List of popes



         


This is a list of popes.

The term "Pope" (latin papa: 'father') is used in several churches to denote their high spiritual leaders. This title is used exclusively in Western Europe and the Latin-rite church by the supreme head of the Roman Catholic Church.

The title itself was officially used from the tenure of Pope Siricius.

The pope also bears the spiritual titles Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Succesor of St. Peter, Prince of the Apostle, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province and Servant of the Servants of God.

The pope's temporal title since 1929 is Sovereign in the State of Vatican City (Holy See).

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List of popes

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until 249

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From 250

Pontificate Common Name Regnal Name Personal Name Notes
30/33(?) to post42/ante57 Saint Peter Petrus, Head of the Church Simon Peter
שמעון בן יונה
(Shimon ben Yona)
Shimon Kipha
СΙΜΗΟΝ ΚΗΦΑС
(Simeon Kephas)
Disciple of Jesus Christ from whom he received the keys to the kingdom of heaven.
post42/ante57 to 64/67(?) Petrus, Episcopus Romanus Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day (SS Peter & Paul) 29 June, (Chair of Peter) 22 February
64/67(?) to 76/79(?) Saint Linus
Pope Saint Linus
Linus, Episcopus Romanus   Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day 23 September
76/79(?) to 88 Saint Cletus
Saint Anacletus
(Anencletus)
Pope Saint Anacletus
Cletus, Episcopus Romanus   Martyred; feast day 26 April
88/92 to 97/101 Pope Clement I
Pope Saint Clement
Clemens, Episcopus Romanus   Martyred; feast day 23 November
97/99 to 105/107 Pope Evaristus
(Aristus)
Pope Saint Evaristus
Evaristus, Episcopus Romanus   Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day 26 October
105/107 to 115/116 Pope Alexander I
Pope Saint Alexander
Alexander, Episcopus Romanus    
115/116 to 125 Pope Sixtus I
Pope Saint Sixtus
Xystus, Episcopus Romanus    
125 to 136/138 Pope Telesphorus
Pope Saint Telesphorus
Telesphorus, Episcopus Romanus    
136/138 to 140/142 Pope Hyginus
Pope Saint Hyginus
Hyginus, Episcopus Romanus   Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day 11 January
140/142 to 155 Pope Pius I
Pope Saint Pius
Pius, Episcopus Romanus   Martyred by sword; feast day 11 July
155 to 166 Pope Anicetus
Pope Saint Anicetus
Anicetus, Episcopus Romanus   Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day 17 April
c.166 to 174/175 Pope Soter
Pope Saint Soter
Soterius, Episcopus Romanus   Traditionally martyred; feast day 22 April
174/175 to 189 Pope Eleuterus
Pope Saint Eleutherus
Eleutherius, Episcopus Romanus   First Albanian pope; traditionally martyred; feast day 6 May
189 to 198/199 Pope Victor I
Pope Saint Victor
Victor, Episcopus Romanus    
199 to 217 Pope Zephyrinus
Pope Saint Zephyrin
Zephyrinus, Episcopus Romanus    
c.217 to 222/223 Pope Calixtus I
Pope Saint Calixtus
Callistus, Episcopus Romanus   Martyred; feast day 14 October
222/223 to 230 Pope Urban I
Pope Saint Urban
Urbanus, Episcopus Romanus    
21 July 230 to 28 September 235 Pope Pontian
Pope Saint Pontian
Pontianus, Episcopus Romanus    
235 to 3 January 236 Pope Anterus
Pope Saint Anterus
Anterus, Episcopus Romanus    
10 January 236 to 20 January 250 Pope Fabian
Pope Saint Fabian
Fabianus, Episcopus Romanus    
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From 500

