Popes & Papal Documents
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Adeodatus I (ADEODATO I)
ADEODATUS I. - Natural son of St. Augustine, born ca. 372 from his illicit relationship, while he was not yet baptized and only seventeen… -
Adeodatus I (Deusdedit), Pope, Saint (ADEODATO I (DEUSDEDIT), PAPA, SANTO)
ADEODATUS I (Deusdedit), Pope, Saint. - A Roman, son of the subdeacon Stephen, he had been a member of the Roman clergy for forty years… -
Adeodatus II (or I), Pope (ADEODATO II (O I), PAPA)
ADEODATUS II (OR I), POPE. - A Roman, he received the tiara in 672, died in 676. The son of Jovinian, he succeeded St. Vitalian. Elected,… -
Adrian III, Pope (ADRIANO III, PAPA)
ADRIAN III, pope - Silver denarius. to deny permission to ecclesiastics who wished to appeal to Rome. From that moment the alliance between… -
Adrian III, Pope, Saint (ADRIANO III, PAPA, SANTO)
ADRIAN III, Pope, Saint. - A Roman, son of Benedict, he was pope from 884 to 885, succeeding Marinus. We have neither his biography in the… -
Adrian II, Pope (ADRIANO II, PAPA)
ADRIAN II, POPE. - Born in Rome in 792 to one of the foremost families, which had already given the Church the popes Stephen IV (816-17)… -
Adrian I, Pope (ADRIANO I, PAPA)
ADRIAN I, POPE. - Pontiff from 1 (6) February 772 to 26 (25) December 795. Born in Rome of an aristocratic family, having lost his father… -
Adrian IV, Pope (ADRIANO IV, PAPA)
ADRIAN IV, POPE. - He is the only Englishman to have ascended the papal throne; his name was Nicholas Breakspear and he was the son of… -
Adrian VI, Pope (ADRIANO VI, PAPA)
ADRIAN VI, POPE. - Pontiff from 1522 to 1523. Born at Utrecht on 2 March 1459, he was the son of Florenz Boeyens and Gertruda. The family… -
Adrian V, Pope (ADRIANO V, PAPA)
ADRIAN V, POPE. - Pontiff in 1276. On the death of Innocent V a conclave followed in Rome, watched over by Charles of Anjou in his capacity… -
Agapetus II, Pope (AGAPITO II, PAPA)
AGAPETUS II, POPE. - A Roman, he succeeded Marinus II on 10 May 946, and died in December 955. We have no information about his family or… -
Agapetus I, Pope, Saint (AGAPITO I, PAPA, SANTO)
AGAPETUS I, Pope, Saint. - Pontiff from 535 to 536. He was descended from a noble Roman family. His father, Gordian, was a priest of the… -
Agatho, Pope, Saint (AGATONE, PAPA, SANTO)
AGATHO, Pope, Saint. - Sicilian, he succeeded Donus in 678, died on 10 January 681. For the gentleness and meekness of his character he… -
Alexander II, Pope (ALESSANDRO II, PAPA)
ALEXANDER II, POPE. - When Pope Nicholas II died in Florence on 27 July 1061, the election of his successor could not take place until the… -
Alexander I, Pope, Saint (ALESSANDRO I, PAPA, SANTO)
ALEXANDER I, Pope, Saint. - Pontiff from 109 to c. 119. St. Irenaeus (Adv. haer., III, 3: PG 7, 851) indicates A. as the successor of… -
Alexander IV, Pope (ALESSANDRO IV, PAPA)
ALEXANDER IV, POPE. - On the death of Innocent IV, which occurred at Naples, where he had gone to defend the rights of the Holy See over… -
Alexander VIII, Pope (ALESSANDRO VIII, PAPA)
ALEXANDER VIII, POPE. - Pietro Vito Ottoboni, of a noble Venetian family, b. 22 Oct. 1610, took his doctorate at Padua in both laws, and,… -
Alexander VII, Pope (ALESSANDRO VII, PAPA)
