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List of Popes Numerical Name Personal Pontificate Place of birth Notes order English · Regnal name 1st Century Apostle of Jesus from whom he received the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven, according to Matthew 16:18–19. Executed by crucifixion Simon Peter upside-down; feast day (Feast of CΙΜΗΟΝ Saints Peter and Paul) 29 June, St Peter Bethsaida, 1 33 – 64/67 ΚΗΦΑC (Chair of Saint Peter) 22 February. PETRUS Galilea (contemporary Recognized by the Catholic Greek) Church as the first Bishop of Rome appointed by Christ. Also revered as saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 29 June. Feast day 23 September. Also 64/67(?) – St Linus revered as a saint in Eastern 2 Linus Tuscia 76/79(?) LINUS Christianity, with a feast day of 7 June. St Anacletus Martyred; feast day 26 April. Once 76/79(?) – 3 (Cletus) Anacletus Rome erroneously split into Cletus and 88/92 ANACLETUS Anacletus Feast day 23 November. Also St Clement I revered as a saint in Eastern 4 88/92 – 97 Clement Rome CLEMENS Christianity, with a feast day of 25 November. 97/99 – St Evaristus Bethlehem, 5 Aristus Feast day 26 October 105/107 EVARISTUS Judea 2nd Century Also revered as a saint in Eastern 105/107 – St Alexander I 6 Alexander Rome Christianity, with a feast day of 16 115/116 ALEXANDER March. 6 April. Also revered as a saint in St Sixtus I 7 115/116 – 125 Xystus Rome Eastern Christianity, with a feast XYSTUS day of 10 August. Terranova da St Telesphorus 8 125 – 136/138 Telesphorus Sibari, TELESPHORUS Calabria 136/138 – St Hyginus Athens, Traditionally martyred; feast day 9 Hyginus 140/142 HYGINUS Greece 11 January St Pius I Aquileia, Martyred by sword; feast day 11 10 140/142 – 155 Pius PIUS Friuli July St Anicetus Traditionally martyred; feast day 11 155–166 Anicitus Emesa, Syria ANICETUS 17 April c. 166 – St Soter Traditionally martyred; feast day 12 Soter Fondi, Latium 174/175 SOTERIUS 22 April St Eleuterus Nicopoli, Traditionally martyred; feast day 6 13 174/175 – 189 Eleuther ELEUTHERIUS Epirus May St Victor I 14 189 – 198/199 Victor Roman Africa VICTOR St Zephyrinus 15 199–217 Zephyrinus Rome ZEPHYRINUS 3rd Century c. 217 – St Callixtus I Iberian 16 Callistus Martyred; feast day 14 October 222/223 CALLISTUS Peninsula Also revered as a saint in Eastern St Urban I 17 222/223 – 230 Urban Rome Christianity, with a feast day of 25 URBANUS May. First to abdicate office after exile 21 July 230 to Sardinia by Emperor Maximinus – 28 September St Pontian Thrax. The Liberian Catalogue 18 Pontianus Rome 235 PONTIANUS records his death on 28 September (5 years+) 235, the earliest exact date in papal history. 21 November Petilia Also revered as a saint in Eastern 235 St Anterus 19 Anterus Policastro - Christianity, with a feast day of 5 – 3 January 236 ANTERUS Calabria August. (44 days) 10 January 236 Feast day 20 January. Also revered – 20 January St Fabian 20 Fabianus Rome as a saint in Eastern Christianity, 250 FABIANUS with a feast day of 5 August. (14 years+) 6/11 March 251 St Cornelius Died a martyr, through extreme 21 – June 253 Cornelius CORNELIUS hardship; feast day 16 September (2 years+) 25 June 253 St Lucius I 22 – 5 March 254 Lucius Rome Feast day 4 March LUCIUS (256 days) Martyred by beheading; feast day 2 12 May 254 St Stephen I August. Also revered as a saint in 23 – 2 August 257 Stephanus Rome STEPHANUS Eastern Christianity, with the same (3 years+) feast day. 30/31 August Martyred by beheading. Also St Sixtus II 257 revered as a saint in Eastern 24 XYSTUS Sixtus Greece – 6 August 258 Christianity, with a feast day of 10 Secundus (340/341 days) August. 22 July 259 – 26 December St Dionysius 25 Dionysius Greece Feast day 26 December 268 DIONYSIUS (9 years+) 5 January 269 – 30 December St Felix I 26 Felix Rome 274 FELIX (5 years+) 4 January 275 – 7 December St Eutychian 27 Eutychianus 283 EUTYCHIANUS (8 years+) 17 December Martyred (according to legend) 283 St Caius Salona, Feast day 22 April. Also revered as 28 Gaius – 22 April 296 CAIUS Dalmatia a saint in Eastern Christianity, with (12 years+) a feast day of 11 August. 30 June 296 Feast day 26 April. Also revered as St Marcellinus 29 – 1 April 304 Marcellinus Rome a saint in Eastern Christianity, with MARCELLINUS (7 years+) a feast day of 7 June. 4th Century St Marcellus I 30 308–309 MARCELLUS 18 April – 17 St Eusebius 31 August 309 or Sardinia EUSEBIUS 310 2 July 311 First pope after the end of the St Miltiades – 10 January persecution of Christians through 32 (Melchiades) Africa 314 the Edict of Milan (313 AD) issued MILTIADES (2 years+) by Constantine the Great Feast day 31 December. Also 31 January 314 Sant'Angelo a revered as a saint in Eastern – 31 December St Sylvester I 33 Scala, Christianity, with a feast day of 2 335 SILVESTER Avellino January. First Council of Nicaea, (21 years+) 325. 