Pontificate Common Name Regnal Name Personal Name Notes
March/April 251 to June 253 Pope Cornelius
Pope Saint Cornelius
Cornelius, Episcopus Romanus   Died a martyr, through extreme hardship; feast day 16 September
25 June 253 to 5 March 254 Pope Lucius I
Pope Saint Lucius
Lucius, Episcopus Romanus   Feast day 4 March
12 May 254 to 2 August 257 Pope Stephen I
Pope Saint Stephen
Stephanus, Episcopus Romanus   Martyred by beheading; feast day 2 August
30/31 August 257 to 6 August 258 Pope Sixtus II
Pope Saint Syxtus II
Xystus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus   Martyred by beheading
22 July 259 to 26 December 268 Pope Dionysius
Pope Saint Dionysius
Dionysius, Episcopus Romanus   Feast day 26 December
5 January 269 to 30 December 274 Pope Felix I
Pope Saint Felix
Felix, Episcopus Romanus    
4 January 275 to December 283 Pope Eutychian
Pope Saint Eutychian
Eutychianus, Episcopus Romanus    
17 December 283 to 22 April 296 Pope Caius
Pope Saint Caius
Caius, Episcopus Romanus    
296 to 304 Pope Marcellinus Marcellinus, Episcopus Romanus    
308 to 309 Pope Marcellus I
Pope Saint Marcellus
Marcellus, Episcopus Romanus    
c.309 to c.310 Pope Eusebius
Pope Saint Eusebius
Eusebius, Episcopus Romanus    
2 July 311 to 11 January 314 Pope Miltiades
Melchiades
Pope Saint Miltiades
Miltiades, Episcopus Romanus    
31 January 314 to 31 December 335 Pope Silvester I
Pope Saint Silvester
Silvester, Episcopus Romanus    
18 January 336 to 7 October 336 Pope Marcus
Pope Saint Mark
Marcus, Episcopus Romanus   Feast day 7 October
6 February 337 to 12 April 352 Pope Julius I
Pope Saint Julius
Iulius, Episcopus Romanus    
17 May 352 to 24 September 366 Pope Liberius Liberius, Episcopus Romanus    
1 October 366 to 11 December 384 Pope Damasus I
Pope Saint Damasus
Damasus, Episcopus Romanus    
11 December 384 to 26 November 399 Pope Siricius
Pope Saint Siricius
Papa Siricius, Episcopus Romanus    
27 November 399 to 19 December 401 Pope Anastasius I
Pope Saint Anastasius
Papa Anastasius, Episcopus Romanus    
22 December 401 to 12 March 417 Pope Innocent I
Pope Saint Innocent
Papa Innocens, Episcopus Romanus    
18 March 417 to 26 December 418 Pope Zosimus
Pope Saint Zosimus
Papa Zosimus, Episcopus Romanus    
28/29 December 418 to 4 September 422 Pope Boniface I
Pope Saint Boniface
Papa Bonifacius, Episcopus Romanus    
10 September 422 to 27 July 432 Pope Celestine I
Pope Saint Celestine
Papa Caelestinus, Episcopus Romanus    
31 July 432 to March/August 440 Pope Sixtus III
Pope Saint Syxtus
Papa Xystus Tertius, Episcopus Romanus    
29 September 440 to 10 November 461 Pope Leo I
Pope Saint Leo
Papa Leo, Episcopus Romanus    
19 November 461 to 29 February 468 Pope Hilarius
Pope Saint Hilarius
Papa Hilarius, Episcopus Romanus    
3 March 468 to 10 March 483 Pope Simplicius
Pope Saint Simplicius
Papa Simplicius, Episcopus Romanus    
13 March 483 to 1 March 492 Pope Felix III
(Felix II)
Pope Saint Felix
Papa Felix Tertius, Episcopus Romanus    
1 March 492 to 21 November 496 Pope Gelasius I Papa Gelasius, Episcopus Romanus    
24 November 496 to 19 November 498 Pope Anastasius II Papa Anastasius Secundus, Episcopus Romanus    
22 November 498 to 19 July 514 Pope Symmachus
Pope Saint Symmachus
Papa Symmachus, Episcopus Romanus    
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From 750

