected pope until John Paul II (presently The in 1978. The tutor of Emperor Netherlands) Charles V Papa HADRIANVS Sextus 26 November 1523 Clement VII Giulio di Giuliano Florence, Republic Cousin of Leo X. Rome plundered by – 25 September 1534 de' Medici of Florence imperial troops ("Sacco di Roma"), (10 years, 303 days) 1527. He forbade the divorce of Henry VIII and crowned Charles V Emperor at Bologna in 1530. His niece Catherine de' Medici was Papa CLEMENS married to the future Henry II of Septimus France. 13 October 1534 Paul III Alessandro Canino, , Opened the Council of Trent in 1545. – 10 November 1549 Farnese Papal States His illegitimate son became the first (15 years, 28 days) Duke of Parma.

Papa PAVLVS Tertius 7 February 1550 Julius III Giovanni Maria Rome, Papal States – 29 March 1555 Ciocchi del Monte (5 years, 50 days)

Papa IVLIVS Tertius 9 April 1555 Marcellus II Marcello Cervini Montefano, Last to use birth name as regnal – 30 April or 1 May 1555 Marche, Papal name States (0 years, 21/22 days)

Papa MARCELLVS Secundus 23 May 1555 Paul IV , C.R. Giovanni Pietro Capriglia Irpina, – 18 August 1559 Carafa Campania, (4 years, 87 days)

Papa PAVLVS Quartus

26 December 1559 Pius IV Giovanni Angelo Milan, Duchy of Reopened the Council of Trent, – 9 December 1565 Medici Milan 1562, it concluded its proceedings in (5 years, 348 days) 1563

Papa PIVS Quartus 7 January 1566 St Pius V , O.P. Michele Ghislieri Bosco, Duchy of Member of the Dominican Order. – 1 May 1572 Milan Excommunicated Elizabeth I of (6 years, 115 days) England, 1570. Victory of Lepanto 1571

Papa PIVS Quintus 13 May 1572 Gregory XIII Ugo Boncompagni Bologna, Papal Reform of the calendar 1582 – 10 April 1585 States (12 years, 332 days)

Papa GREGORIVS Tertius Decimus 24 April 1585 Sixtus V , O.F.M. Conv. Felice Peretti Grottammare, Member of the Conventual – 27 August 1590 Marche, Papal Franciscan Order. (5 years, 125 days) States

Papa XYSTVS Quintus

15 September 1590 Urban VII Giovanni Battista Rome, Papal States Shortest-reigning pope; died before – 27 September 1590 Castagna coronation. (0 years, 12 days)

Papa VRBANVS Septimus 5 December 1590 Gregory XIV Niccolò Sfondrati Somma Lombardo, Duchy of Milan – 15/16 October 1591 Duchy of Milan (0 years, 314/315 days)

Papa GREGORIVS Quartus Decimus

29 October 1591 Innocent IX Giovanni Antonio Bologna, Papal – 30 December 1591 Facchinetti States (0 years, 62 days)

Papa INNOCENTIVS Nonus 30 January 1592 Clement VIII Ippolito Fano, Marche, Convened the Congregatio de – 3 March 1605 Aldobrandini Papal States Auxiliis which addressed doctrinal (13 years, 32 days) disputes between the Dominicans and Jesuits regarding free will and [11] Papa CLEMENS divine grace. Octavus

1 April 1605 Leo XI Alessandro Florence, Duchy of Nephew of Leo X. – 27 April 1605 Ottaviano de' Florence (0 years, 26 days) Medici

Papa LEO Undecimus 16 May 1605 Paul V Camillo Borghese Rome, Papal States Known for building projects, – 28 January 1621 including the facade of St Peter's (15 years, 257 days) Basilica.

Papa PAVLVS Quintus

9 February 1621 Gregory XV Alessandro Bologna, Papal Established the Congregation for the – 8 July 1623 Ludovisi States Propagation of the Faith, 1622. (2 years, 149 days)

Papa GREGORIVS Quintus Decimus 6 August 1623 Urban VIII Maffeo Barberini Florence, Grand Trial against Galileo Galilei – 29 July 1644 Duchy of Tuscany (20 years, 358 days)

Papa VRBANVS Octavus 15 September 1644 Innocent X Giovanni Battista Rome, Papal States Great-great-great-grandson of – 7 January 1655 Pamphilj Alexander VI. (10 years, 114 days)

