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Chronological List
of Medieval Popes
Links in bold lead to entries in our
Who's Who resource. Links in regular typeface lead to entries
from the 1911 Encyclopedia.
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575-579:
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Benedict I
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579-590:
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Pelagius II
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590-604:
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Gregory I (the
Great)
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604-606:
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Sabinian
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607:
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Boniface III
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608-615:
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Boniface IV
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615-618:
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Deusdedit
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619-625:
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Boniface V
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625-638:
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Honorius I
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640:
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Severinus
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640-642:
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John IV
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642-649:
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Theodore I
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649-655:
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Martin I
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655-657:
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Eugene I
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657-672:
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Vitalian
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672-676:
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Adeodatus (II)
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676-678:
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Donus
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678-681:
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Agatho
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682-683:
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Leo II
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684-685:
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Benedict II
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685-686:
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John V
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686-687:
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Conon
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687-701:
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Sergius I
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701-705:
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John VI
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705-707:
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John VII
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708:
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Sisinnius
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708-715:
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Constantine
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715-731:
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Gregory II
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731-741:
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Gregory III
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741-752:
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Zachary
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752:
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Stephen II
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752-757:
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Stephen III
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757-767:
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Paul I
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767-772:
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Stephen IV
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772-795:
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Adrian I
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795-816:
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Leo III
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816-817:
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Stephen V
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817-827:
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Paschal I
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824-827:
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Eugene II
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827:
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Valentine
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827-844:
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Gregory IV
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844-847:
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Sergius II
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847-855:
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Leo IV
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855-858:
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Benedict III
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858-867:
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Nicholas I (the
Great)
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867-872:
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Adrian II
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872-882:
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John VIII
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882-884:
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Marinus I
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884-885:
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Adrian III
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885-591:
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Stephen VI
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891-896:
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Formosus
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896:
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Boniface VI
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896-897:
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Stephen VII
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897:
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Romanus
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897:
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Theodore II
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898-900:
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John IX
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900-903:
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Benedict IV
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903:
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Leo V
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904-911:
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Sergius III
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911-913:
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Anastasius III
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913-914:
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Lando
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914-928:
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John X
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928:
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Leo VI
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929-931:
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Stephen VIII
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931-935:
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John XI
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936-939:
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Leo VII
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939-942:
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Stephen IX
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942-946:
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Marinus II
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946-955:
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Agapetus II
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955-963:
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John XII
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963-965:
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Leo VIII
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964:
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Benedict V
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965-972:
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John XIII
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973-974:
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Benedict VI
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974-983:
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Benedict VII
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983-984:
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John XIV
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985-996:
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John XV
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996-999:
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Gregory V
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999-1003:
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Sylvester II
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1003:
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John XVII
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1003-1009:
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John XVIII
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1009-1012:
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Sergius IV
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1012-1024:
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Benedict VIII
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1024-1032:
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John XIX
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1032-1044:
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Benedict IX
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1045:
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Sylvester III
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1045:
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Benedict IX
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1045-1046:
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Gregory VI
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1046-1047:
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Clement II
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1047-1048:
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Benedict IX
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1048:
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Damasus II
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1049-1054:
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Leo IX
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1055-1057:
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Victor II
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1057-1058:
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Stephen X
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1058-1061:
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Nicholas II
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1061-1073:
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Alexander
II
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1073-1085:
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Gregory VII
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1086-1087:
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Victor III
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1088-1099:
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Urban II
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1099-1118:
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Paschal II
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1118-1119:
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Gelasius II
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1119-1124:
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Callistus II
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1124-1130:
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Honorius II
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1130-1143:
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Innocent II
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1143-1144:
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Celestine II
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1144-1145:
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Lucius II
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1145-1153:
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Eugene III
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1153-1154:
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Anastasius IV
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1154-1159:
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Adrian IV
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1159-1181:
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Alexander
III
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1181-1185:
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Lucius III
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1185-1187:
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Urban III
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1187:
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Gregory VIII
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1187-1191:
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Clement III
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1191-1198:
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Celestine III
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1198-1216:
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Innocent III
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1216-1227:
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Honorius III
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1227-1241:
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Gregory IX
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1241:
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Celestine IV
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1243-1254:
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Innocent IV
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1254-1261:
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Alexander
IV
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1261-1264:
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Urban IV
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1265-1268:
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Clement IV
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1271-1276:
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Gregory X
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1276:
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Innocent V
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1276:
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Adrian V
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1276-1277:
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John XXI
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1277-1280:
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Nicholas III
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1281-1285:
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Martin IV
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1285-1287:
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Honorius IV
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1288-1292:
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Nicholas IV
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1294:
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Celestine V
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1294-1303:
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Boniface VIII
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1303-1304:
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Benedict XI
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1305-1314:
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Clement V
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1316-1334:
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John XXII
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1334-1342:
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Benedict XII
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1342-1352:
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Clement VI
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1352-1362:
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Innocent VI
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1362-1370:
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Urban V
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1370-1378:
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Gregory XI
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1378-1389:
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Urban VI
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1389-1404:
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Boniface IX
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1404-1406:
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Innocent VII
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1406-1415:
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Gregory XII
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1417-1431:
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Martin V
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1431-1447:
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Eugene IV
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1447-1455:
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Nicholas V
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1455-1458:
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Callistus III
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1458-1464:
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Pius II
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1464-1471:
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Paul II
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1471-1484:
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Sixtus IV
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1484-1492:
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Innocent VIII
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1492-1503:
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Alexander
VI
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1503:
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Pius III
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1503-1513:
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Julius II
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1513-1521:
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Leo X
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1522-1523:
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Adrian VI
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1523-1534:
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Clement
VII
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1534-1549:
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Paul III
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1550-1555:
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Julius III
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1555:
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Marcellus II
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1555-1559:
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Paul IV
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1559-1565:
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Pius IV
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1566-1572:
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Pius V
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1572-1585:
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Gregory XIII
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1585-1590:
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Sixtus V
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1590:
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Urban VII
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1590-1591:
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Gregory XIV
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1591:
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Innocent IX
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1592-1605:
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Clement VIII
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There are 187 medieval popes. Of them, only a handful are
considered "important" by historians. That handful -- Gregory
I, Gregory VII, Innocent
III, Nicholas I, Clement
VI, Urban II -- has been included
in our resource. Some of the rest are quite interesting; most
achieved little of note; still others reigned so briefly that very
little is known about them.
It would take, quite literally, years to add them all to
this resource. Therefore I recommend that if you require
information on one of the more obscure popes who has yet to be
included here, please look him up in The
Catholic Encyclopedia or the nearest offline resource.
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