List of popes

This article is about the Catholic Church. For popes of the Coptic Orthodox Church, see List of Coptic Orthodox popes. For popes of the Legio Maria, see List of Legio Maria popes. For Palmarian popes, see Palmarian Catholic Church § Palmarian popes. For a graphical representation of this list, see List of popes (graphical).

Plaque commemorating the popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica (their names in Latin and the year of their burial)

This chronological list of popes of the Catholic Church corresponds to that given in the Annuario Pontificio under the heading "I Sommi Pontefici Romani" (The Roman Supreme Pontiffs), excluding those that are explicitly indicated as antipopes. Published every year by the Roman Curia, the Annuario Pontificio no longer identifies popes by regnal number, stating that it is impossible to decide which pope represented the legitimate succession at various times. The 2001 edition of the Annuario Pontificio introduced "almost 200 corrections to its existing biographies of the popes, from St Peter to John Paul II". The corrections concerned dates, especially in the first two centuries, birthplaces and the family name of one pope.

The term pope (Latin: {{{1}}}) is used in several churches to denote their high spiritual leaders (for example Coptic pope). This title in English usage usually refers to the head of the Catholic Church. The Catholic pope uses various titles by tradition, including Summus Pontifex, Pontifex Maximus, and Servus servorum Dei. Each title has been added by unique historical events and unlike other papal prerogatives, is not incapable of modification.

Hermannus Contractus may have been the first historian to number the popes continuously. His list ends in 1049 with Leo IX as number 154. Several changes were made to the list during the 20th century. Christopher was considered a legitimate pope for a long time but was removed due to how he obtained the papacy. Pope-elect Stephen was listed as Stephen II until the 1961 edition, when his name was removed. The decisions of the Council of Pisa (1409) were reversed in 1963 in a reinterpretation of the Western Schism, extending Gregory XII's pontificate to 1415 and classifying rival claimants Alexander V and John XXIII as antipopes.

A significant number of these popes have been recognized as saints, including 48 out of the first 50 consecutive popes, and others are in the sainthood process. Of the first 31 popes, 28 died as martyrs.

Chronological list of popes

1st millennium

1st century

The chronology of the early popes is heavily disputed. The first ancient lists of popes were not written until the late 2nd century, after the monarchical episcopate had already developed in Rome. These first lists combined contradictory traditions, and even the succession of the first popes is disputed. The first certain dates are AD 222 and 235, the elections of Urban I and Liberius. The years given for the first 30 popes follow the work of Richard Adelbert Lipsius, which often show a 3-year difference with the traditional dates given by Eusebius of Caesarea. These are also the dates used by the Catholic Encyclopedia. Template:Pope list begin portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless

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2nd century

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c. 199/200
(1 year) | Natalius
NATALIVS | style="font-size:85%"|Roma, Italia, Roman Empire | style="font-size:85%"|— | style="font-size:85%"|Roman citizen, born in the capital of the Roman Empire. In opposition to pope Zephyrinus. Later reconciled.

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3rd century

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(18 years) | St Hippolytus
HIPPOLYTVS | style="font-size:85%"|c. 170 Asia Minor, Roman Empire | style="font-size:85%"|47 / 65 | style="font-size:85%"|Roman citizen of Greek descent (Constitutio Antoniniana). In opposition to Callixtus I, Urban I and Pontian. Later reconciled with Pontian (see below). Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#ccc;" | style="text-align:center;" | — | March 251 – 258
(7 years) | Novatian
NOVATIANVS | style="font-size:85%"|c. 200–20 Rome, Italia, Roman Empire | style="font-size:85%"|31–51 / 38–58 |style="font-size:85%"| Roman citizen. Founder of Novatianism. In opposition to Cornelius, Lucius I, Stephen I and Sixtus II. Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless

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4th century

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22 November 365
() | Felix II
FELIX Secundus | style="font-size:85%"|c. 300 Rome, Italy, Roman Empire | style="font-size:85%"|55 / 65 |style="font-size:85%"| Roman citizen. In opposition to Pope Liberius. Installed by Arian-leaning Emperor Constantius II. Template:Pope list item portraitless |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#ccc;" | style="text-align:center;" | — | 1 October 366 –
16 November 367
() | Ursinus
VRSINVS | style="font-size:85%"|Rome, Italy, Roman Empire | style="font-size:85%"|— |style="font-size:85%"| Roman citizen. In opposition to Damasus I. Banished to Gallia by Emperor Valentinian II after a war between two sects and died after 384. Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless

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5th century

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3 April 419
() | Eulalius
EVLALIVS | style="font-size:85%"|Rome, Italy, Roman Empire | style="font-size:85%"| |style="font-size:85%"| Roman citizen. In opposition to Pope Boniface I. Elected on the eve of the election of Boniface, first benefited from the support of the emperor Honorius, but lost it quickly. Exiled in Campania, and died in 423. Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#ccc;" | style="text-align:center;" | — | 22 November 498 –
Aug 506/8
() | Laurence
LAVRENTIVS | style="font-size:85%"|Rome, Italy, Western Roman Empire | style="font-size:85%"| |style="font-size:85%"| Roman citizen, later a subject of the (Ostrogothic) Kingdom of Italy. In opposition to Symmachus. Elected on the same day as Symachus, King Theodoric settled in favour of his adversary. Took control of Rome in 501 and remained pope in fact until he died in 506/08.

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6th century

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14 October 530
() | Dioscore
DIOSCORVS | style="font-size:85%"|Alexandria, Aegyptus, Eastern Roman Empire | style="font-size:85%"| |style="font-size:85%"| (Eastern) Roman citizen of Greek descent. In opposition to Pope Boniface II. Candidate of the Byzantine party, elected by the majority of the cardinals and recognized by Constantinople, he died less than a month after his election. Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless

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7th century

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8th century

Popes of the 8th century

Pontiff number	Pontificate	Portrait	Name: English · Regnal	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/ end of papacy	Notes
85	30 October 701 – 11 January 705 ()		John VI IOANNES Sextus	Ioannes	Ephesus, Eastern Roman Empire		(Eastern) Roman citizen. Was of Greek ethnicity. The only pope who came from Asia Minor.
86	1 March 705 – 18 October 707 ()		John VII IOANNES Septimus	Ioannes	Rossanum, Calabria, Eastern Roman Empire		(Eastern) Roman citizen. Was of Greek ethnicity. The second pope to bear the same name as his immediate predecessor.
87	15 January 708 – 4 February 708 ()		Sisinnius SISINNIVS	Sisinnius	Syria, Rashidun Caliphate		Born as subject of the Rashidun Caliphate. Was Syrian.
88	25 March 708 – 9 April 715 ()		Constantine CONSTANTINVS	Constantinus	Syria, Umayyad Caliphate		Born as subject of the Umayyad Caliphate. Was Syrian. Last pope to visit Greece while in office, until John Paul II in 2001.
89	19 May 715 – 11 February 731 ()		St Gregory II GREGORIVS Secundus	Gregorius	669 Rome, Duchy of Rome (Eastern Roman Empire)	46 / 62	(Eastern) Roman citizen. Was of Roman ethnicity. Feast day 11 February. Held the Synod of Rome (721).
90	18 March 731 – 28 November 741 ()	80px	St Gregory III GREGORIVS Tertius	Gregorius	Syria, Umayyad Caliphate		Born as subject of the Umayyad Caliphate; the last pope from Syria. The third pope to come from a Muslim country. The third pope to bear the same name as his immediate predecessor. Last pope to have been born outside Europe until the election of Francis in 2013.
91	3 December 741 – 22 March 752 ()	80px	St Zachary ZACHARIAS	Zacharias	Sancta Severina, Calabria, Eastern Roman Empire		(Eastern) Roman citizen. Was of Greek ethnicity. Feast day 15 March. Built the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva.
—	22 March 752 – 25 March 752 () (Never took office as pope)		Stephen STEPHANUS	Stephanus	Rome, Duchy of Rome, Exarchate of Ravenna, Eastern Roman Empire		(Eastern) Roman citizen. Was of Roman ethnicity. Previously known as Stephen II. Died three days after his election, having never received episcopal consecration. Some lists still include him. The Vatican sanctioned his addition in the sixteenth century; removed in 1961. He is no longer considered a pope by the Catholic Church.
92	26 March 752 – 26 April 757 ()		Stephen II STEPHANVS Secundus		Rome, Duchy of Rome, Exarchate of Ravenna, Eastern Roman Empire		(Eastern) Roman citizen (was of Roman ethnicity), later the sovereign of the independent Papal States. Sometimes called Stephen III. The Donation of Pepin. Brother of Paul I.
93	29 May 757 – 28 June 767 ()		St Paul I PAVLVS	Paulus	Rome, Duchy of Rome, Exarchate of Ravenna, Eastern Roman Empire		(Eastern) Roman citizen (was of Roman ethnicity), later the sovereign of the independent Papal States. Brother of Stephen II.
94	7 August 768 – 24 January 772 ()		Stephen III STEPHANVS Tertius	Stephanus	c. 720 Syracuse, Sicily, Eastern Roman Empire	42 / 46	(Eastern) Roman citizen (was of Greek ethnicity), later the sovereign of the independent Papal States. Sometimes called Stephen IV. He summoned the Lateran Council (769).
95	1 February 772 – 26 December 795 ()		Adrian I HADRIANVS	Hadrianus	Rome, Duchy of Rome, Exarchate of Ravenna, Eastern Roman Empire		(Eastern) Roman citizen (was of Roman ethnicity), later the sovereign of the independent Papal States. Pope during the Second Council of Nicaea (787), the seventh ecumenical council accepted by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
96	26 December 795 – 12 June 816 ()		St Leo III LEO Tertius	Leo	Rome, Duchy of Rome, Exarchate of Ravenna, Eastern Roman Empire		(Eastern) Roman citizen (was of Roman ethnicity), later the sovereign of the independent Papal States. Crowned Charlemagne emperor on Christmas Day, 800, thereby initiating what would become the Holy Roman Empire, requiring the imprimatur of the pope for its ruler's legitimacy.

