Papal History


	Biographies of the Popes

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Dates are below the names and the columns go from left to right chronologically.
Popes with ( * ) after their names are antipopes.

St. Peter
d. 64 or 67 St. Linus
67?-76? St. Anacletus I
76?-88? St. Clement I
88?-97? St. Evaristus
97?-105? St. Alexander I
105?-115? St. Sixtus I
115?-125?

St. 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
217-222 St. Urban I
222-230 Hippolytus *
222-235 St. Pontian
230-235 St. Anterus
235-236 St. Fabian
236-250

St. Cornelius
251-253 Novatian *
251-258? St. Lucius I
253-254 St. Stephen I
254-257 St. Sixtus II
257-258 St. Dionysius
260-268 St. Felix I
269-274

St. Eutychian
275-283 St. Caius
283-296 St. Marcellinus
296-304 St. Marcellus I
308-309 St. Eusebius
309-310 St. Miltiades
311-314 St. Sylvester I
314-335

St. Marcus
335-336 St. Julius I
337-352 Liberius
352-366 St. Felix II *
353-365 St. Damasus I
366-383 Ursinus *
366-367 St. Siricius
384-399

St. Anastasius I
399-401 St. Innocent I
401-417 St. Zosimus
417-418 St. Boniface I
418-422 Eulalius *
418-419 St. Celestine I
422-432 St. Sixtus III
432-440

St. Leo I
440-461 St. Hilary
461-468 St. Simplicius
468-483 St. Felix III
483-492 St. Gelasius I
492-496 Anastasius II
496-498 St. Symmachus
498-514

Laurentius *
498-505 St. Hormisdas
514-523 St. John I
523-526 Felix IV
526-530 Boniface II
530-532 Dioscurus *
530 John II
533-535

St. Agapetus I
535-536 St. Silverius
536-537 Vigilius
537-555 Pelagius I
556-561 John III
561-574 Benedict I
575-579 Pelagius II
579-590

St. Gregory I
590-604 Sabinian
604-606 Boniface III
607 St. Boniface IV
608-615 St. Deusdedit
615-618 Boniface V
619-625 Honorius I
625-638

Severinus
640 John IV
640-642 Theodore I
642-649 St. Martin I
649-655 St. Eugene I
655-657 St. Vitalian
657-672 Adeodatus
672-676

Donus
676-678 St. Agatho
678-681 St. Leo II
681-683 St. Benedict II
684-685 John V
685-686 Conon
686-687 Theodore II *
687

St. Paschal I *
687-692 St. Sergius
687-701 John VI
701-705 John VII
705-707 Sisinnius
708 Constantine
708-715 St. Gregory II
715-731

St. Gregory III
731-741 St. Zachary
741-752 Stephen II (III)
752-757 St. Paul I
757-767 Philip *
767 Constantine *
767 - 768 Stephen III (IV)
767-772

Hadrian I
772-795 St. Leo III
795-816 Stephen IV(V)
816-817 St. Paschal I
817-824 Eugene II
824-827 Valentine
827 Gregory IV
827-844

John VIII *
844 Sergius II
844-847 Leo IV
847-855 Benedict III
855-858 Anastasius III*
855 St. Nicholas I
858-867 Hadrian II
867-872

John VIII
872-882 Marinus I
882-884 Adrian III
884-885 Stephen V (VI)
885-891 Formosus
891-896 Boniface VI
896 Stephen VI (VII)
896-897

Romanus
897 Theodore II
897 John IX
898-900 Benedict IV
900-903 Leo V
903 Christopher
903-904 Sergius III
904-911

Anastasius III
911-913 Landus
913-914 John X
914-928 Leo VI
928-929 Stephen VII (VIII)
929-931 John XI
931-935 Leo VII
936-939

Stephen IX (X)
939-942 Marinus II
942-946 Agapetus II
946-955 John XII
955-963 Leo VIII
963-964 Benedict V
964 John XIII
965-972

Benedict VI
973-974 Benedict VII
974-983 John XIV
983-984 Boniface VII *
984-985 John XV
985-996 Gregory V
996-999 John XVI *
996-998

Sylvester II
999-1003 John XVII
1003 John XVIII
1003-1009 Sergius IV
1009-1012 Benedict VIII
1012-1024 Gregory VI *
1012 John XIX
1024-1033

Benedict IX
1033-1045 Sylvester III *
1045 Gregory VI
1045-1046 Clement II
1046-1047 Damasus II
1048 St. Leo IX
1049-1054 Victor II
1055-1057

Stephen IX (X)
1057-1058 Benedict X *
1058 Nicholas II
1058-1061 Alexander II
1061-1073 Honorius II *
1061-1064 Gregory VII
1073-1085 Clement III *
1080-1100

Victor III
1086-1087 Urban II
1088-1099 Paschal II
1099-1118 Theodoric *
1100-1102 Albert *
1102 Sylvester IV *
1105 Gelasius II
1118-1119

Gregory VIII *
1118-1121 Callistus II
1119-1124 Honorius II
1124-1130 Celestine II *
1124 Innocent II
1130-1143 Anacletus II *
1130-1138 Victor IV *
1138

Celestine II
1143-1144 Lucius II
1144-1145 Eugene III
1145-1153 Anastasius IV
1153-1154 Hadrian IV
1154-1159 Alexander III
1159-1181 Victor VI *
1159-1164

Paschal III *
1164-1168 Callistus III *
1168-1178 Innocent III *
1179-1180 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 Adrian V
1276 John XXI
1276-1277 Nicholas III
1277-1280

Martin IV
1281-1285 Honorius IV
1285-1287 Nicholas IV
1288-1292 St. Celestine V
1294 Boniface VIII
1294-1303 Benedict XI
1303-1304 Clement V
1305-1314

John XXII
1316-1334 Nicholas V *
1328-1330 Benedict XII
1334-1342 Clement VI
1342-1352 Innocent VI
1352-1362 Urban V
1362-1370 Gregory XI 1370-1378
Great Schism

Urban VI
(Roman)
1378-1389 Clement VII *
(Avignon)
1378-1394 Boniface IX
(Roman)
1389-1404 Benedict XIII *
(Avignon)
1394-1423 Innocent VII
(Roman)
1406-1406 Gregory XII
(Roman)
1406-1415 Alexander V *
(Pisan)
1409-1410

John XXIII *
(Pisan)
1410-1415
End of Schism Martin V
1417-1431 Eugene IV
1431-1447 Felix V *
1439-1449 Nicholas V
1447-1455 Callistus III
1445-1458 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

Adrian 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

St. 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 St. Pius X
1903-1914 Benedict XV
1914-1922 Pius XI
1922-1939

Pius XII
1939-1958 John XXIII
1958-1963 Paul VI
1963-1978 John Paul I
1978 John Paul II
1978-2005 Benedict XVI
2005 - Dates taken from
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