Pontificate Common Name Regnal Name Personal Name Notes
20 July 514 to 19 July 523 Pope Hormisdas
Pope Saint Hormisdas
Papa Hormisdus, Episcopus Romanus    
13 August 523 to 18 May 526 Pope John I
Pope Saint John
Papa Ioannes, Episcopus Romanus    
13 July 526 to 22 September 530 Pope Felix IV
(Felix III)
Pope Saint Felix
Papa Felix Quartus, Episcopus Romanus    
22 September 530 to 17 October 532 Pope Boniface II Papa Bonifacius Secundus, Episcopus Romanus    
2 January 533 to 8 May 535 Pope John II Papa Ioannes Secundus, Episcopus Romanus Mercurius  
13 May 535 to 22 April 536 Pope Agapetus I
Agapitus
Pope Saint Agapetus
Papa Agapetus, Episcopus Romanus   Feast days 22 April, 20 September
1 June 536 to 11 November 537 Pope Silverius
Pope Saint Silverius
Papa Silverius, Episcopus Romanus   Exiled; feast day 20 June
29 March 537 to 7 June 555 Pope Vigilius Papa Vigilius, Episcopus Romanus    
16 April 556 to 4 March 561 Pope Pelagius I Papa Pelagius, Episcopus Romanus    
17 July 561 to 13 July 574 Pope John III Papa Ioannes Tertius, Episcopus Romanus Catelinus  
2 June 575 to 30 July 579 Pope Benedict I Papa Benedictus Tertius, Episcopus Romanus    
26 November 579 to 7 February 590 Pope Pelagius II Papa Pelagius Secundus, Episcopus Romanus    
3 September 590 to 12 March 604 Pope Gregory I the Great
Pope Saint Gregory
Papa Gregorius Magnus, Episcopus Romanus    
13 September 604 to 22 February 606 Pope Sabinianus
Pope Saint Sabinianus
Papa Sabinianus, Episcopus Romanus    
19 February 607 to 12 November 607 Pope Boniface III Papa Bonifacius Tertius, Episcopus Romanus    
25 August 608 to 8 May 615 Pope Boniface IV
Pope Saint Boniface
Papa Bonifacius Quartus, Episcopus Romanus    
19 October 615 to 8 November 618 Pope Deusdedit
(Adeodatus)
Papa Deusdedit, Episcopus Romanus    
23 December 619 to 25 October 625 Pope Boniface V Papa Bonifacius Quintus, Episcopus Romanus    
27 October 625 to 12 October 638 Pope Honorius I Papa Honorius, Episcopus Romanus    
October 638 to 2 August 640 Pope Severinus Papa Severinus, Episcopus Romanus    
24 December 640 to 12 October 642 Pope John IV Papa Ioannes Quartus, Episcopus Romanus    
24 November 642 to 14 May 649 Pope Theodore I Papa Theodorus, Episcopus Romanus    
July 649 to 16 September 655 Pope Martin I
Pope Saint Martin
Papa Martinus, Episcopus Romanus   Feast Day 12 November
10 August 654 to 2 June 657 Pope Eugene I
Pope Saint Eugene
Papa Eugenius, Episcopus Romanus    
30 July 657 to 27 January 672 Pope Vitalian
Pope Saint Vitalian
Papa Vitalianus, Episcopus Romanus    
11 April 672 to 17 June 676 Pope Deusdedit II
(Adeodatus)
Papa Deusdetit Secundus, Episcopus Romanus    
2 November 676 to 11 April 678 Pope Donus Papa Donus, Episcopus Romanus    
27 June 678 to 10 January 681 Pope Agatho
Pope Saint Agatho
Papa Agatho, Episcopus Romanus    
December 681 to 3 July 683 Pope Leo II
Pope Saint Leo
Papa Leo Secundus, Episcopus Romanus   Feast day 3 July
683/26 June 684 to 8 May 685 Pope Benedict II
Pope Saint Benedict
Papa Benedictus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus   Feast day 7 May
12 July 685 to 2 August 686 Pope John V Papa Ioannes Quintus, Episcopus Romanus    
21 October 686 to 22 September 687 Pope Conon Papa Conon, Episcopus Romanus    
15 December 687 to 8 September 701 Pope Sergius I
Pope Saint Sergius
Papa Sergius, Episcopus Romanus    
30 October 701 to 11 January 705 Pope John VI Papa Ioannes Sextus, Episcopus Romanus    
1 March 705 to 18 October 709 Pope John VII Papa Ioannes Septumus, Episcopus Romanus    
15 January 708 to 4 February 708 Pope Sisinnius Papa Sisinnius, Episcopus Romanus    
25 March 708 to 9 April 715 Pope Constantine Papa Constantinus, Episcopus Romanus    
19 May 715 to 11 February 731 Pope Gregory II
Pope Saint Gregory
Papa Gregorius Secundus, Episcopus Romanus   Feast day 11 February
18 March 731 to 28 November 741 Pope Gregory III Papa Gregorius Tertius, Episcopus Romanus    
3 December 741 to 14 March/22 March 752 Pope Zacharias
Zachary
Pope Saint Zacharias
Papa Zacharias, Episcopus Romanus   Feast day 15 March
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From 1000

