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Popes, List of

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The Catholic Encyclopedia by Charles G. Herbermann (ed.) (1913)

See also POPE, PAPAL ELECTIONS, ELECTION OF THE POPE.St. Peter (32-67)St. Linus (67-76)St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)St. Clement I (88-97)St. Evaristus (97-105)St. Alexander I (105-115)St. Sixtus I (115-125) -- also called Xystus ISt. Telesphorus (125-136)St. Hyginus (136-140)St. Pius I (140-155)St. Anicetus (155-166)St. Soter (166-175)St. Eleutherius (175-189)St. Victor I (189-199)St. Zephyrinus (199-217)St. Callistus I (217-22)St. Hippolytus, Antipope (217-236)--><a href=15209a.htm>St. Urban I (222-30)<a href=12229b.htm>St. Pontain (230-35)<a href=01553a.htm>St. Anterus (235-36)<a href=05742d.htm>St. Fabian (236-50)<a href=04375c.htm>St. Cornelius (251-53)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11138a.htm>Novatian, Antipope (251)--><a href=09411a.htm>St. Lucius I (253-54)<a href=14288a.htm>St. Stephen I (254-257)<a href=14031c.htm>St. Sixtus II (257-258)<a href=05009b.htm>St. Dionysius (260-268)<a href=06029b.htm>St. Felix I (269-274)<a href=05638a.htm>St. Eutychian (275-283)St. Caius (283-296) -- also called Gaius<a href=09637d.htm>St. Marcellinus (296-304)<a href=09640b.htm>St. Marcellus I (308-309)<a href=05615b.htm>St. Eusebius (309 or 310)<a href=10318a.htm>St. Miltiades (311-14)<a href=14370a.htm>St. Sylvester I (314-35)<a href=09674a.htm>St. Marcus (336)<a href=08561a.htm>St. Julius I (337-52)<a href=09217a.htm>Liberius (352-66)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06030a.htm>Felix II, Antipope (355-365)--><a href=04613a.htm>St. Damasus I (366-83)Ursicinus, Antipope (366-367)--><a href=14026a.htm>St. Siricius (384-99)<a href=01454c.htm>St. Anastasius I (399-401)<a href=08011a.htm>St. Innocent I (401-17)<a href=15764c.htm>St. Zosimus (417-18)<a href=02658a.htm>St. Boniface I (418-22)Eulalius, Antipope (418-419)--><a href=03477c.htm>St. Celestine I (422-32)<a href=14032a.htm>St. Sixtus III (432-40)<a href=09154b.htm>St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)<a href=07348b.htm>St. Hilarius (461-68)<a href=14002a.htm>St. Simplicius (468-83)<a href=06030b.htm>St. Felix III (II) (483-92)<a href=06406a.htm>St. Gelasius I (492-96)<a href=01454d.htm>Anastasius II (496-98)<a href=14377a.htm>St. Symmachus (498-514)Laurentius, Antipope (498-501)--><a href=07470a.htm>St. Hormisdas (514-23)<a href=08421a.htm>St. John I (523-26)<a href=06031a.htm>St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)<a href=02660a.htm>Boniface II (530-32)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05018a.htm>Dioscorus, Antipope (530)--><a href=08421b.htm>John II (533-35)<a href=01202c.htm>St. Agapetus I (535-36) -- also called Agapitus I<a href=13793a.htm>St. Silverius (536-37)<a href=15427b.htm>Vigilius (537-55)<a href=11602a.htm>Pelagius I (556-61)<a href=08422a.htm>John III (561-74)<a href=02427c.htm>Benedict I (575-79)<a href=11603a.htm>Pelagius II (579-90)<a href=06780a.htm>St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)<a href=13291a.htm>Sabinian (604-606)<a href=02660b.htm>Boniface III (607)<a href=02660c.htm>St. Boniface IV (608-15)<a href=04760a.htm>St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)<a href=02661a.htm>Boniface V (619-25)<a href=07452b.htm>Honorius I (625-38)<a href=13742c.htm>Severinus (640)<a href=08422b.htm>John IV (640-42)<a href=14570a.htm>Theodore I (642-49)<a href=09723c.htm>St. Martin