9th century

Popes of the 9th century

Pontiff number	Pontificate	Portrait	Name: English · Regnal	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/ end of papacy	Notes
97	22 June 816 – 24 January 817 ()		Stephen IV STEPHANVS Quartus	Stephanus	Rome, Papal States		First pope born in Rome after breaking away from the Roman Empire. Sometimes called Stephen V.
98	25 January 817 – 11 February 824 ()		St Paschal I PASCHALIS	Paschalis	Rome, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Son of Bonosus and Episcopa Theodora. Credited with finding the body of Saint Cecilia in the Catacomb of Callixtus, building the basilica of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere and the church of Santa Maria in Domnica.
99	8 May 824 – 27 August 827 ()		Eugene II EVGENIVS Secundus	Eugenius	Rome, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States.
100	31 August 827 – 10 October 827 ()		Valentine VALENTINVS	Valentinus	Rome, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States.
101	20 December 827 – 25 January 844 ()	80px	Gregory IV GREGORIVS Quartus	Gregorius	Rome, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Rebuilt the atrium of St. Peter's Basilica and in the newly decorated chapel transferred the body of Gregory I.
102	25 January 844 – 27 January 847 ()		Sergius II SERGIVS Secundus	Sergius	Rome, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States.
103	10 April 847 – 17 July 855 ()		St Leo IV LEO Quartus	Leo	Rome, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States, was of Lombard ethnicity. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.
104	29 September 855 – 17 April 858 ()		Benedict III BENEDICTVS Tertius	Benedictus	Rome, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States.
105	24 April 858 – 13 November 867 ()		St Nicholas I "the Great" NICOLAVS MAGNVS	Nicolaus	c. 800 Rome, Papal States	58 / 67	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Encouraged missionary activity.
106	14 December 867 – 14 December 872 ()		Adrian II HADRIANVS Secundus	Hadrianus	c. 792 Rome, Papal States	75 / 80	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Pope during the Council of Constantinople IV (869), the eighth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church.
107	14 December 872 – 16 December 882 ()		John VIII IOANNES Octavus	Ioannes	Rome, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. First pope to be assassinated.
108	16 December 882 – 15 May 884 ()		Marinus I MARINVS	Marinus	Gallese, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Erroneously also known as Martin II.
109	17 May 884 – 8 July 885 ()		St Adrian III HADRIANVS Tertius	Hadrianus	Rome, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Feast day 8 July. Adrian I was possibly his ancestor.
110	September 885 – 14 September 891 ()		Stephen V STEPHANVS Quintus	Stephanus	Rome, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Sometimes called Stephen VI.
111	6 October 891 – 4 April 896 ()		Formosus FORMOSVS	Formosus	c. 816 Ostia, Papal States	75 / 80	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. In early 897 posthumously executed following the Cadaver Synod. His body was reburied with full Christian honours in 897.
112	11 April 896 – 26 April 896 ()		Boniface VI BONIFATIVS Sextus	Bonifatius	Rome, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States.
113	22 May 896 – 14 August 897 ()		Stephen VI STEPHANVS	Stephanus	Rome, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Sometimes called Stephen VII. Held the infamous Cadaver Synod.
114	14 August 897 – Nov 897 ()		Romanus ROMANVS	Romanus	Gallese, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States.
115	December 897 – 20 December 897 ()		Theodore II THEODORVS Secundus	Theodorus	Rome, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States, of Greek ethnicity.
116	18 January 898 – 5 January 900 ()		John IX IOANNES Nonus	Ioannes	Tivoli, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States, of Lombard ethnicity. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.
117	1 February 900 – 30 July 903 ()		Benedict IV BENEDICTVS Quartus	Benedictus	Rome, Papal States		Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States.

10th century

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January 904
() | Christopher
CHRISTOFORO | style="font-size:85%"|Rome, Papal States | style="font-size:85%"| | style="font-size:85%"| Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. In opposition to Leo V. Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#ccc;" | style="text-align:center;" | — | 6 December 963 –
26 February 964
() | Leo VIII
LEO Octavus | style="font-size:85%"|Rome, Papal States | style="font-size:85%"| |style="font-size:85%"| Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. Appointed antipope by Emperor Otto in 963 in opposition to John XII and Benedict V. His pontificate after the deposition of Benedict V is considered legitimate by the modern Catholic Church. Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#ccc;" | style="text-align:center;" | — | July 974 –
July 974
() | Boniface VII
BONFATIUS Septinus | style="font-size:85%"|Rome, Papal States | style="font-size:85%"| | style="font-size:85%"|Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States, born Francone Ferucci. In opposition to Benedict VI and Benedict VII. Template:Pope list item portraitless Template:Pope list item portraitless |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#ccc;" | style="text-align:center;" | — | 20 August 984 –
20 July 985
() | Boniface VII
BONFATIUS Septinus | style="font-size:85%"|Rome, Papal States | style="font-size:85%"| | style="font-size:85%"| Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. In opposition to John XIV and John XV

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February 998
() | John XVI
IOANNES Sextus Decimus | style="font-size:85%"|Rossanum, Calabria, Italy, Eastern Roman Empire | style="font-size:85%"| | style="font-size:85%"|Born as an Eastern Roman citizen. In opposition to Gregory V Template:Pope list item portraitless

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2nd millennium

11th century

Popes of the 11th century

Pontiff number	Pontificate	Portrait	Name: English · Regnal	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/ end of papacy	Notes
140	16 May 1003 – 6 November 1003 ()		John XVII IOANNES Septimus Decimus	Giovanni Sicco	c. 955 Rome, Papal States	48 / 48	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States.
141	25 December 1003 – 18 July 1009 ()		John XVIII IOANNES Duodevicesimus	Giovanni Fasano	c. 965 Rapagnano, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	43 / 49	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. First pope born after the Papal States became a state of the Holy Roman Empire in 962.
142	31 July 1009 – 12 May 1012 ()		Sergius IV SERGIVS Quartus	Pietro Martino Boccadiporco O.S.B.	c. 970 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	39 / 42	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States.
—	12 June 1012 – 31 December 1012 ()		Gregory VI GREGORIVS Sextus	Gregorio	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	—	Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. In opposition to Benedict VIII
143	18 May 1012 – 9 April 1024 ()		Benedict VIII BENEDICTVS Octavus	Teofilatto di Tuscolo	c. 980 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	32 / 44	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States.
144	14 May 1024 – 6 October 1032 ()		John XIX IOANNES Undevicesimus	Romano di Tuscolo	c. 975 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	49 / 57	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Brother of Benedict VIII.
145	21 October 1032 – 31 December 1044 ()		Benedict IX BENEDICTVS Nonus	Teofilatto di Tuscolo	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	20 / 32 (†43)	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States; first term.
146	13 January 1045 – 10 March 1045 ()		Sylvester III SILVESTER Tertius	Giovanni dei Crescenzi Ottaviani	c. 1000 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	45 / 45 (†63)	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Validity of election questioned; considered antipope; deposed at the Council of Sutri.
147	10 March 1045 – 1 May 1045 ()		Benedict IX BENEDICTVS Nonus	Teofilatto di Tuscolo	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	33 / 33 (†43)	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Second term; deposed at the Council of Sutri.
148	5 May 1045 – 20 December 1046 ()		Gregory VI GREGORIVS Sextus	Giovanni Graziano Pierleoni	c. 1000 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	45 / 46 (†48)	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Deposed at the Council of Sutri.
149	24 December 1046 – 9 October 1047 ()		Clement II CLEMENS Secundus	Suidger von Morsleben-Hornburg	c. 967 Hornburg, Duchy of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire	79 / 80	Born as a subject of the Duchy of Saxony. Appointed by King Henry III at the Council of Sutri; crowned Henry III as emperor.
150	8 November 1047 – 17 July 1048 ()		Benedict IX BENEDICTVS Nonus	Teofilatto di Tuscolo	1012 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	35 / 36 (†43)	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Third term; deposed and excommunicated.
151	17 July 1048 – 9 August 1048 ()		Damasus II DAMASVS Secundus	Poppo de Curagnoni	c. 1000 Pildenau, Duchy of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire	48 / 48	Born as a subject of the Duchy of Bavaria.
152	12 February 1049 – 19 April 1054 ()	80px	St Leo IX LEO Nonus	Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg	21 July 1002 Eguisheim, Duchy of Swabia, Holy Roman Empire	47 / 51	Born as a subject of the Duchy of Swabia. In 1054, the mutual excommunications of Leo IX's legate, cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida, and Patriarch of Constantinople Michael I Cerularius began the East–West Schism. The anathematizations were rescinded by Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras in 1965.
153	13 April 1055 – 28 July 1057 ()	80px	Victor II VICTOR Secundus	Gebhard II von Calw-Dollnstein-Hirschberg	c. 1018 Duchy of Swabia, Holy Roman Empire	37 / 39	Born as a subject of the Duchy of Swabia.
154	2 August 1057 – 29 March 1058 ()		Stephen IX STEPHANVS Nonus (Decimus)	Frederich O.S.B.	c. 1020 Duchy of Lorraine, Holy Roman Empire	37 / 38	Born as a subject of the Duchy of Lorraine. Sometimes called Stephen X. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.
—	4 April 1058 – 24 January 1059 ()		Benedict X BENEDICTVS Decimus	Giovanni Mincio di Tuscolo	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	—	Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. In opposition to Nicholas II.
155	6 December 1058 – 27 July 1061 ()	80px	Nicholas II NICOLAVS Secundus	Gerald de Bourgogne	c. 980 Château de Chevron, County of Savoy, Holy Roman Empire	78 / 81	Born as a subject of the County of Savoy, was of French ethnicity. In 1059 the College of Cardinals was designated the sole body of pope electors in the document In nomine Domini.
—	30 September 1061 – 1072 ()		Honorius II HONORIVS Secundus	Pietro Candalus	1010 Verona, March of Verona, Holy Roman Empire	61 / 72	Born as a subject of the March of Verona, was of Italian ethnicity (born after the Placiti Cassinesi was written). In opposition to Pope Alexander II
156	30 September 1061 – 21 April 1073 ()		Alexander II ALEXANDER Secundus	Anselmo da Baggio	c. 1018 Baggio, Free Commune of Milan, Holy Roman Empire	46 / 58	Citizen of the Free Commune of Milan. Authorized the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
157	22 April 1073 – 25 May 1085 ()	80px	St Gregory VII GREGORIVS Septimus	Ildebrando Aldobrandeschi di Soana O.S.B.	c. 1015 Sovana, March of Tuscany, Holy Roman Empire	48 / 60	Subject of the March of Tuscany, was of Lombard ethnicity. Initiated the Gregorian Reforms. Restricted the use of the papal title to the bishop of Rome. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. Political struggle with Emperor Henry IV, who had to go to Canossa (1077).
—	25 June 1080 – 8 September 1100 ()	80px	Clement III CLEMENS Tertius	Guibert of Ravenna	1029 Ravenna, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	51 / 71	In opposition to Pope Gregory VII, Pope Victor III, Pope Urban II and Pope Paschal II.
158	24 May 1086 – 16 September 1087 ()		Bl. Victor III VICTOR Tertius	Dauferio Epifani Del Zotto O.S.B.	c. 1026 Benevento, Duchy of Benevento	60 / 61	Born as a subject of the Duchy of Benevento, was of Lombard ethnicity. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. Called the Synod of Benevento (1087) condemning lay investiture.
159	12 March 1088 – 29 July 1099 ()	80px	Bl. Urban II VRBANVS Secundus	Odon de Lagery O.S.B.	c. 1042 Châtillon-sur-Marne, County of Champagne, France	46 / 57	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France. Preached and started the First Crusade. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.
160	13 August 1099 – 21 January 1118 ()	80px	Paschal II PASCHALIS Secundus	Rainero Ranieri O.S.B.	c. 1050 Bleda, March of Tuscany, Holy Roman Empire	49 / 68	Born as a subject of the March of Tuscany, was of Lombard ethnicity. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. Ordered the building of the basilica of Santi Quattro Coronati.
—	8 September 1100 – January 1101 ()		Theodoric THEODORICVS	Teodorico	c. 1030 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	70 / 71	Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States, was of Lombard ethnicity. In opposition to Pope Paschal II