Pontificate Common Name Regnal Name Personal Name Notes
23 March 752 to 25 March 752 Pope Stephen II Papa Stephanus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus    
26 March 752 to 26 April 757 Pope Stephen III
(Stephen II)
Papa Stephanus Tertius, Episcopus Romanus    
29 May 757 to 28 June 767 Pope Paul I
Pope Saint Paul
Papa Paulus Tertius, Episcopus Romanus    
1 August 767 to 24 January 772 Pope Stephen IV
(Stephen III)
Papa Stephanus Quartus, Episcopus Romanus    
1 February 772 to 26 December 795 Pope Adrian I Papa Hadrianus, Episcopus Romanus    
26 December 795 to 12 June 816 Pope Leo III Papa Leo Tertius, Episcopus Romanus    
12 June 816 to 24 January 817 Pope Stephen V
(Stephen IV)
Papa Stephanus Quintus, Episcopus Romanus    
25 January 817 to 11 February 824 Pope Paschal I
Pope Saint Paschal
Papa Paschalis, Episcopus Romanus    
8 May 824 to August 827 Pope Eugene II Papa Eugenius Secundus, Episcopus Romanus    
August 827 to September 827 Pope Valentinus Papa Valentinus, Episcopus Romanus    
827 to January 844 Pope Gregory IV Papa Gregorius Quartus, Episcopus Romanus    
January 844 to 7 January 847 Pope Sergius II Papa Sergius Secundus, Episcopus Romanus    
January 847 to 17 July 855 Pope Leo IV
Pope Saint Leo
Papa Leo Quartus, Episcopus Romanus    
855 to 7 April 858 Pope Benedict III Papa Benedictus Tertius, Episcopus Romanus    
24 April 858 to 13 November 867 Pope Nicholas I the Great
Pope Saint Nicholas
Papa Nicholaus Magnus, Episcopus Romanus    
14 December 867 to 14 December 872 Pope Adrian II Papa Hadrianus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus    
14 December 872 to 16 December 882 Pope John VIII Papa Ioannes Octavus, Episcopus Romanus    
16 December 882 to 15 May 884 Pope Marinus I Papa Marinus, Episcopus Romanus    
17 May 884 to c.September 885 Pope Adrian III
Pope Saint Adrian
Papa Hadrianus Tertius, Episcopus Romanus    
885 to 14 September 891 Pope Stephen VI
(Stephen V)
Papa Stephanus Sextus, Episcopus Romanus    
19 September 891 to 4 April 896 Pope Formosus Papa Formosus, Episcopus Romanus    
4 April 896 to 19 April 896 Pope Boniface VI Papa Bonifacius Sextus, Episcopus Romanus    
22 May 896 to August 897 Pope Stephen VII
(Stephen VI)
Papa Stephanus Septimus, Episcopus Romanus    
August 897 to November 897 Pope Romanus Papa Romanus, Episcopus Romanus    
December 897 Pope Theodore II Papa Theodorus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus    
January 898 to January 900 Pope John IX Papa Ioannes Nonus, Episcopus Romanus    
900 to 903 Pope Benedict IV Papa Benedictus Quartus, Episcopus Romanus    
July 903 to September 903 Pope Leo V Papa Leo Quintus, Episcopus Romanus    
29 January 904 to 14 April 911 Pope Sergius III Papa Sergius Tertius, Episcopus Romanus    
