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187 Records
90–1978 Date range
169 Named people
11 Places
Chronological records 90 Clement I 90
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, first of the apostolic fathers
99 Evaristus 99
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
105 Alexander I 105
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
117 Sixtus I 117
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
127 Telesphorus 127
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
137 Hyginius 137
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
140 Pius I 140
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
154 Anicetus I 154
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
166 Soter 166
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
175 Eleutherius 175
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
189 Victor I 189
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
217 Calixtus I 217
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
Hippolytus 217
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
222 Urban I 222
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
229 Felix I 5 January 229
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Felix was chosen as Pope in succession to Pope Dionysius
230 Pontian 230
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
235 Anterus 235
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
236 Fabian 10 January 236
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
251 Cornelius 251
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
Novatian 251
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
253 Lucius I 253
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
254 Stephen I 254
Vaican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
355 Felix II 355
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
366 Damasus I 366
Rome · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, recognized by Valentian I
399 Anastasius I 399
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
401 Innocent I 401
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
418 Boniface I 28 December 418
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
Eulalius 418
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
422 Celestine I 10 September 422
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
496 Anastasius II 496
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
523 John I 13 August 523
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
530 Boniface II 530
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
533 John II 533
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
561 John III 561
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, originally Catelinus
575 Benedict I 575
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
590 Gregory I the Great 590
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
603 Boniface III 603
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Legate in Constantinople
607 Boniface III 607
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
608 Boniface IV 608
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
619 Boniface V 619
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
625 Honorius I 625
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
640 John IV 640
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
649 Martin I 649
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
654 Eugenius I 654
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
684 Benedict II 684
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
685 John V 685
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
701 John VI 701
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
705 John VII 705
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
715 Gregory II 715
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
731 Gregory III 731
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
752 Stephen II 752
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
757 Paul I 757
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
768 Stephen III 768
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
772 Adrian I 772
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
816 Stephen IV 816
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
817 Paschal I 817
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
824 Eugenius II 824
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
827 Gregory IV 827
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
844 Sergius II 844
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
855 Benedict III 855
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
867 Adrian II 867
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
872 John VIII 872
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
884 Adrian III 884
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
885 Stephen V 885
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
896 Boniface VI 896
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
Stephen VI 896
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
898 John IX 898
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
900 Benedict IV 900
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
904 Sergius III 904
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
911 Anastasius III 911
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
913 Landus 913
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
914 John X 914
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
931 John XI 931
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
939 Stephen VII 939
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
964 Benedict V 964
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
973 Benedict VI 973
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, candidate of Otto I
974 Benedict VII 974
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, candidate of Otto II
Boniface VII 974
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, 1st term
983 John XIV 983
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, originally Pietro Canepanova
984 Boniface VII 984
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, 2nd term
985 John XV 985
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
996 Gregory V 996
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1003 John XVII 1003
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1012 Benedict VIII 1012
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, candidate of Otto II
1024 John XIX 1024
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, originally Romano
1032 Benedict IX 1032
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1045 Gregory VI 1045
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
Sylvester III 1045
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Antipope
1048 Damasus II 1048
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, reigns 23 days, contested by Benedict IX
Leo IX 1048
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Bruno of Egisheim
1058 Benedict X 1058
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
Benedict X 1058
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Despite protests from the Cardinals Count Gregory of Tusculum led the selection of John, bishop of Velletri, as Pope Benedict X
Gregory of Tusculum 1058
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Despite protests from the Cardinals Count Gregory of Tusculum led the selection of John, bishop of Velletri, as Pope Benedict X
1059 Nicholas II 1059
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, a victory for the reformist party within the Church & pro-Norman
1061 Alexander II 1061
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
The German Court opposes Alexanders appointment as Pope. The German Court installs Honorius II as Antipope
Alexander II 1061
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
Honorius II 1061
Avignon · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1073 Gregory VII 1073
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, without Emperor Henry IV being notified, conflict is inevitable. Appointed Pope
1088 Urban II 1088
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1099 Paschal II 13 August 1099
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1105 Sylvester IV 1105
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Antipope, in opposition to Paschal II
1119 Calixtus II 1119
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1124 Honorius II 21 December 1124
Worms · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Apppointed Pope
1130 Innocent II 1130
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Gregorio Paparechsi dei Guidone