12th century

Popes of the 12th century

Pontiff number	Pontificate	Portrait	Name: English · Regnal	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/ end of papacy	Notes
—	January 1101 – February 1102 ()		Adalbert ADALBERTVS	Adalberto O.S.B.	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	—	Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States, was of Lombard ethnicity. In opposition to Pope Paschal II
—	8 November 1105 – 11 April 1111 ()		Sylvester IV SILVESTER Quartus	Maguinulf	1050 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	49 / 55 (†56)	Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States, was of German ethnicity. In opposition to Paschal II.
161	24 January 1118 – 29 January 1119 ()	80px	Gelasius II GELASIVS Secundus	Giovanni Caetani O.S.B.	c. 1061 Gaeta, Duchy of Gaeta	57 / 58	Born as a subject of the Duchy of Gaeta.
—	10 March 1118 – 20 April 1121 ()		Gregory VIII GREGORIVS Octavus	Maurice Baurdain	c. 1060 Limousin, Occitania, France	58 / 61 (†77)	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France, was of Occitan ethnicity. In opposition to Gelasius II and Callixtus II.
162	2 February 1119 – 13 December 1124 ()		Callixtus II CALLISTVS Secundus	Guy	c. 1060 Quingey, County of Burgundy, Holy Roman Empire	59 / 64	Born as a subject of the County of Burgundy, was of French ethnicity. Opened the First Council of the Lateran in 1123.
—	16 December 1124– 16 December 1124 ()		Celestine II COELESTINVS Secundus	Teobaldo Boccapecora	1050 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	74 / 74 (†76)	Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. In opposition to Honorius II.
163	21 December 1124 – 13 February 1130 ()		Honorius II HONORIVS Secundus	Lamberto Scannabecchi da Fiagnano Can.Reg.	9 February 1060 Fiagnano, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	64 / 70	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Canon Regular of S. Maria di San Reno. Approved the new military order of the Knights Templar in 1128.
164	14 February 1130 – 24 September 1143 ()	80px	Innocent II INNOCENTIVS Secundus	Gregorio Papareschi Can.Reg.	c. 1082 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	48 / 61	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Canon regular of Lateran. Convened the Second Council of the Lateran, 1139.
—	14 February 1130 – 25 January 1138 ()		Anacletus II ANACLETUS Secundus	Pietro Pierleoni O.S.B.	1090 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	40 / 48	Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. In opposition to Innocent II.
—	15 March 1138 – 29 May 1138 ()		Victor IV VICTOR Quartus	Gregorio Conti	Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	—	Subject and later the claimant of throne the Papal States. In Opposition to Pope Innocent II
165	26 September 1143 – 8 March 1144 ()		Celestine II COELESTINVS Secundus	Guido Guelfuccio de Castello	c. 1085 Città di Castello, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	58 / 59	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States.
166	12 March 1144 – 15 February 1145 ()	80px	Lucius II LUCIVS Secundus	Gherardo Caccianemici dall'Orso Can.Reg.	c. 1079 Bologna, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	65 / 66	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Canon Regular of S. Frediano di Lucca.
167	15 February 1145 – 8 July 1153 ()	80px	Bl. Eugene III EVGENIVS Tertius	Pietro dei Paganelli di Montemagno O.Cist.	c. 1080 Montemagno, Republic of Pisa, Holy Roman Empire	44 / 73	Citizen of the Republic of Pisa. Member of the Order of Cistercians. Announced the Second Crusade.
168	12 July 1153 – 3 December 1154 ()	80px	Anastasius IV ANASTASIVS Quartus	Corrado Demitri della Suburra	c. 1073 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	80 / 81	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States.
169	4 December 1154 – 1 September 1159 ()	80px	Adrian IV HADRIANVS Quartus	Nicholas Breakspear Can.Reg.	c. 1100 Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, Kingdom of England	54 / 59	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of England. The only English (Anglo-Saxon) pope; purportedly granted Ireland to Henry II, King of England. Canon Regular of St. Rufus Monastery.
170	7 September 1159 – 30 August 1181 ()	80px	Alexander III ALEXANDER Tertius	Rolando Bandinelli	c. 1100 Siena, March of Tuscany, Holy Roman Empire	59 / 81	Born as a subject of the March of Tuscany. Convened the Third Council of the Lateran, 1179.
—	7 September 1159 – 20 April 1164 ()		Victor IV VICTOR Quartus	Ottaviano dei Crescenzi Ottaviani di Monticelli	1095 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	64 / 69	Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. In opposition to Pope Alexander III.
—	28 April 1164 – 22 September 1168 ()		Paschal III PASCALIS Tertius	Guido di Crema	1110 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	54 / 58	Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. In opposition to Alexander III.
—	30 September 1168 – 29 August 1178 ()		Callixtus III CALLIXTVS Tertius	Giovanni di Struma O.S.B.	1090 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	78 / 88	Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. In opposition to Alexander III.
—	29 September 1179 – January 1180 ()		Innocent III INNOCENTIVS Tertius	Lando di Sezze (or Lanzo)	1120 Sezze, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	59 / 60 (†63)	Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. In opposition to Alexander III.
171	1 September 1181 – 25 November 1185 ()	80px	Lucius III LUCIVS Tertius	Ubaldo Allucignoli	c. 1100 Lucca, March of Tuscany, Holy Roman Empire	81 / 85	Born as a subject of the March of Tuscany.
172	25 November 1185 – 20 October 1187 ()	80px	Urban III VRBANVS Tertius	Uberto Crivelli	c. 1120 Cuggiono, Holy Roman Empire	65 / 67	Was of Italian ethnicity. In the 21st century, Cuggiono is a small Italian town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan.
173	21 October 1187 – 17 December 1187 ()		Gregory VIII GREGORIVS Octavus	Alberto de Morra Can.Reg.	c. 1100 Benevento, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	87 / 87	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Canon Regular Premostratense. Proposed the Third Crusade.
174	19 December 1187 – 20 March 1191 ()	80px	Clement III CLEMENS Tertius	Paolo Scolari	c. 1130 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	57 / 61	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States.
175	30 March 1191 – 8 January 1198 ()	80px	Celestine III COELESTINVS Tertius	Giacinto Bobone Orsini	c. 1105 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	86 / 93	Motto: Perfice gressus meos in semitis tuis ("Going in Thy path") Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Confirmed the statutes of the Teutonic Knights as a military order.
176	8 January 1198 – 16 July 1216 ()		Innocent III INNOCENTIVS Tertius	Lotario dei Conti di Segni	1161 Gavignano, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	37 / 55	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. 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. Endorsed the Franciscan Order.