April 911 to June 913 Pope Anastasius III Papa Anastasius Tertius, Episcopus Romanus    
July/August 913 to February/March 914 Pope Lando Papa Lando, Episcopus Romanus    
March 914 to May 928 Pope John X Papa Ioannes Decimus, Episcopus Romanus    
May 928 to December 928 Pope Leo VI Papa Leo Sextus, Episcopus Romanus    
December 928 to February 931 Pope Stephen VIII
(Stephen VII)
Papa Stephanus Octavus, Episcopus Romanus    
February/March 931 to December 935 Pope John XI Papa Ioannes Undecimus, Episcopus Romanus    
3 January 936 to 13 July 939 Pope Leo VII Papa Leo Septimus, Episcopus Romanus    
14 July 939 to October 942 Pope Stephen IX
(Stephen VIII)
Papa Stephanus Nonus, Episcopus Romanus    
30 October 942 to May 946 Pope Marinus II Papa Marinus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus    
10 May 946 to December 955 Pope Agapetus II Papa Agapetus Secundus, Episcopus Romanus    
16 December 955 to 14 May 964 Pope John XII Papa Ioannes Duodecimus, Episcopus Romanus   Murdered
4 December 963 to 1 March 964 Pope Leo VIII Papa Leo Octavus, Episcopus Romanus   Deposed
May 964 to 965 Pope Benedict V Papa Benedictus Quintus, Episcopus Romanus   Deposed
965 to 1 March 965 Pope Leo VIII Papa Leo Octavus, Episcopus Romanus   Restored
1 October 965 to 6 September 972 Pope John XIII Papa Ioannes Tertius Decimus, Episcopus Romanus    
19 January 973 to June 974 Pope Benedict VI Papa Benedictus Sextus, Episcopus Romanus   Deposed and murdered
October 974 to 10 July 983 Pope Benedict VII Papa Benedictus Septimus, Episcopus Romanus    
December 983 to 20 August 984 Pope John XIV Papa Ioannes Quartus Decimus, Episcopus Romanus Pietro Campanora  
August 985 to March 996 Pope John XV Papa Ioannes Quintus Decimus, Episcopus Romanus    
3 May 996 to 18 February 999 Pope Gregory V Papa Gregorius Quintus, Episcopus Romanus Bruno of Carinthia  
2 April 999 to 12 May 1003 Pope Silvester II Papa Silvester Secundus, Episcopus Romanus Gerbert d'Aurillac First French Pope
Pontificate Common Name Regnal Name Personal Name Notes
June 1003 to December 1003 Pope John XVII Papa Ioannes Septimus Decimus, Episcopus Romanus Sicco  
25 December 1003 to July 1009 Pope John XVIII Papa Ioannes Duodevicesimus, Episcopus Romanus Giovanni Fasano; Phasianus  
31 July 1009 to 12 May 1012 Pope Sergius IV Papa Sergius Quartus, Episcopus Romanus Pietro Bucca Porci; Peter Pig's Snout  
18 May 1012 to 9 April 1024 Pope Benedict VIII Papa Benedictus Octavus, Episcopus Romanus Theophylactus II, Conti di Tusculum  
April/May 1024 to 6 December 1032 Pope John XIX Papa Ioannes Undevicesimus, Episcopus Romanus Romanus, Conti di Tusculum  
1032 to 1044 Pope Benedict IX Papa Benedictus Nonus, Episcopus Romanus Theophylactus III, Conti di Tusculum 1st Term; abdicated for financial reward