Pontificate Year Papal Name 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 Saints Peter and Paul) 29 June, (Chair of Saint Peter) 22 February. Recognized by the Catholic Church as the first Bishop of Rome (Pope) 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 Caius 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 Jerome, 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 Italy. 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 Pope Hormisdas – 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 Naples – 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.