13th century

Popes of the 13th century

Pontiff number	Pontificate	Portrait	Name: English · Regnal	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/ end of papacy	Notes
177	18 July 1216 – 18 March 1227 ()	80px	Honorius III HONORIVS Tertius	Cencio Savelli	c. 1148–50 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	66–68 / 77–79	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Initiated the Fifth Crusade. Approved several religious and tertiary orders.
178	19 March 1227 – 22 August 1241 ()	80px	Gregory IX GREGORIVS Nonus	Ugolino dei Conti di Segni, O.F.S	c. 1145–70 Anagni, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire	57–82 / 71–96	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Initiated the inquisition in France and endorsed the Northern Crusades.
179	25 October 1241 – 10 November 1241 ()		Celestine IV COELESTINVS Quartus	Goffredo Castiglioni	c. 1180–87 Free Commune of Milan, Holy Roman Empire	54–61 / 54–61	Born as a citizen of the Free Commune of Milan. Died before coronation.
180 Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/rsvg-convert: not found	25 June 1243 – 7 December 1254 ()	80px	Innocent IV INNOCENTIVS Quartus	Sinibaldo Fieschi	c. 1195 Genoa, Republic of Genoa, Holy Roman Empire	48 / 60	Born as a citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Convened the First Council of Lyons (1245). Issued the bull Ad extirpanda that permitted the torture of heretics (1252).
181	12 December 1254 – 25 May 1261 ()		Alexander IV ALEXANDER Quartus	Rinaldo dei Conti di Jenne	c. 1199 Jenne, Papal States	55 / 62	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. First pope born after the Papal States ceased to be a state of the Holy Roman Empire. Established an Inquisition in France.
182	29 August 1261 – 2 October 1264 ()		Urban IV VRBANVS Quartus	Jacques Pantaléon	c. 1195 Troyes, County of Champagne, France	66 / 69	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France. Instituted the feast of Corpus Christi (1264).
183	5 February 1265 – 29 November 1268 ()	80px	Clement IV CLEMENS Quartus	Gui Faucoi	23 November 1190 Saint-Gilles, Languedoc, France	62 / 66	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France.
—	29 November 1268 – 1 September 1271 ()		Interregnum				Almost three-year period without a valid pope elected. This was due to a deadlock among cardinals voting for the pope.
184	1 September 1271 – 10 January 1276 ()	80px	Bl. Gregory X GREGORIVS Decimus	Tebaldo Visconti, O.F.S	c. 1210 Free Commune of Piacenza, Holy Roman Empire	51 / 66	Born as a citizen of the Free Commune of Piacenza, was of Italian ethnicity. Convened the Second Council of Lyons (1274), responsible for regulating all papal conclaves until the 20th century.
185	21 January 1276 – 22 June 1276 ()		Bl. Innocent V INNOCENTIVS Quintus	Pierre de Tarentaise, O.P.	c. 1224/5 County of Savoy, Holy Roman Empire	52 / 52	Born as a subject of the County of Savoy, was of French ethnicity. Member of the Dominican Order.
186	11 July 1276 – 18 August 1276 ()		Adrian V HADRIANVS Quintus	Ottobuono Fieschi	c. 1216 Genoa, Republic of Genoa, Holy Roman Empire	60 / 60	Born as a citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Annulled Gregory X's papal bull on the regulations of papal conclaves.
187	8 September 1276 – 20 May 1277 ()		John XXI IOANNES Vicesimus Primus	Pedro Julião (a.k.a. Petrus Hispanus and Pedro Hispano)	c. 1215 Lisbon, Portugal	60 / 70	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Portugal. Due to a confusion over the numbering of popes named John in the 13th century, the ordinal XX was skipped.
188	25 November 1277 – 22 August 1280 ()	80px	Nicholas III NICOLAVS Tertius	Giovanni Gaetano Orsini	c. 1216 Rome, Papal States	61 / 64	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Planned the Sicilian Vespers.
189	22 February 1281 – 28 March 1285 ()	80px	Martin IV MARTINVS Quartus	Simon de Brion	c. 1210 Meinpicien, Touraine, France	71 / 75	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France.
190	2 April 1285 – 3 April 1287 ()		Honorius IV HONORIVS Quartus	Giacomo Savelli	c. 1210 Rome, Papal States	75 / 77	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States.
191	22 February 1288 – 4 April 1292 ()	80px	Nicholas IV NICOLAVS Quartus	Girolamo Masci, O.F.M.	30 September 1227 Lisciano, Papal States	60 / 64	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Member of the Franciscan Order.
—	4 April 1292 – 5 July 1294 ()		Interregnum				Two-year period without a valid pope elected. This was due to a deadlock among cardinals voting for the pope.
192	5 July 1294 – 13 December 1294 ()		St Celestine V COELESTINVS Quintus	Pietro Angelerio, O.S.B.	1215 Sant'Angelo Limosano, Kingdom of Sicily	79 / 79 (†81)	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Sicily. One of the few popes who abdicated voluntarily. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. Founded the Celestines. Resigned from office and rumoured to have been murdered in prison by Boniface VIII.
193 40px	24 December 1294 – 11 October 1303 ()		Boniface VIII BONIFATIVS Octavus	Benedetto Caetani	c. 1230–36 Anagni, Papal States	59–64 / 68–73	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Formalized the Jubilee in 1300. Issued Unam Sanctam (1302) which proclaimed papal supremacy and pushing it to its historical extreme.

14th century

Popes of the 14th century

Pontiff number	Pontificate	Portrait	Name: English · Regnal	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/ end of papacy	Notes
194 40px	22 October 1303 – 7 July 1304 ()	80px	Bl. Benedict XI BENEDICTVS Undecimus	Niccolò Boccasini, O.P.	c. 1240 Treviso, Papal States	63 / 64	Motto: Illustra faciem Tuam super servum Tuum ("Let Your Face shine upon Your servant") Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Member of the Dominican Order. Reverted Boniface VIII's Unam Sanctam.
195 40px	5 June 1305 – 20 April 1314 ()	80px	Clement V CLEMENS Quintus	Raymond Bertrand de Gouth	c. 1264 Villandraut, Gascony, France	41 / 50	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France. 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.
—	20 April 1314 – 7 August 1316 ()		Interregnum				Two-year period without a valid pope elected. This was due to a deadlock among cardinals voting for the pope.
196 40px	7 August 1316 – 4 December 1334 ()	80px	John XXII IOANNES Vicesimus Secundus	Jacques d'Euse; Jacques Duèse	c. 1244–49 Cahors, Quercy, France	67–72 / 85–90	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France. Pope at Avignon. Controversial for his views on the beatific vision. Opposed the Franciscan understanding of the poverty of Christ and his apostles, famously leading William of Ockham to write against unlimited papal power
—	12 May 1328– 25 July 1330 ()	80px	Nicholas V NICOLAVS Quintus	Pietro Rainalducci, O.F.M.	1260 Corvaro, Papal States	68 / 70 (†73)	Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. In opposition to John XXII.
197 40px	20 December 1334 – 25 April 1342 ()	80px	Benedict XII BENEDICTVS Duodecimus	Jacques Fournier, O.Cist.	c. 1280–85 Saverdun, County of Foix, France	49–54 / 57–62	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France. Pope at Avignon. Member of the Order of Cistercians. Known for issuing the Apostolic constitution Benedictus Deus (1336). A careful pope who reformed monastic orders and opposed nepotism.
198 40px	7 May 1342 – 6 December 1352 ()	80px	Clement VI CLEMENS Sextus	Pierre Roger, O.S.B.	c. 1291 Maumont, Limousin, France	51 / 61	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France. Pope at Avignon. Reigned during the Black Death and absolved those who died of it of their sins.
199 40px	18 December 1352 – 12 September 1362 ()	80px	Innocent VI INNOCENTIVS Sextus	Étienne Aubert	c. 1282 Les Monts, Limousin, France	70 / 80	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France. Pope at Avignon. Through his exertions the Treaty of Brétigny (1360) was brought about.
200 40px	28 September 1362 – 19 December 1370 ()	80px	Bl. Urban V VRBANVS Quintus	Guillaume (de) Grimoard, O.S.B.	c. 1309–10 Grizac, Languedoc, France	52–53 / 60–61	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France. 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.
201 40px	30 December 1370 – 27 March 1378 ()	80px	Gregory XI GREGORIVS Undecimus	Pierre Roger de Beaufort	c. 1329 Maumont, Limousin, France	41 / 49	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France. Pope at Avignon; returns to Rome. The last French pope.
202 40px	8 April 1378 – 15 October 1389 ()	80px	Urban VI VRBANVS Sextus	Bartolomeo Prignano	c. 1318 Naples, Kingdom of Naples	60 / 71	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Naples. Western Schism. Last pontiff to be elected outside the College of Cardinals.
—	20 September 1378 – 16 September 1394 ()	80px	Clement VII CLEMENS Septimus	Robert de Genève	1342 Chateau d'Annecy, County of Savoy, H.R.E.	36 / 52	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France. In opposition to Urban VI (1378–89) and Boniface IX (1389–1404)
—	28 September 1394 – 23 May 1423 ()	80px	Benedict XIII BENEDICTVS Tertius Decimus	Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor	25 November 1328 Illueca, Aragon	66 / 94	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Aragon. In opposition to Boniface IX (1389–1404), Innocent VII (1404–06), Gregory XII (1406–15), Martin V (1417–31) and Pisan Antipopes Alexander V (1409–10) and John XXIII (1410–15)
203	2 November 1389 – 1 October 1404 ()	80px	Boniface IX BONIFATIVS Nonus	Pietro Tomacelli Cybo	c. 1348–50 Naples, Kingdom of Naples	c. 39-41 / c. 54-56	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Naples. Western Schism.

