List of the Popes - up to 1914 :


Peter 67 AD
Linus 67-69 AD
Anacletus 79-90
Clement 90-99
Evaristus 99-107
Alexander I 107-116
Sixtus I 116-125
Telesphorus 125-136
Hyginus 136-140
Pius I 140-154
Anicetus 154-165
Soter 165-174
Eleutherius 174-189
Victor 189-198
Zephyrinus 198-217
Callistus I 217-222
Urban I 222-230
Pontianus 230-235
Anterus 235-236
Fabian 236-250
Cornelius 251-253
Lucius I 253-254
Stephen I 254-257
Sixtus II 257-258
1 I include Peter, as is usual, though it must be recalled that no writer calls him "bishop" of Rome until the third century, and it cannot be regarded as proved that he ever visited Rome. The date of his death, and the succeeding dates until the third century, and many later, are conjectural and disputed.
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Dionysius 259-268
Felix I 269-274
Eutychian 275-283
Caius 283-296
Marcellinus 296-304
Marcellus 308-309
Eusebius 309 AD
Melchiades 311-314
Silvester I 314-335
Marcus 336 AD
Julius I 337-352
Liberius 352-366
Damasus I 366-384
Siricius 384-398
Anastasius I 398-401
Innocent I 402-417
Zozimus 417-418
Boniface I 418-422
Celestine I 422-432
Sixtus III 432-440
Leo I 440-461
Hilarius 461-468
Simplicius 468-483
Felix II 483-492
Galasius I 492-496
Anastasius II 496-498
Symmachus 498-514
Hormisdas 514-523
John I 523-526
Felix III 526-530
Boniface II 530-532
John II 533-535
Agapetus I 535-536
Silverius 536-538
Vigilius 538-555
Pelagius I 556-561
John III 561-574
Benedict I 575-579
Pelagius II 579-590
Gregory I 590-604
Sabinianus 604-606
Boniface III 607 AD
Boniface IV 608-615
Deusdedit 615-618
Boniface V 619-625
Honorius I 625-638
Severinus 638-640
John IV 640-642
Theodore I 642-649
Martin I 649-655
Eugene I 654-657
Vitalian 657-672
Adeodatus 672-676
Donus 676-678
Agatho 678-681
Leo II 682-683
Benedict II 684-685
John V 685-686
Conon 686-687
Sergius I 687-701
John VI 701-705
John VII 705-707
Sisinnius 708
Constantine 708-715
Gregory II 715-731
Gregory III 731-741
Zachary 741-752
Stephen II 752
Stephen II (III) 752-757
Paul I 757-767
Stephen III. (IV) 768-772
Hadrian I 772-795
Leo III 795-816
Stephen IV. (V.) 816-817
Paschal I 817-824
Eugene II 824-827
Valentine 827
Gregory IV 827-844
Sergius II 844-847
Leo IV 847-855
Benedict III 855-858
Nicholas I 858-867
Hadrian II 867-872
John VIII 872-882
Marinus I. (or Martin II.) 882-884
Hadrian III 884-885
Stephen V. (VI.) 885-891
Formosus 891-896
Boniface VI 896
Stephen VI. (VII.) 896-897
Romanus 897 AD
Theodore II 897 AD
John IX 898-900
Benedict IV 900-903
Leo V 903
Christopher 903-904
Sergius III 904-911
Anastasius III 911-913
Lando 913-914
John X 914-928
Leo VI 928
Stephen VII. (VIII.) 928-931
John XI 931-936
Leo VII 936-939
Stephen VIII. (IX.) 939-942
Marinus II. ( Martin III) 942-946
Agapetus II 946-955
John XII 955-964
Leo VIII 963-965
Benedict V 964-965
John XIII 965-972
Benedict VI 973-974
Benedict VII 974-983
John XIV 983-984
Boniface VII 984-985
John XV 985-986
Gregory V 986-996
John XVI 997-998