18 January 336 St Mark 34 – 7 October 336 Rome Feast day 7 October MARCUS (263 days) 6 February 337 St Julius I 35 – 12 April 352 Rome IULIUS (15 years+) 17 May 352 Earliest Pope not yet canonized by – 24 September Liberius the Roman Church. Revered as a 36 366 LIBERIUS saint in Eastern Christianity, with a (14 years+) feast day of 27 August. 1 October 366 Idanha-a- Patron of Jerome, commissioned – 11 December St Damasus I 37 Velha, the Vulgate translation of the 384 DAMASUS Portugal Bible. Council of Rome, 382. (18 years+) 11 December 384 St Siricius 38 – 26 November Papa SIRICIUS 399 (14 years+) 27 November 399 St Anastasius I 39 – 19 December Papa Rome 401 ANASTASIUS (2 years+) 5th Century 22 December St Innocent I 401 Albano, Visigoth Sack of Rome (410) 40 Papa – 12 March 417 Latium under Alaric INNOCENTIUS (15 years+) 18 March 417 – 26 December St Zosimus Mesoraca - 41 418 Papa ZOSIMUS Calabria (1 year+) 28/29 December 418 St Boniface I 42 – 4 September Papa 422 BONIFATIUS (3 years+) 10 September Rome, St Celestine I Also revered as a saint in Eastern 422 Western 43 Papa Christianity, with a feast day of 8 – 27 July 432 Roman COELESTINUS April. (9 years+) Empire 31 July 432 – St Sixtus III 44 March/August Papa SIXTUS 440 Tertius (~8 years) Convinced Attila the Hun to turn back his invasion of Italy. Wrote 29 September the Tome which was instrumental St Leo I 440 in the Council of Chalcedon and in (Leo the Great) 45 – 10 November Rome defining the hypostatic union. Papa LEO 461 Feast day 10 November. Also MAGNUS (21 years+) revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 18 February. 19 November 461 St Hilarius 46 – 29 February Hilarius Sardinia Papa HILARIUS 468 (6 years+) 3 March 468 St Simplicius 47 – 10 March 483 Papa Simplicius Tivoli (15 years+) SIMPLICIUS St Felix III (Felix 13 March 483 II) 48 – 1 March 492 Felice Rome Sometimes called Felix II Papa FELIX (8 years+) Tertius (Secundus) 1 March 492 – 21 November St Gelasius I To date, the last pope to have been 49 Gelasius Africa 496 Papa GELASIUS born on the continent of Africa. (4 years+) 24 November Anastasius II 496 Papa 50 – 19 November Anastasius Rome ANASTASIUS 498 Secundus (~2 years) 22 November St Symmachus 498 51 Papa Simmaco Sardinia – 19 July 514 SYMMACHUS (15 years+) 6th century 20 July 514 St Hormisdas Frosinone, 52 – 19 July 523 Papa Hormisdas Southern Father of Pope Silverius (~9 years) HORMISDAS Latium 13 August 523 St John I 53 – 18 May 526 Giovanni Toscana Papa IOANNES (2 years+) 13 July 526 St Felix IV (Felix – 22 September III) 54 Felice Samnium Sometimes called Felix III 530 Papa FELIX (4 years+) Quartus (Tertius) 22 September Boniface II 530 Rome to Papa 55 – 17 October Bonifacio Ostrogoth BONIFATIUS 532 parents Secundus (2 years+) 2 January 533 John II First pope to not use personal 56 – 8 May 535 Papa IOHANNES Mercurio Rome name. This was due to Mercury (2 years+) Secundus being a Roman god. Feast days 22 April 20 September. 13 May 535 Rome, St Agapetus I Also revered as a saint in Eastern 57 – 22 April 536 Agapito Ostrogothic Papa AGAPITUS Christianity, with a feast day of 17 (346 days) Kingdom April. 1 June 536 – 11 November St Silverius Exiled; feast day 20 June, son of 58 Silverius 537 Papa SILVERIUS Pope Hormisdas (1 year+) 29 March 537 Vigilius 59 – 7 June 555 Rome Papa VIGILIUS (18 years+) 16 April 556 Pelagius I 60 – 4 March 561 Rome Papa PELAGIUS (~5 years) 17 July 561 John III Rome, Eastern 61 – 13 July 574 Papa IOANNES Catelinus Roman (~13 years) Tertius Empire 2 June 575 Benedict I 62 – 30 July 579 Papa (4 years+) BENEDICTUS 26 November 579 Pelagius II 63 – 7 February Papa PELAGIUS Rome 590 Secundus (10 years+) St Gregory I First to formally employ the titles 3 September (Gregory the "Servus servorum Dei" and 590 Great) Gregorio "Pontifex Maximus". Feast day 3 64 Rome – 12 March 604 Papa O.S.B. September. Also revered as a saint (13 years+) GREGORIUS in Eastern Christianity, with a feast MAGNUS day of 12 March. 7th century 13 September 604 Sabinian 65 – 22 February Papa Blera 606 SABINIANUS (1 year+) 19 February Boniface III 607 Papa 66 – 12 November Bonifacio Rome BONIFATIUS 607 Tertius (267 days) St Boniface IV First Pope to bear the same name 25 August 608 Papa Bonifacio as his immediate predecessor.
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