Papa INNOCENTIVS Decimus 7 April 1655 Alexander VII Fabio Chigi Siena, Grand Great-nephew of Paul V. – 22 May 1667 Duchy of Tuscany Commissioned St. Peter's Square. (12 years, 45 days) Papa ALEXANDER Septimus 20 June 1667 Clement IX Giulio Rospigliosi Pistoia, Grand Commissioned the colonnade of St. – 9 December 1669 Duchy of Tuscany Peter's Square. (2 years, 172 days)

Papa CLEMENS Nonus

29 April 1670 Clement X Emilio Altieri Rome, Papal States Canonized the first American saint, – 22 July 1676 Saint , 1671. (6 years, 84 days)

Papa CLEMENS Decimus 21 September 1676 Bd. Innocent XI Benedetto Como, Duchy of Suspected to have secretly funded – 11/12 August 1689 Odescalchi Milan William III of Orange's Glorious (12 years, 324/325 Revolution to overthrow the Catholic days) James II of England.

Papa INNOCENTIVS Undecimus 6 October 1689 Alexander VIII Pietro Vito Ottoboni Venice, Republic of – 1 February 1691 Venice (1 year, 118 days)

Papa ALEXANDER Octavus 12 July 1691 Innocent XII Antonio Pignatelli Spinazzola, Issued Romanum decet Pontificem, – 27 September 1700 Kingdom of Naples 1692. (9 years, 77 days)

Papa INNOCENTIVS Duodecimus 23 November 1700 Clement XI Giovanni , Marche, Chinese Rites controversy – 19 March 1721 Francesco Albani Papal States (20 years, 116 days)

Papa CLEMENS Undecimus 8 May 1721 Innocent XIII Michelangelo de’ Poli, Lazio, Papal – 7 March 1724 Conti States (2 years, 304 days)

Papa INNOCENTIVS Tertius Decimus 29 May 1724 Benedict XIII , O.P. Pierfrancesco Gravina in Puglia, Member of the Dominican Order. – 21 February 1730 Orsini Kingdom of Naples Third and last member of the Orsini (5 years, 268 days) family to be Pope. Papa BENEDICTVS Tertius Decimus 12 July 1730 Clement XII Lorenzo Corsini Florence, Grand Completed the new façade of the – 6 February 1740 Duchy of Tuscany Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, (9 years, 209 days) 1735. Commissioned the Trevi Fountain, 1732.

Papa CLEMENS Duodecimus 17 August 1740 Benedict XIV Prospero Lorenzo Bologna, Papal – 3 May 1758 Lambertini States (17 years, 259 days)

Papa BENEDICTVS Quartus Decimus 6 July 1758 Clement XIII Carlo della Torre Venice, Republic of Provided the famous fig leaves on – 2 February 1769 Rezzonico Venice male statues in the Vatican. (10 years, 211 days) Defended the Society of Jesus in Apostolicum pascendi , 1765.

Papa CLEMENS Tertius Decimus 19 May 1769 Clement XIV , O.F.M. Giovanni Vincenzo Sant'Arcangelo di Member of the Conventual Conv. Antonio Ganganelli Romagna, Papal Franciscan Order. Suppressed the – 22 September 1774 States Jesuit Order. (5 years, 126 days)

Papa CLEMENS Quartus Decimus 15 February 1775 Pius VI Count Giovanni Cesena, Papal Condemned the French Revolution – 29 August 1799 Angelo Braschi States and was expelled from the Papal (24 years, 195 days) States by French troops from 1798 until his death.

Papa PIVS Sextus 29 August 1799 - 14 Interregnum six month period without a valid pope March 1800 elected. This was due to unique logistical problems (the old pope died a prisoner and the Conclave was in Venice) and a deadlock among cardinals voting. 14 March 1800 Pius VII , O.S.B. Count Barnaba Cesena, Papal Member of the Order of Saint – 20 August 1823 Niccolò Maria Luigi States Benedict. Present at Napoleon's (23 years, 159 days) Chiaramonti coronation as Emperor of the French. Temporarily expelled from the Papal States by the French between 1809 and 1814. Papa PIVS Septimus

28 September 1823 Leo XII Count Annibale Genga or Spoleto, Placed the Catholic educational – 10 February 1829 Francesco Papal States system under the control of the (5 years, 135 days) Clemente Jesuits through Quod divina Melchiore sapientia, 1824. Girolamo Nicola Sermattei della Genga Genga Papa LEO Duodecimus