15th century

Popes of the 15th century

Pontiff number	Pontificate	Portrait	Name: English · Regnal	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/ end of papacy	Notes
204	17 October 1404 – 6 November 1406 ()	80px	Innocent VII INNOCENTIVS Septimus	Cosimo Gentile Migliorati	1336–39 Sulmona, Kingdom of Naples	65–68 / 67–71	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Naples. Reigned during the Western Schism.
205	30 November 1406 – 4 July 1415 ()	80px	Gregory XII GREGORIVS Duodecimus	Angelo Correr	1327 Venice, Republic of Venice	c. 79 / 88 (†90)	Born as a citizen of the Republic of Venice. Reigned during the Western Schism. Abdicated.
—	30 June 1409 – 3 May 1410 ()	80px	Alexander V ALEXANDER Quintus	Pétros Philárgēs, O.F.M.	1339 Neapoli, Candia, Republic of Venice	70 / 71	Born as a citizen of the Republic of Venice. Was of Greek ethnicity. Western Schism. In opposition to Gregory XII. Considered a legitimate pope until 1963 and is numbered as such to this day.
—	25 May 1410 – 30 May 1415 ()	80px	John XXIII IOANNES Vicesimus Tertius	Baldassarre Cossa	1365 Procida, Naples	45 / 50 (†54)	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Naples. Western Schism. In opposition to Gregory XII. Convened Council of Constance. Deposed. Became dean of the College of Cardinals in 1417. Was considered a legitimate pope until 1958.
—	4 July 1415 – 11 November 1417 ()		Interregnum				Two-year period without a valid pope elected. The Council of Constance called on all three papal claimants to abdicate, but only Gregory XII (Roman) did. John XXIII (Pisan) was deposed, Benedict XIII (Avignon) was excommunicated, and a new pope was elected.
206	11 November 1417 – 20 February 1431 ()		Martin V MARTINVS Quintus	Oddone Colonna, O.F.S	Jan/Feb 1369 Genazzano, Papal States	48 / 62	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. His election effectively ended the Western Schism (1378–1417). Convened the Council of Basel (1431). Initiated the Hussite Wars.
— 40px	10 or 20 June 1423 – 26 July 1429 ()	80px	Clement VIII CLEMENS Octavus	Gil Sánchez Muñoz y Carbón	1369 Teruel, Aragon	54 / 60 (†77)	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Aragon. Western Schism. In opposition to Martin V.
	1424 – 1429		Antipope Benedict XIV	Bernard Garnier	France		Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France. Two antipope claimants
	1430 – 1437		Antipope Benedict XIV	Jean Carrier	France		Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France. Two antipope claimants
207	3 March 1431 – 23 February 1447 ()		Eugene IV EVGENIVS Quartus	Gabriele Condulmer, O.S.A.	1383 Venice, Republic of Venice	48 / 64	Born as a citizen of the Republic of Venice. Member of the Augustinian Order. Nephew of Gregory XII. Crowned Emperor Sigismund at Rome in 1433. Transferred the Council of Basel to Ferrara. It was later transferred again, to Florence, because of the Bubonic plague. Issued the bull "Creator Omnium", rescinding any recognition of Portugal's right to conquer the Canary Islands, still pagan. He excommunicated anyone who enslaved newly converted Christians, the penalty to stand until the captives were restored to their liberty and possessions.
— 40px	5 November 1439 – 7 April 1449 ()	80px	Felix V FELIX Quintus	Amadeus	4 September 1383 Chambéry, France	56 / 65 (†67)	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France. In opposition to Eugene IV and Nicholas V. Also ruled as count of Savoy.
208	6 March 1447 – 24 March 1455 ()		Nicholas V NICOLAVS Quintus	Tommaso Parentucelli	13 November 1397 Sarzana, Republic of Genoa, Holy Roman Empire	49 / 57	Born as a citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Held the Jubilee of 1450. Crowned Emperor Frederick III at Rome (1452). Issued the bull Dum Diversas allowing Portugal's right to conquer and subjugate Saracens and pagans (1452). Created a library in the Vatican which would eventually become the Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana.
209	8 April 1455 – 6 August 1458 ()	80px	Callixtus III CALLISTVS Tertius	Alfonso de Borja	31 December 1378 Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, Crown of Aragon	76 / 79	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Valencia (and therefore subject to the monarch of the Crown of Aragon). The first Spanish (Valencian) pope. Ordered the Feast of the Transfiguration to be celebrated on 6 August. Ordered the retrial of Joan of Arc, in which she was vindicated. Appointed two nephews as cardinals, one of whom became Pope Alexander VI.
210	19 August 1458 – 15 August 1464 ()		Pius II PIVS Secundus	Enea Silvio Piccolomini	18 October 1405 Corsignano, Republic of Siena, Holy Roman Empire	52 / 58	Citizen of the Republic of Siena. Displayed a great interest in urban planning. Founded Pienza near Siena as the ideal city in 1462. Known for his work on the Commentaries.
211 40px	30 August 1464 – 26 July 1471 ()	80px	Paul II PAVLVS Secundus	Pietro Barbo	23 February 1417 Venice, Republic of Venice	47 / 54	Citizen of the Republic of Venice. The nephew of Eugene IV. Built the Palazzo San Marco (now Palazzo Venezia). Approved the introduction of printing in the Papal States.
212	9 August 1471 – 12 August 1484 ()	80px	Sixtus IV SYXTVS Quartus	Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M.	21 July 1414 Celle Ligure, Republic of Genoa, Holy Roman Empire	57 / 70	Citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Member of the Franciscan Order. Commissioned the Sistine Chapel and created the Vatican Archives. Authorized the Spanish Inquisition targeting converted Jewish Christians in Spain at the request of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. A patron of the arts, he brought together the group of artists who ushered the Early Renaissance into Rome with the first masterpieces of the city's new artistic age. Noted for his nepotism and involved in the Pazzi conspiracy.
213	29 August 1484 – 25 July 1492 ()	80px	Innocent VIII INNOCENTIVS Octavus	Giovanni Battista Cybo	1432 Genoa, Republic of Genoa, Holy Roman Empire	52 / 60	Citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Appointed Tomás de Torquemada. Endorsed the prosecution of witchcraft in the bull Summis desiderantes affectibus (1484).
214	11 August 1492 – 18 August 1503 ()		Alexander VI ALEXANDER Sextus	Roderic Llançol i de Borja	1 January 1431 Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, Crown of Aragon	61 / 72	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Valencia (and therefore subject to the monarch of the Crown of Aragon). Spanish (Valencian); Nephew of Callixtus III; father to Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia. Divided the extra-European world between Spain and Portugal in the bull Inter caetera (1493). Considered one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, partly because he acknowledged fathering several children by his mistresses. As a result, his Italianized Valencian surname, Borgia, became a byword for libertinism and nepotism, which are traditionally considered as characterizing his pontificate