I (649-55)<a href=05598a.htm>St. Eugene I (655-57)<a href=15484b.htm>St. Vitalian (657-72)<a href=01142a.htm>Adeodatus (II) (672-76)<a href=05133a.htm>Donus (676-78)<a href=01204c.htm>St. Agatho (678-81)<a href=09157a.htm>St. Leo II (682-83)<a href=02427d.htm>St. Benedict II (684-85)<a href=08422c.htm>John V (685-86)<a href=04258a.htm>Conon (686-87)<a href=13728b.htm>St. Sergius I (687-701)Theodore, Antipope (687)-->Paschal, Antipope (687)--><a href=08423a.htm>John VI (701-05)<a href=08423b.htm>John VII (705-07)<a href=14028a.htm>Sisinnius (708)<a href=04294b.htm>Constantine (708-15)<a href=06787a.htm>St. Gregory II (715-31)<a href=06789a.htm>St. Gregory III (731-41)<a href=15743b.htm>St. Zachary (741-52)<a href=14288b.htm>Stephen II (752) -- Because he died before being consecrated, some lists (including the Vatican’s official list) omit him.<a href=14288c.htm>Stephen III (752-57)<a href=11577a.htm>St. Paul I (757-67)<a href=14289a.htm>Stephen IV (767-72)Constantine II, Antipope (767)-->Philip, Antipope (768)--><a href=01155b.htm>Adrian I (772-95)<a href=09157b.htm>St. Leo III (795-816)<a href=14289b.htm>Stephen V (816-17)<a href=11514a.htm>St. Paschal I (817-24)<a href=05598b.htm>Eugene II (824-27)<a href=15254b.htm>Valentine (827)<a href=06789b.htm>Gregory IV (827-44)<a href=13728c.htm>Sergius II (844-47)John, Antipope (855)--><a href=09159a.htm>St. Leo IV (847-55)<a href=02427e.htm>Benedict III (855-58)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16002b.htm>Anastasius, Antipope (855)--><a href=11054a.htm>St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)<a href=01156a.htm>Adrian II (867-72)<a href=08423c.htm>John VIII (872-82)<a href=09670b.htm>Marinus I (882-84)<a href=01156b.htm>St. Adrian III (884-85)<a href=14289c.htm>Stephen VI (885-91)<a href=06139b.htm>Formosus (891-96)<a href=02661b.htm>Boniface VI (896)<a href=14289d.htm>Stephen VII (896-97)<a href=13163b.htm>Romanus (897)<a href=14570b.htm>Theodore II (897)<a href=08425a.htm>John IX (898-900)<a href=02428a.htm>Benedict IV (900-03)<a href=09159b.htm>Leo V (903)Christopher, Antipope (903-904)--><a href=13729a.htm>Sergius III (904-11)<a href=01455a.htm>Anastasius III (911-13)<a href=08784a.htm>Lando (913-14)<a href=08425b.htm>John X (914-28)<a href=09159c.htm>Leo VI (928)<a href=14290a.htm>Stephen VIII (929-31)<a href=08426a.htm>John XI (931-35)<a href=09160a.htm>Leo VII (936-39)<a href=14290b.htm>Stephen IX (939-42)<a href=09670c.htm>Marinus II (942-46)<a href=01203a.htm>Agapetus II (946-55)<a href=08426b.htm>John XII (955-63)<a href=09160b.htm>Leo VIII (963-64)<a href=02428b.htm>Benedict V (964)<a href=08427a.htm>John XIII (965-72)<a href=02428c.htm>Benedict VI (973-74)<a href=02428d.htm>Benedict VII (974-83)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02661c.htm>Boniface VII, Antipope (974; 984-985)--><a href=08427b.htm>John XIV (983-84)<a href=08427c.htm>John XV (985-96)<a href=06790a.htm>Gregory V (996-99)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08428a.htm>John XVI, Antipope (997-998)--><a href=14371a.htm>Sylvester II (999-1003)<a href=08428b.htm>John XVII (1003)<a href=08429a.htm>John XVIII (1003-09)<a href=13729b.htm>Sergius IV (1009-12)<a href=02428e.htm>Benedict VIII (1012-24)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06791b.htm>Gregory, Antipope (1012)--><a href=08429b.htm>John XIX (1024-32)<a href=02429a.htm>Benedict IX (1032-45)Sylvester III (1045) -- Considered by some to be an <a href=01582a.htm>antipope<a href=02429a.htm>Benedict IX (1045)<a