31 March 1829 Pius VIII Francesco Saverio Cingoli, Marche, Accepted Louis Philippe I as King of – 1 December 1830 Castiglioni Papal States the French. (1 year, 245 days)

Papa PIVS Octavus 2 February 1831 Gregory XVI , O.S.B. Bartolomeo Alberto Belluno, Republic Member of the Camaldolese Order. Cam. Cappellari of Venice The last non-bishop to be elected – 1 June 1846 (15 years, 119 days)

Papa GREGORIVS Sextus Decimus 16 June 1846 Bd. Pius IX , O.F.S. Count Giovanni Senigallia, Marche, Opened First Vatican Council; lost – 7 February 1878 Maria Mastai- Papal States the Papal States to Italy. Longest (31 years, 236 days) Ferretti serving pope in history (see note on St Peter.)

Papa PIVS Nonus 20 February 1878 Leo XIII , O.F.S. Gioacchino Carpineto Issued the encyclical on social – 20 July 1903 Vincenzo Raffaele Romano,Lazio, teaching, Rerum Novarum (On (25 years, 150 days) Luigi Pecci Papal States. Capital and Labor) and supported Christian democracy as against communism; the fourth-longest reigning pope after Pius IX, St Peter Papa LEO Tertius and John Paul II. Decimus 4-Aug-03 St Pius X Giuseppe Riese, Lombardy- Encouraged and expanded reception – 20 August 1914 Melchiorre Sarto Venetia, Austrian of Holy Communion, and combatted (11 years, 16 days) Empire Modernistic theology. Most recent pope to be canonized.

Papa PIVS Decimus 3-Sep-14 Benedict XV Giacomo Paolo Genoa, Kingdom of Credited for intervening for peace – 22 January 1922 Giovanni Battista Sardinia during World War I. Remembered by (7 years, 141 days) della Chiesa Pope Benedict XVI as "prophet of peace".

Papa BENEDICTVS Quintus Decimus 6-Feb-22 Pius XI Achille Ambrogio Desio, Lombardy- Signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy, – 10 February 1939 Damiano Ratti Venetia, Austrian establishing the as a (17 years, 4 days) Empire sovereign state.

Papa PIVS Undecimus

2-Mar-39 Ven. Pius XII Eugenio Maria Rome Invoked in encyclical – 9 October 1958 Giuseppe Giovanni Munificentissimus Deus. (19 years, 221 days) Pacelli

Papa PIVS Duodecimus Opus Justitiae Pax ("The work of justice [shall be] peace") 28-Oct-58 Bd. John XXIII Angelo Giuseppe Sotto il Monte, Opened Second Vatican Council; – 3 June 1963 Roncalli Bergamo sometimes called "Good Pope John". (4 years, 218 days)

Papa IOANNES Vicesimus Tertius Obedientia et Pax ("Obedience and peace") 21-Jun-63 Ven. Paul VI Giovanni Battista Concesio, Brescia, The last pope to be crowned with the – 6 August 1978 Enrico Antonio Italy . First pope to travel to (15 years, 46 days) Maria Montini the United States. Concluded Second Vatican Council.

Papa PAVLVS Sextus Cum Ipso in Monte ("With Him on the mount")

26-Aug-78 John Albino Luciani Forno di Canale, First pope to use 'the First' in regnal Paul I Veneto, Italy name. First pope with two names, for – 28 September 1978 his two immediate predecessors. (0 years, 33 days)

Papa IOANNES PAVLVS Primus Humilitas ("Humility") 16-Oct-78 Bd. John Paul II Karol Józef Wojtyła Wadowice, Poland First Polish pope and first non-Italian – 2 April 2005 pope in 455 years. Canonized more (26 years, 168 days) saints than all predecessors. Traveled extensively. Third longest known reign after Pius IX and St Peter. Recently beatified by Pope Papa IOANNES Benedict XVI . PAVLVS Secundus Totus Tuus ("Totally yours") 19 April 2005 – Benedict XVI Alois Marktl am Inn, Oldest to become pope since Pope 28-Feb-13 Ratzinger Bavaria, Germany Clement XII in 1730. Elevated the (7 years, 315 days) Tridentine Mass to a more prominent position. First pope to renounce the Papacy on his own initiative since Pope Celestine V in 1294, [12] retaining regnal name with title of Papa BENEDICTVS [13] Sextus Decimus "pope emeritus". Cooperatores Veritatis

("Cooperators of the truth")