16th century

Popes of the 16th century

Pontiff number	Pontificate	Portrait	Name: English · Regnal	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/ end of papacy	Notes
215	22 September 1503 – 18 October 1503 ()		Pius III PIVS Tertius	Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini	29 May 1439 Siena, Republic of Siena, Holy Roman Empire	64 / 64	Born as a citizen of the Republic of Siena. Nephew of Pius II. Founded the Piccolomini Library in the Siena Cathedral.
216	31 October 1503 – 21 February 1513 ()		Julius II IVLIVS Secundus	Giuliano della Rovere, O.F.M.	5 December 1443 Albisola, Republic of Genoa, Holy Roman Empire	59 / 69	Born as a citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Nicknamed the 'Warrior Pope' or the 'Fearsome Pope'. Nephew of Sixtus IV; convened the Fifth Council of the Lateran (1512). Took control of all the Papal States for the first time. Became Pope in the context of the Italian Wars, a period in which the major powers of Europe fought for primacy in the Italian peninsula. Established the Vatican Museums and initiated the rebuilding of the St. Peter's Basilica. The same year he organized the famous Swiss Guard for his personal protection and commanded a successful campaign in Romagna against local lords. The interests of Julius II lay also in the New World as he ratified the Treaty of Tordesillas, establishing the first bishoprics in the Americas and beginning the catholicization of Latin America. In 1508, he commissioned the Raphael Rooms and Michelangelo's paintings in the Sistine Chapel. Julius II was described by Machiavelli in his works as the ideal prince. Pope Julius II allowed people seeking indulgences to donate money to the Church which would be used for the construction of Saint Peter's Basilica.
217	9 March 1513 – 1 December 1521 ()	80px	Leo X LEO Decimus	Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici	11 December 1475 Florence, Republic of Florence, Holy Roman Empire	37 / 45	Citizen of the Republic of Florence. Son of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Closed the Fifth Council of the Lateran. Remembered for granting indulgences to those who donated to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica; excommunicated Martin Luther (1521). Extended the Spanish Inquisition into Portugal. Borrowed and spent money without circumspection and was a significant patron of the arts. Under his reign, progress was made on the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica and artists such as Raphael decorated the Vatican rooms. Leo also reorganized the Roman University, and promoted the study of literature, poetry and antiquities. The last pope to not have been in priestly orders at the time of his election to the papacy.
218	9 January 1522 – 14 September 1523 ()	80px	Adrian VI HADRIANVS Sextus	Adriaan Floriszoon Boeyens	2 March 1459 Utrecht, Bishopric of Utrecht, Holy Roman Empire (now Netherlands)	62 / 64	Motto: Patere et sustine ("Respect and wait") Born as a subject of the Bishopric of Utrecht. The only Dutch pope; last non-Italian to be elected pope until John Paul II in 1978. Tutor of Emperor Charles V. Came to the papacy in the midst of one of its greatest crises, threatened not only by Lutheranism to the north but also by the advance of the Ottoman Turks to the east. He refused to compromise with Lutheranism theologically, demanding Luther's condemnation as a heretic. However, he is noted for having attempted to reform the Catholic Church administratively in response to the Protestant Reformation. Adrian's remarkable admission that the turmoil of the Church was the fault of the Roman Curia itself was read at the 1522–1523 Diet of Nuremberg. His efforts at reform, however, proved fruitless, as they were resisted by most of his Renaissance ecclesiastical contemporaries, and he did not live long enough to see his efforts through to their conclusion.
219	26 November 1523 – 25 September 1534 ()		Clement VII CLEMENS Septimus	Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici	26 May 1478 Florence, Republic of Florence, Holy Roman Empire	45 / 56	Motto: Candor illæsus ("Unharmed candor") Citizen of the Republic of Florence. Cousin of Leo X. Rome sacked by imperial troops (1527). Forbade the divorce of Henry VIII; crowned Charles V as emperor at Bologna (1530). Commissioned Michelangelo's painting of The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel (1533). Approved Copernicus' heliocentric universe theory (1533). However Copernicus made very few astronomical observations and based his new model squarely on his mathematical calculations. Natural philosophers of that time (professionals who began to be called scientists only in the 19th century) noted that if the earth rotated there would be observable Coriolis effects. Secondly, a revolving earth would imply a stellar parallax. Given that neither of these effects were observed at the time (would be observed decades later) , Corpenico's model still did not proved heliocentrism. The niece of the pope was married to the future Henry II of France (1533). Recognized the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchins).
220	13 October 1534 – 10 November 1549 ()		Paul III PAVLVS Tertius	Alessandro Farnese	29 February 1468 Canino, Lazio, Papal States	66 / 81	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Opened the Council of Trent (1545). His illegitimate son became the first duke of Parma. Decreed the second and final excommunication of King Henry VIII of England. Appointed Michelangelo to supervise construction of St. Peter's Basilica (1546). Recognized the Order of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
221	7 February 1550 – 29 March 1555 ()		Julius III IVLIVS Tertius	Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte	10 September 1487 Rome, Lazio, Papal States	62 / 67	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Established the Collegium Germanicum (1552). Reconvened the Council of Trent. The Innocenzo Scandal.
222	9 April 1555 – 1 May 1555 ()	80px	Marcellus II MARCELLVS Secundus	Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi	6 May 1501 Montefano, Marche, Papal States	53 / 53	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. The last to use his birth name as the regnal name. Instituted immediate economies in Vatican expenditures. The Missa Papae Marcelli composed in his honour.
223	23 May 1555 – 18 August 1559 ()	80px	Paul IV PAVLVS Quartus	Giovanni Pietro Carafa, C.R.	28 June 1476 Capriglia Irpina, Campania, Kingdom of Naples	78 / 83	Motto: Dominus mihi adjutor ("The Lord is my helper") Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Naples. 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.
224	26 December 1559 – 9 December 1565 ()	80px	Pius IV PIVS Quartus	Giovanni Angelo Medici	31 March 1499 Milan, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire	60 / 66	Born as a subject of the Duchy of Milan. Reopened and closed the Council of Trent. Ordered public construction to improve the water supply of Rome. Instituted the Tridentine Creed.
225	7 January 1566 – 1 May 1572 ()		St Pius V PIVS Quintus	Antonio Ghislieri, O.P.	17 January 1504 Bosco, Piedmont, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire	61 / 68	Motto: Utinam dirigantur viæ meæ ad custodiendas ("O that my ways may be steadfast in keeping thy statutes") Born as a subject of the Duchy of Milan. Member of the Dominican Order. Excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I of England (1570). Battle of Lepanto (1571); instituted the feast of Our Lady of Victory. Issued the 1570 Roman Missal.
226	13 May 1572 – 10 April 1585 ()	80px	Gregory XIII GREGORIVS Tertius Decimus	Ugo Boncompagni	7 January 1502 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Papal States	70 / 83	Motto: Aperuit et clausit ("Opened and closed") Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Reformed 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.
227	24 April 1585 – 27 August 1590 ()	80px	Sixtus V SYXTVS Quintus	Felice Peretti di Montalto, O.F.M. Conv.	13 December 1521 Grottammare, Marche, Papal States	63 / 68	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. 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.
228	15 September 1590 – 27 September 1590 ()	80px	Urban VII VRBANVS Septimus	Giovanni Battista Castagna	4 August 1521 Rome, Lazio, Papal States	69 / 69	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Supported by the Spanish. Shortest-reigning pope; died before coronation. Set the first known worldwide smoking ban, banning smoking in and near all churches.
229	5 December 1590 – 16 October 1591 ()		Gregory XIV GREGORIVS Quartus Decimus	Niccolò Sfondrati	11 February 1535 Somma Lombardo, Lombardy, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire	55 / 56	Born as a subject of the Duchy of Milan. Modified the constitution Effraenatam of Sixtus V so that the penalty for abortion did not apply until the foetus became animated (1591). Made gambling on papal elections punishable by excommunication.
230	29 October 1591 – 30 December 1591 ()		Innocent IX INNOCENTIVS Nonus	Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti	20 July 1519 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Papal States	72 / 72	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Supported the cause of King Philip II of Spain and the Catholic League against King Henry IV of France in the French Wars of Religion. Prohibited the alienation of church property.
231	30 January 1592 – 3 March 1605 ()		Clement VIII CLEMENS Octavus	Ippolito Aldobrandini	24 February 1536 Fano, Marche, Papal States	55 / 69	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. 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 Jesuits regarding free will and divine grace.

17th century

Popes of the 17th century

Pontiff number	Pontificate	Portrait	Name: English · Regnal	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/ end of papacy	Notes
232	1 April 1605 – 27 April 1605 ()		Leo XI LEO Undecimus	Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici	2 June 1535 Florence, Duchy of Florence, Holy Roman Empire	69 / 69	Born as a subject of the Duchy of Florence. The great-nephew of Leo X. Called "Papa Lampo" (Lightning Pope) for his brief pontificate.
233	16 May 1605 – 28 January 1621 ()		Paul V PAVLVS Quintus	Camillo Borghese	17 September 1550 Rome, Lazio, Papal States	52 / 68	Motto: Absit nisi in te gloriari ("May it be absent, except to glory in you") Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. 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. During his pontificate Galileo's scientific contributions caused difficulties for theologians and natural philosophers of the time, as they contradicted scientific and philosophical ideas based on those of Aristotle and Ptolemy and closely associated with the Catholic Church at that time. Not all Catholic priests at the time were against Galileo's discoveries. Christoph Grienberger, one of the Jesuit scholars, was sympathetic to Galileo's theories, but was invited to defend the Aristotelian point of view by Claudio Acquaviva, the Jesuits' Father General. Not all scientists at the time supported Galileo. Opposition from Tycho Brahe and others arose from the fact that, if heliocentrism were true, an annual stellar parallax should be observed, although no such evidence existed at the time. (Only in 1838 was Friedrich Bessel able to accurately observe it.) Galileo's arguments – based on sunspots and the action of tides – were flawed and were refuted and rejected by other scholars at the time.
234	9 February 1621 – 8 July 1623 ()		Gregory XV GREGORIVS Quintus Decimus	Alessandro Ludovisi	9 January 1554 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Papal States	67 / 69	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. 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 Omnipotentis Dei against magicians and witches (1623).
235 40px	6 August 1623 – 29 July 1644 ()		Urban VIII VRBANVS Octavus	Maffeo Barberini	5 April 1568 Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Holy Roman Empire	55 / 76	Born as a subject of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Trial against Galileo Galilei. The last pope to expand papal territory by force of arms. Issued a 1624 bill that made the use of tobacco in holy places punishable by excommunication.
236	15 September 1644 – 7 January 1655 ()		Innocent X INNOCENTIVS Decimus	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj	6 May 1574 Rome, Lazio, Papal States	70 / 80	Motto: Alleviatæ sunt aquæ super terram ("Water on earth") Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. 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 heresy.
237	7 April 1655 – 22 May 1667 ()	80px	Alexander VII ALEXANDER Septimus	Fabio Chigi	13 February 1599 Siena, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Holy Roman Empire	56 / 68	Born as a subject of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Great-nephew of Paul V. Commissioned St. Peter's Square. Issued the constitution Sollicitudo Omnium Ecclesiarum that set the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception almost identical to that of Pius IX centuries later.
238	20 June 1667 – 9 December 1669 ()	80px	Clement IX CLEMENS Nonus	Giulio Rospigliosi	28 January 1600 Pistoia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Holy Roman Empire	67 / 69	Motto: Aliis non sibi Clemens ("Clement to others, not to himself") Born as a subject of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Mediated in the peace of Aachen (1668).
239	29 April 1670 – 22 July 1676 ()	80px	Clement X CLEMENS Decimus	Emilio Bonaventura Altieri	13 July 1590 Rome, Lazio, Papal States	79 / 86	Motto: Bonum auget malum minuit ("He increases good and diminishes evil") Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. 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 added one of the two fountains that adorn the piazza of St. Peter's. Established regulations for the removal of relics of saints from cemeteries.
240	21 September 1676 – 12 August 1689 ()	80px	Bl. Innocent XI INNOCENTIVS Undecimus	Benedetto Odescalchi	16 May 1611 Como, Lombardy, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire	65 / 78	Motto: Avarus non Implebitur ("The covetous man is not satisfied") Born as a subject of the Duchy of Milan. 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. During his pontificate Isaac Newton published the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which placed heliocentrism on a firm theoretical foundation.
241	6 October 1689 – 1 February 1691 ()	80px	Alexander VIII ALEXANDER Octavus	Pietro Vito Ottoboni	22 April 1610 Venice, Republic of Venice	79 / 80	Citizen of the Republic of Venice. Condemned the so-called philosophical sin (1690).
242	12 July 1691 – 27 September 1700 ()		Innocent XII INNOCENTIVS Duodecimus	Antonio Pignatelli, O.F.S	13 March 1615 Spinazzola, Apulia, Kingdom of Naples	76 / 85	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Naples. Issued the bull Romanum decet Pontificem to stop nepotism (1692). Erected various charitable and educational institutions.