1143 Celestine II 1143
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1144 Lucius II 1144
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1145 Eugenius III 1145
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1159 Alexander III 1159
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, accepted by England & France but not by Germany
Lucius IIII 1159
Ostia · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Bishop of Ostia
1164 Paschal III 1164
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1166 Alexander III 1166
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Pope Alexander III appoints Thomas Beckett Papal legate against the will of Henry II
1181 Lucius IIII 1181
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1187 Gregory VIII 1187
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1198 Innocent III 1198
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Lotoario deConti di Segni
1216 Honorius III 1216
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1227 Gregory IX 1227
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1243 Innocent IV 1243
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Sinibaldo Fieschi, Frederick IIs candidate
1271 Gregory X 1271
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1276 Adrian V 1276
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Ottobono Fieschi
1288 Nicholas IV 1288
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, formerly Girolamo Masc Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina
1294 Boniface VIII 1294
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Benedetto Caetani
Celestine V 1294
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1303 Benedict XI 1303
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1316 John XXII 1316
Avignon · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, originally Jacques Duese, resides at Avignon under French influence
1342 Clement VI 1342
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1370 Gregory XI 1370
Avignon · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1378 Urban VI 1378
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1389 Boniface IX 1389
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Pietro Tomaceli
1404 Innocent VII 1404
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, CosimoGentile de Migliorati
1406 Gregory XII 1406
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1409 Alexander V 1409
Pisa · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope by the invalid Council of Pisa
Alexander V 1409
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1410 John XXIII 25 May 1410
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1417 Martin V 1417
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1431 Eugenius IV 1431
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1447 Nicholas V 1447
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, formerly Tommaso da Sarzarna the Bishop of Bologna
1458 Pius II 1458
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1464 Paul II 1464
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1484 Innocent VIII 1484
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Giovanni Battista Cybo
1492 Alexander VI 1492
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Rodrigo Borgia
1503 Julius II 1503
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1513 Leo X 1513
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Giovanni DeMedici the Cardinal deacon of St Maria in Dominica
1523 Clement VII 19 November 1523
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Cardinal Giulo de Medici
1534 Paul III 1534
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Alessandro Farnese, the protege of Pope Alexander VI
1551 Pius V 1551
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Commisary General of the Roman Inquisition
1555 Marcellus II 1555
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
Paul IV 1555
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1556 Pius V 1556
Nepi · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Bishop of Nepi & Sutri
1566 Pius V 1566
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1572 Gregory XIII 1572
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1585 Sixtus V 24 April 1585
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1590 Gregory XIV 1590
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
Urban VII 1590
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1591 Innocent IX 1591
Rome · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti
1605 Leo XI 1605
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
Paul V 1605
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1621 Gregory XV 1621
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1623 Urban VIII 1623
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1644 Innocent X 1644
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Giambattista Pamfili
1676 Innocent XI 1676
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Benedetto Odescalchi
1691 Innocent XII 1691
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Antonio Pignatelli
1700 Clement XI 1700
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Giovanni Francesco Albani
1721 Innocent XIII 1721
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, Michelangelo dei Conti
1730 Clement XII 1730
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1740 Benedict XIV 1740
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1758 Clement XIII 1758
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1769 Clement XIV 1769
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1775 Pius VI 1775
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1800 Pius VII 1800
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
Pius VIII 1800
Montalto · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Bishop of Montalto
1807 Gregory XVI 1807
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Procurator General
1816 Pius VIII 1816
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Bishop of Cesena
1821 Pius VIII 1821
Frascati · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Bishop of Frascati
1823 Leo XII 1823
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1829 Pius VIII 1829
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1831 Gregory XVI 1831
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1846 Pius IX 15 June 1846
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, formerly Cardinal Masatai-Ferretti
1878 Leo XIII 1878
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1914 Benedict XV 1914
Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1917 Pius XII 1917
Bavaria · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Nuncio in Bavaria & Germany, 1917-1929
1919 Pius XI 1919
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Nuncio to Poland, 1919-1922
1922 Pius XI 12 February 1922
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, formerly the Cardinal & Archbishop of Milan
1939 Pius XII 1939
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1944 John XXIII 1944
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Nuncio to France, 1944-1953
1958 John XXIII 1958
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope, originally Angelo Giuseppe Roncali
1963 Paul VI 1963
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
1978 John Paul I 1978
Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church
Appointed Pope
Names involved Adrian I Adrian II Adrian III Adrian V Alexander I Alexander II Alexander III Alexander V Alexander VI Anastasius I Anastasius II Anastasius III Anicetus I Anterus Benedict I Benedict II Benedict III Benedict IV Benedict IX Benedict V Benedict VI Benedict VII Benedict VIII Benedict X Benedict XI Benedict XIV Benedict XV Boniface I Boniface II Boniface III Boniface IV Boniface IX Boniface V Boniface VI Boniface VII Boniface VIII Calixtus I Calixtus II Celestine I Celestine II Celestine V Clement I Clement VI Clement VII Clement XI Clement XII Clement XIII Clement XIV Cornelius Damasus I Damasus II Eleutherius Eugenius I Eugenius II Eugenius III Eugenius IV Eulalius Evaristus Fabian Felix I Felix II Gregory I the Great Gregory II Gregory III Gregory IV Gregory IX Gregory of Tusculum Gregory V Gregory VI Gregory VII Gregory VIII Gregory X Gregory XI Gregory XII Gregory XIII Gregory XIV Gregory XV Gregory XVI Hippolytus Honorius I Honorius II Honorius III Hyginius Innocent I Innocent II Innocent III Innocent IV Innocent IX Innocent VII Innocent VIII Innocent X Innocent XI Innocent XII Innocent XIII John I John II John III John IV John IX John Paul I
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