Silvester II 999-1003
John XVII 1003
John XVIII 1003-1009
Sergius IV 1009-1012
Benedict VIII 1012-1024
John XIX 1024-1032
Benedict IX 1032-1045
Gregory VI 1045-1046
Clement II 1046-1047
Damasus II 1048
Leo IX 1049-1054
Victor II 1055-1057
Stephen IX. (X) 1057-1058
Benedict X 1058-1059
Nicholas II 1059-1061
Alexander II 1061-1073
Gregory VII 1073-1085
Victor III 1087
Urban II 1088-1099
Paschal II 1099-1118
Gelasius II 1118-1119
Callistus II 1119-1124
Honorius II 1124-1130
Innocent II 1130-1143
Celestine II 1143-1144
Lucius II 1144-1145
Eugene III 1145-1153
Anastasius IV 1153-1154
Hadrian IV 1154-1159
Alexander III 1159-1181
Lucius III 1181-1185
Urban III 1185-1187
Gregory VIII 1187
Clement III 1187-1191
Celestine III 1191-1198
Innocent III 1198-1216
Honorius III 1216-1227
Gregory IX 1227-1241
Celestine IV 1241
Innocent IV 1243-1254
Alexander IV 1254-1261
Urban IV 1261-1264
Clement IV 1265-1268
Gregory X 1271-1276
Innocent V 1276
Hadrian V 1276
John XXI 1 1276-1277
Nicholas III 1277-1280
Martin IV 1281-1285
Honorius IV 1285-1287
Nicholas IV 1288-1292
Celestine V 1294
Boniface VIII 1294-1303
Benedict XI 1203-1304
Clement V 1305-1314
John XXII 1316-1334
Benedict XII 1334-1342
Clement VI 1342-1352
Innocent VI 1352-1362
Urban V 1362-1370
Gregory XI 1370-1378
Urban VI 1378-1389
1 On account of some confusion in mediæval chronicles, a spurious "John XV." was inserted in the list of Popes. Hence John XXI was really John XX., but the names of the later Popes are so fixed that it seems better, as is usually the case, to skip from John XIX to John
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[ Clement VII 1378-1394]
Boniface IX 1389-1404
Benedict XIII 1394-1424]
Innocent VII 1404-1406
Gregory XII 1406-1415
Alexander V 1409-1410
John XXIII 1410-1415
Martin V 1417-1431
Eugene IV 1431-1447
Nicholas V 1447-1455
Callistus III 1455-1458
Pius II 1458-1464
Paul II 1464-1471
Sixtus IV 1471-1484
Innocent VIII 1484-1492
Alexander VI 1492-1503
Pius III 1503
Julius II 1503-1513
Leo X 1513-1521
Hadrian VI 1522-1523
Clement VII 1523-1534
Paul III 1534-1549
Julius III 1550-1555
Marcellus II 1555
Paul IV 1555-1559
Pius IV 1559-1565
Pius V 1566-1572
Gregory XIII 1572-1585
Sixtus V 1585-1590
Urban VII 1590
Gregory XIV 1590-1591
Innocent IX 1591
Clement VIII 1592-1605
Leo XI 1605
Paul V 1605-1621
Gregory XV 1621-1623
Urban VIII 1623-1644
Innocent X 1644-1655
Alexander VII 1655-1667
Clement IX 1667-1669
Clement X 1670-1676
Innocent XI 1676-1689
Alexander VIII 1689-1691
Innocent XII 1691-1700
Clement XI 1700-1721
Innocent XIII 1721-1724
Benedict XIII 1724-1730
Clement XII 1730-1740
Benedict XIV 1740-1758
Clement XIII 1758-1769
Clement XIV 1769-1774
Pius VI 1775-1799
Pius VII 1800-1823
Leo XII 1823-1829
Pius VIII 1829-1830
Gregory XVI 1831-1846
Pius IX 1846-1878
Leo XIII 1878-1903
Pius X 1903-1914
Benedict XV 1914-

List of Popes taken from Crises in the History of the Papacy.


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