href=06791a.htm>Gregory VI (1045-46)<a href=04017a.htm>Clement II (1046-47)<a href=02429a.htm>Benedict IX (1047-48)<a href=04614a.htm>Damasus II (1048)<a href=09160c.htm>St. Leo IX (1049-54)<a href=15409a.htm>Victor II (1055-57)<a href=14290c.htm>Stephen X (1057-58)<a href=11055a.htm>Nicholas II (1058-61)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02429b.htm>Benedict X, Antipope (1058)--><a href=01286a.htm>Alexander II (1061-73)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03128c.htm>Honorius II, Antipope (1061-1072)--><a href=06791c.htm>St. Gregory VII (1073-85)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07063a.htm>Guibert ("Clement III"), Antipope (1080-1100)--><a href=15410a.htm>Blessed Victor III (1086-87)<a href=15210a.htm>Blessed Urban II (1088-99)<a href=11514b.htm>Paschal II (1099-1118)Theodoric, Antipope (1100)-->Aleric, Antipope (1102)-->Maginulf ("Sylvester IV"), Antipope (1105-1111)--><a href=06407a.htm>Gelasius II (1118-19)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06795b.htm>Burdin ("Gregory VIII"), Antipope (1118)--><a href=03185a.htm>Callistus II (1119-24)<a href=07456a.htm>Honorius II (1124-30)Celestine II, Antipope (1124)--><a href=08012a.htm>Innocent II (1130-43)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01447a.htm>Anacletus II, Antipope (1130-1138)--><a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15411a.htm>Gregory Conti ("Victor IV"), Antipope (1138)--><a href=03478a.htm>Celestine II (1143-44)<a href=09412a.htm>Lucius II (1144-45)<a href=05599a.htm>Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)<a href=01455b.htm>Anastasius IV (1153-54)<a href=01156c.htm>Adrian IV (1154-59)<a href=01287a.htm>Alexander III (1159-81)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15411a.kkk>Octavius ("Victor IV"), Antipope (1159-1164)--><a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11515a.htm>Pascal III, Antipope (1165-1168)-->Callistus III, Antipope (1168-1177)-->Innocent III, Antipope (1178-1180)--><a href=09412b.htm>Lucius III (1181-85)<a href=15211a.htm>Urban III (1185-87)<a href=06795a.htm>Gregory VIII (1187)<a href=04018a.htm>Clement III (1187-91)<a href=03478b.htm>Celestine III (1191-98)<a href=08013a.htm>Innocent III (1198-1216)<a href=07457a.htm>Honorius III (1216-27)<a href=06796a.htm>Gregory IX (1227-41)<a href=03479a.htm>Celestine IV (1241)<a href=08017a.htm>Innocent IV (1243-54)<a href=01287b.htm>Alexander IV (1254-61)<a href=15212a.htm>Urban IV (1261-64)<a href=04019a.htm>Clement IV (1265-68)<a href=06798a.htm>Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)<a href=08018a.htm>Blessed Innocent V (1276)<a href=01159a.htm>Adrian V (1276)<a href=08429c.htm>John XXI (1276-77)<a href=11056a.htm>Nicholas III (1277-80)<a href=09724a.htm>Martin IV (1281-85)<a href=07459a.htm>Honorius IV (1285-87)<a href=11057a.htm>Nicholas IV (1288-92)<a href=03479b.htm>St. Celestine V (1294)<a href=02662a.htm>Boniface VIII (1294-1303)<a href=02429c.htm>Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)<a href=04020a.htm>Clement V (1305-14)<a href=08431a.htm>John XXII (1316-34)Nicholas V, Antipope (1328-1330)--><a href=02430a.htm>Benedict XII (1334-42)<a href=04023a.htm>Clement VI (1342-52)<a href=08018b.htm>Innocent VI (1352-62)<a href=15214a.htm>Blessed Urban V (1362-70)<a href=06799a.htm>Gregory XI (1370-78)<a href=15216a.htm>Urban VI (1378-89)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13096c.htm>Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII"), Antipope (1378-1394)--><a