18th century

Popes of the 18th century

Pontiff number	Pontificate	Portrait	Name: English · Regnal	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/ end of papacy	Notes
243	23 November 1700 – 19 March 1721 ()	80px	Clement XI CLEMENS Undecimus	Giovanni Francesco Albani	23 July 1649 Urbino, Marche, Papal States	51 / 71	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. The Chinese Rites controversy. Patronized the first archaeological excavations in the Roman catacombs and made the feast of the Immaculate Conception universal. The Inquisition's ban on reprinting Galileo's works was lifted in 1718 when permission was granted to publish an edition of his works (excluding the condemned Dialogue) in Florence.
244	8 May 1721 – 7 March 1724 ()		Innocent XIII INNOCENTIVS Tertius Decimus	Michelangelo dei Conti	13 May 1655 Poli, Lazio, Papal States	65 / 68	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Prohibited the Jesuits from prosecuting their mission in China ordering that no new members should be received into the order. Issued the papal bull Apostolici Ministerii (1724) to revive ecclesiastical discipline in Spain.
245	29 May 1724 – 21 February 1730 ()		Servant of God Benedict XIII BENEDICTVS Tertius Decimus	Pietro Francesco Orsini, O.P.	2 February 1649 Gravina in Puglia, Bari, Kingdom of Naples	75 / 81	Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Naples. 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 tobacco smoking ban set by Urban VII and Urban VIII. During his pontificate James Bradley discovered the stellar aberration, proving the relative motion of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun.
246	12 July 1730 – 6 February 1740 ()	80px	Clement XII CLEMENS Duodecimus	Lorenzo Corsini, O.F.S	7 April 1652 Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany	78 / 87	Motto: Dabis discernere inter malum et bonum ("You shall deign to distinguish between good and evil") Born as a subject of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Completed the new façade of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (1735). Commissioned the Trevi Fountain in Rome (1732). Condemned Freemasonry in In eminenti apostolatus (1738).
247	17 August 1740 – 3 May 1758 ()		Benedict XIV BENEDICTVS Quartus Decimus	Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini	31 March 1675 Bologna, Papal States	65 / 83	Motto: Curabuntur omnes ("All will be healed") Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Reformed the education of priests and the calendar of feasts. Completed the Trevi Fountain and affirmed the teachings of Thomas Aquinas; founded academies of art, religion and science. Authorized the publication of an edition of Galileo's complete scientific works which included a mildly censored version of the Dialogue.
248	6 July 1758 – 2 February 1769 ()	80px	Clement XIII CLEMENS Tertius Decimus	Carlo della Torre di Rezzonico	7 March 1693 Venice, Republic of Venice	65 / 75	Citizen of the Republic of Venice. Provided the famous fig leaves on nude male statues in the Vatican. Defended the Society of Jesus in "Apostolicum pascendi" (1765). During his pontificate (or at the end of his predecessor's pontificate), the general prohibition against works advocating heliocentrism was removed from the Index of prohibited books, although the specific ban on uncensored versions of the Dialogue and Copernicus's De Revolutionibus remained.
249	19 May 1769 – 22 September 1774 ()		Clement XIV CLEMENS Quartus Decimus	Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, O.F.M. Conv.	31 October 1705 Sant' Arcangelo di Romagna, Papal States	63 / 68	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Member of the Conventual Franciscan Order. Suppressed the Society of Jesus in the brief "Dominus ac Redemptor" (1773).
250	15 February 1775 – 29 August 1799 ()		Pius VI PIVS Sextus	Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi	25 December 1717 Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Papal States	57 / 81	Motto: Floret in domo domini ("It blossoms in the house of God") Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Condemned the French Revolution; expelled from the Papal States by French troops from 1798 until his death. The last pope to be a patron of Renaissance art. During his pontificate, the astronomer William Herschel, studying the movement of stars, was the first to realize that the Solar System is moving in space, and determined the approximate direction of movement. Also discovered that the Milky Way (which in the late 18th century was believed to be the entire Universe) is flat, disk-shaped and with the Sun at its center (assertion discovered to be wrong decades later, because today it is known that the Sun is not located in the Galactic Center).
—	29 August 1799 – 14 March 1800 ()		Interregnum				Six-month period without a valid pope 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.

19th century

Popes of the 19th century

Pontiff number	Pontificate	Portrait	Name: English · Regnal	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/ end of papacy	Notes
251	14 March 1800 – 20 August 1823 ()		Servant of God Pius VII PIVS Septimus	Count Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, O.S.B.	14 August 1742 Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Papal States	57 / 81	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. Present at Napoleon's coronation as emperor of the French. Expelled from the Papal States by the French between 1809 and 1814.
252	28 September 1823 – 10 February 1829 ()		Leo XII LEO Duodecimus	Count Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola Sermattei della Genga	22 August 1760 Genga, Marche, Papal States	63 / 68	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Placed the Catholic educational system under the control of the Jesuits through Quod divina sapientia (1824). Condemned the Bible societies.
253	31 March 1829 – 30 November 1830 ()	80px	Pius VIII PIVS Octavus	Francesco Saverio Castiglioni	20 November 1761 Cingoli, Marche, Papal States	67 / 69	Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Accepted Louis Philippe I as king of the French. Condemned the masonic secret societies and modernist biblical translations in the brief Litteris altero (1830).
254	2 February 1831 – 1 June 1846 ()		Gregory XVI GREGORIVS Sextus Decimus	Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, O.S.B. Cam.	18 September 1765 Belluno, Veneto, Republic of Venice	65 / 80	Citizen of the Republic of Venice. Member of the Camaldolese; last non-bishop to be elected to the papacy. Politically opposed democratic and modernising reforms in the Papal States. Regarding scientific thinking, all traces of official opposition to heliocentrism by the church disappeared in 1835 when the uncensored versions of Dialogue and De Revolutionibus were finally dropped from the Index.
255	16 June 1846 – 7 February 1878 ()		Bl. Pius IX PIVS Nonus	Count Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, O.F.S.	13 May 1792 Senigallia, Marche, Papal States	54 / 85	Subject and later the last sovereign of the Papal States, becoming an Italian citizen. 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 Syllabus of Errors. Longest-serving pope since Peter (c. AD 30–64). During his pontificate, Augustinian friar Gregor Mendel published the Experiments on Plant Hybridization and Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species. At the time, no high-level Church pronouncement attacked head-on the theory of evolution as applied to non-human species. Even before the development of the scientific method, Catholic theology had allowed for biblical texts to be read as allegorical rather than literal where they appeared to contradict that which could be established by science or reason. Thus, Catholicism has been able to refine its understanding of scripture in light of scientific discoveries.
256	20 February 1878 – 20 July 1903 ()	80px	Leo XIII LEO Tertius Decimus	Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci, O.F.S.	2 March 1810 Carpineto Romano, Lazio, French Empire	67 / 93	Motto: Lumen in coelo ("Light in Heaven") Born as a French citizen, of Italian ethnicity, later became a subject of the Papal States and finally an Italian citizen. Issued the encyclical Rerum novarum; supported Christian democracy against 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. First Pope to be filmed by a motion picture camera and the first pope with voice recorded.