href=02670a.htm>Boniface IX (1389-1404)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09431c.htm>Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII"), Antipope (1394-1417)--><a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08434a.htm>Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII"), Antipope (1400-1415)--><a href=08019a.htm>Innocent VII (1404-06)<a href=07001a.htm>Gregory XII (1406-15)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01288a.htm>Pietro Philarghi ("Alexander V"), Antipope (1409-1410)--><a href=09725a.htm>Martin V (1417-31)<a href=05601a.htm>Eugene IV (1431-47)<a href=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06031b.htm>Amadeus of Savoy ("Felix V"), Antipope (1439-1449)--><a href=11058a.htm>Nicholas V (1447-55)<a href=03187a.htm>Callistus III (1455-58)<a href=12126c.htm>Pius II (1458-64)<a href=11578a.htm>Paul II (1464-71)<a href=14032b.htm>Sixtus IV (1471-84)<a href=08019b.htm>Innocent VIII (1484-92)<a href=01289a.htm>Alexander VI (1492-1503)<a href=12128a.htm>Pius III (1503)<a href=08562a.htm>Julius II (1503-13)<a href=09162a.htm>Leo X (1513-21)<a href=01159b.htm>Adrian VI (1522-23)<a href=04024a.htm>Clement VII (1523-34)<a href=11579a.htm>Paul III (1534-49)<a href=08564a.htm>Julius III (1550-55)<a href=09641a.htm>Marcellus II (1555)<a href=11581a.htm>Paul IV (1555-59)<a href=12129a.htm>Pius IV (1559-65)<a href=12130a.htm>St. Pius V (1566-72)<a href=07001b.htm>Gregory XIII (1572-85)<a href=14033a.htm>Sixtus V (1585-90)<a href=15218a.htm>Urban VII (1590)<a href=07004a.htm>Gregory XIV (1590-91)<a href=08020a.htm>Innocent IX (1591)<a href=04027a.htm>Clement VIII (1592-1605)<a href=09166a.htm>Leo XI (1605)<a href=11581b.htm>Paul V (1605-21)<a href=07004b.htm>Gregory XV (1621-23)<a href=15218b.htm>Urban VIII (1623-44)<a href=08020b.htm>Innocent X (1644-55)<a href=01294a.htm>Alexander VII (1655-67)<a href=04028a.htm>Clement IX (1667-69)<a href=04028b.htm>Clement X (1670-76)<a href=08021a.htm>Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)<a href=01295a.htm>Alexander VIII (1689-91)<a href=08022a.htm>Innocent XII (1691-1700)<a href=04029a.htm>Clement XI (1700-21)<a href=08023a.htm>Innocent XIII (1721-24)<a href=02431a.htm>Benedict XIII (1724-30)<a href=04030a.htm>Clement XII (1730-40)<a href=02432a.htm>Benedict XIV (1740-58)<a href=04032a.htm>Clement XIII (1758-69)<a href=04034a.htm>Clement XIV (1769-74)<a href=12131a.htm>Pius VI (1775-99)<a href=12132a.htm>Pius VII (1800-23)<a href=09167a.htm>Leo XII (1823-29)<a href=12134a.htm>Pius VIII (1829-30)<a href=07006a.htm>Gregory XVI (1831-46)<a href=12134b.htm>Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)<a href=09169a.htm>Leo XIII (1878-1903)<a href=12137a.htm>St. Pius X (1903-14)<br> Benedict XV (1914-22)Pius XI (1922-39)Pius XII (1939-58)Blessed John XXIII (1958-63)Paul VI (1963-78)John Paul I (1978)John Paul II (1978-2005)Benedict XVI (2005&#151;)</ol><!--CLIP--><!-- google_ad_section_end -->-----------------------------------<center><script language="javascript" src="../../newadvent.catholiccompany.com/na2.js"></script></center><!--Transcribed by Mark Trauernicht--> <p align=center><font size=-2>The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XII<br>Copyright &#169; 1911 by Robert Appleton Company<br>Online Edition Copyright &#169; 2003 by K. Knight<br>Nihil Obstat, June 1, 1911. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor<br>Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York</p>

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