20th century

Popes of the 20th century

Pontiff number	Pontificate	Portrait	Name: English · Regnal	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/ end of papacy	Notes
257	4 August 1903 – 20 August 1914 ()	80px	St Pius X PIVS Decimus	Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto	2 June 1835 Riese, Treviso, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia	68 / 79	Motto: Instaurare Omnia in Christo ("Restore all things in Christ") Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, later became an Italian citizen. Encouraged and expanded reception of the Eucharist. Combatted Modernism; issued the oath against it. Advocated the Gregorian Chant and reformed the Roman Breviary.
258	3 September 1914 – 22 January 1922 ()	80px	Benedict XV BENEDICTVS Quintus Decimus	Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista Della Chiesa	21 November 1854 Pegli, Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia	59 / 67	Motto: In te, Domine, speravi: non confundar in aeternum. ("In thee, o Lord, have I trusted: let me not be confounded for evermore.") Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Sardinia, later became an Italian citizen. Credited for intervening for peace during World War I. Issued the 1917 Code of Canon Law; supported the missionaries in Maximum illud. Remembered by Benedict XVI as a "prophet of peace".
259	6 February 1922 – 10 February 1939 ()	80px	Pius XI PIVS Undecimus	Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti	31 May 1857 Desio, Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia	64 / 81	Motto: Pax Christi in Regno Christi ("The Peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ") Born as a subject of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, later became an Italian citizen. Signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy (1929) establishing Vatican City as a sovereign state. Inaugurated Vatican Radio (1931). Re-founded the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1936). Created the feast of Christ the King. Opposed Communism and Nazism.
260	2 March 1939 – 9 October 1958 ()	80px	Ven. Pius XII PIVS Duodecimus	Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli	2 March 1876 Rome, Italy	63 / 82	Motto: Opus Justitiae Pax ("The work of justice [shall be] peace") Italian citizen. Invoked papal infallibility in the encyclical Munificentissimus 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 the Holocaust. Published the Humani generis, the first encyclical to specifically refer to evolution and took up a neutral position, concentrating on human evolution: "The Church does not forbid that ... research and discussions, on the part of men experienced in both fields, take place with regard to the doctrine of evolution, in as far as it inquires into the origin of the human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter."
261 40px	28 October 1958 – 3 June 1963 ()	80px	St John XXIII IOANNES Vicesimus Tertius	Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli	25 November 1881 Sotto il Monte, Bergamo, Italy	76 / 81	Motto: Obedientia et Pax ("Obedience and peace") Italian citizen. 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).
262	21 June 1963 – 6 August 1978 ()	80px	St Paul VI PAVLVS Sextus	Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini	26 September 1897 Concesio, Brescia, Italy	65 / 80	Motto: Cum Ipso in Monte ("With Him on the mount") Italian citizen. Last pope to be crowned. First pope since 1809 to travel outside Italy. Closed the Second Vatican Council. Issued the encyclical Humanae vitae (1968) condemning artificial contraception. Revised the Roman Missal (1969).
263	26 August 1978 – 28 September 1978 ()	80px	Bl. John Paul I IOANNES PAVLVS Primus	Albino Luciani	17 October 1912 Forno di Canale, Belluno, Italy	65 / 65	Motto: Humilitas ("Humility") Italian citizen. Abolished the coronation and opted 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.
264	16 October 1978 – 2 April 2005 ()	80px	St John Paul II IOANNES PAVLVS Secundus	Karol Józef Wojtyła	18 May 1920 Wadowice, Poland	58 / 84	Motto: Totus Tuus ("Totally yours") Polish citizen, first pope of Slavic origin. First non-Italian pope since Adrian VI (1522–1523). Travelled 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).

3rd millennium

21st century

Popes of the 21st century

Pontiff number	Pontificate	Portrait	Name: English · Regnal	Personal name	Place of birth	Age at start/ end of papacy	Notes
265	19 April 2005 – 28 February 2013 ()		Benedict XVI BENEDICTVS Sextus Decimus	Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger	16 April 1927 Marktl, Bavaria, Germany	78 / 85 (†95)	Motto: Cooperatores Veritatis ("Cooperators of the truth") German citizen. 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. Authorized the creation of Anglican ordinariates (2009). First pope to renounce the papacy on his own initiative since Celestine V (1294), becoming pope emeritus. Longest-lived pope on record. Died on 31 December 2022, in Vatican.
266	13 March 2013 – present ()	80px	Francis FRANCISCVS	Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.	(1936-12-17) 17 December 1936 Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina	76	Motto: Miserando atque Eligendo ("Lowly but chosen", literally 'by having mercy, by choosing him') Argentine citizen. 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 Gregory XVI (1831–1846); first Jesuit pope. First to use a new and non-composed regnal name since Lando (913–914). First pope to visit and celebrate a mass on the Arabian Peninsula.

Religious orders

51 popes and 6 antipopes (in italics) have been members of religious orders, including 12 members of third orders. They are listed by order as follows:

Family	Order	Number	Percentage	Popes	Total	Percentage of all popes
Augustinians	Order of Saint Augustine	1	1.75%	Eugene IV	6	2.26%
	Canons Regular	4	7.02%	Honorius II, Innocent II, Lucius II, Adrian IV
	Premonstratense	1	1.75%	Gregory VIII
Benedictines	Order of Saint Benedict	22	38.6%	Gregory I, Boniface IV, Adeodatus II, Leo IV, John IX, Leo VII, John XVI, Sylvester II, Sergius IV, Stephen IX, Gregory VII, Victor III, Urban II, Paschal II, Adalbert, Gelasius II, Anacletus II, Callixtus III, Celestine V, Clement VI, Urban V, Pius VII	23	8.65%
	Camaldolese	1	1.75%	Gregory XVI
Cistercians		2	3.51%	Eugene III, Benedict XII	2	0.75%
Dominicans		7	12.28%	Innocent V, Benedict XI, Nicholas V, Pius V, Benedict XIII, Benedict XV	7	2.63%
Franciscans	Order of Friars Minor	5	8.77%	Nicholas IV, Nicholas V, Alexander V, Sixtus IV, Julius II	17	6.39%
	Order of Friars Minor Conventual	2	3.51%	Sixtus V, Clement XIV
	Secular Franciscan Order	10	17.54%	Gregory IX, Gregory X, Martin V, Innocent XII, Clement XII, Pius IX, Leo XIII, Pius X, Pius XI, John XXIII
Jesuits		1	1.75%	Francis	1	0.38%
Theatines		1	1.75%	Paul IV	1	0.38%
Total		57			57

Numbering of popes

Regnal numbers follow the usual convention for European monarchs. The first pope who chooses a unique name is not usually identified by an ordinal, John Paul I being the exception. Antipopes are treated as pretenders, and their numbers are reused by those considered to be legitimate popes. However, there are anomalies in the numbering of the popes. Several numbers were mistakenly increased in the Middle Ages because the records were misunderstood. Several antipopes were also kept in the sequence, either by mistake or because they were previously considered to be true popes.

• Alexander: Antipope Alexander V (1409–1410) was listed in the Annuario Pontificio as a legitimate pope until the 20th century, when the Pisan popes were reclassified as antipopes. There had already been three more Alexanders by then, so there is now a gap in the numbering sequence.
• Benedict: Antipope Benedict X (1058–1059) was kept in the numbering sequence.
• Boniface: Antipope Boniface VII (974 and 984–985) was kept in the numbering sequence.
• Donus: The name has only been used by one pope. The apocryphal Pope Donus II resulted from confusion between the Latin word dominus (lord) and the name Donus.
• Felix: Antipope Felix II (356–357) was kept in the numbering sequence.
• John: The numbering of the Popes John is particularly confused. In the modern sequence, they are identified by the numbers they used during their reigns.
  • Antipope John XVI (997–998) was kept in the numbering sequence.
  • Pope John XXI (1276–1277) chose to skip the number XX, believing that there had been another Pope John between XIV and XV. In reality, John XIV had been counted twice.
  • By the 16th century, the numbering error had been conflated with legends about a female Pope Joan, whom some authors called John VIII. She was never listed in the Annuario Pontificio.
  • Antipope John XXIII (1410–1415) was listed in the Annuario Pontificio as a legitimate pope until the 20th century. After the Pisan popes were classified as antipopes, Pope John XXIII (1958–1963) chose to reuse the number, citing "twenty-two [sic] Johns of indisputable legitimacy."
• Martin: Pope Martin I (649–655) is followed by Martin IV (1281–1285). Due to the similarity between the Latin names Marinus and Martinus, Marinus I and Marinus II were mistakenly considered to be Martin II and III.
• Stephen: Pope-elect Stephen (752) died before being consecrated. He was previously known as Stephen II, but the Vatican removed him from the official list of popes in 1961. The remaining Stephens are now numbered Pope Stephen II (752–757) to Pope Stephen IX (1057–1058).

See also

• Annuario Pontificio
• History of the papacy
• Index of Vatican City-related articles
• Legends surrounding the papacy
• Liber Pontificalis
• Papal name
• Papal appointment
• Pope John (numbering)
• Prophecy of the Popes

Lists

• List of canonized popes
• List of murdered popes
• List of popes by nationality
• List of popes from the Borgia family
• List of popes from the Conti family
• List of popes from the Medici family
• List of popes sorted alphabetically
• List of sexually active popes
• List of Sovereigns of the Vatican City State
• List of popes (graphical)

References

Sources

• The Early Papacy: To the Synod of Chalcedon in 451, Adrian Fortescue, Ignatius Press, 2008.
• The Oxford Dictionary of Popes, John N.D. Kelly, Oxford University Press, 1986.
• Catholicism, Henri de Lubac, Ignatius Press, 1988.
• Rome and the Eastern Churches, Aidan Nichols, Ignatius Press, 2010.
• I Papi. Venti secoli di storia, Pontificia Amministrazione della Patriarcale Basilica di San Paolo, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2002.
• Rome Sweet Home, Scott Hahn, Ignatius Press, 1993.
• Enciclopedia dei Papi, AA.VV., Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana, 2000.

External links

• Catholic Online: The List of Popes
• Popes & Anti-Popes (2019 archived copy)