ALEXANDER VII, POPE. - Fabio Chigi, b. at Siena on 13 Feb. 1599. He was in Rome from Dec. 1626 to Oct. 1629; vice-legate at Ferrara until… -
Alexander VI, Pope (ALESSANDRO VI, PAPA)
ALEXANDER VI, POPE. - Rodrigo Borgia (Borja), b. in 1430 or '31 at Xativa, in the province of Valencia, to Jofré and Isabella, sister of… -
Anacletus (Cletus), Pope, Saint (ANACLETO (CLETO), PAPA, SANTO)
ANACLETUS (Cletus), Pope, Saint. - According to the papal list preserved for us by St. Irenaeus (Adv. haer., III, 3: PG 7, 849), A.… -
Anastasius III, Pope (ANASTASIO III, PAPA)
ANASTASIUS III, POPE. - A Roman, son of Lucianus, he succeeded Sergius III and was consecrated around the month of June 911. During his… -
Anastasius II, Pope (ANASTASIO II, PAPA)
ANASTASIUS II, POPE. - Successor of Gelasius I, he was consecrated on 24 November 496 and died on 19 November 498. His first concern was to… -
Anastasius I, Pope, Saint (ANASTASIO I, PAPA, SANTO)
ANASTASIUS I, Pope, Saint. - Roman by birth, he succeeded Siricius and was pope from 26 November 399 to 19 December 401. His brief… -
Anastasius IV, Pope (ANASTASIO IV, PAPA)
ANASTASIUS IV, POPE. - Conrad "de Suburra," a Roman, from 1126 cardinal and bishop of Sabina; during the schism between Innocent II and… -
Anicetus, Pope, Saint (ANICETO, PAPA, SANTO)
ANICETUS, Pope, Saint. - According to the list of popes preserved by Irenaeus (Adv. haer., III, 3: PG 7, 851; cf. also Eusebius, Hist.… -
Anterus (Anterote), Pope, Saint (ANTÈRO (ANTÈROTE), PAPA, SANTO)
ANTERUS (Anterote), Pope, Saint. - His pontificate was very brief: from the end of November 235 to 3 January 236. He succeeded Pontian,… -
Benedict III, Pope (BENEDETTO III, PAPA)
BENEDICT III, POPE. - Roman, son of Peter, he succeeded St. Leo IV (d. July 17, 855). Having been ordained cardinal priest of St. Callixtus… -
Benedict II, Pope, Saint (BENEDETTO II, PAPA, SANTO)
BENEDICT II, Pope, Saint. - On the death of St. Leo II (3 July 683) B., a Roman, was called to succeed him; but he was not consecrated… -
Benedict I, Pope (BENEDETTO I, PAPA)
BENEDICT I, POPE. - He is believed to have been elected shortly after the death of John III (d. July 13, 574), but he was not consecrated… -
Benedict IV, Pope (BENEDETTO IV, PAPA)
BENEDICT IV, POPE. - Roman, son of Mammolus, he succeeded John IX (d. at the beginning of 900) and continued his prudent and discreet… -
Benedict IX, Pope (BENEDETTO IX, PAPA)
BENEDICT IX, POPE. - Theophylact was the son of Alberic III of the counts of Tusculum and nephew of the two last pontiffs, Benedict VIII… -
Benedict VIII, Pope (BENEDETTO VIII, PAPA)
BENEDICT VIII, POPE. - The death of Sergius IV (May 12, 1012) gave the two parties that held the upper hand in the Roman nobility the… -
Benedict VII, Pope (BENEDETTO VII, PAPA)
BENEDICT VII, POPE. - After Benedict VI had been strangled in Castel Sant'Angelo, where Crescentius, or Cencius, son of the second… -
Benedict VI, Pope (BENEDETTO VI, PAPA)
BENEDICT VI, POPE. - Son of Hildebrand, he was elected by the imperial faction shortly after the death of John XIII (6 Oct. 972), but was… -
Benedict V, Pope (BENEDETTO V, PAPA)
BENEDICT V, POPE. - Elected upon the death of John XII (d. 14 May 964) by the Roman people, who only a few months earlier (6 Dec. 963) had… -
Benedict XIII, Pope (BENEDETTO XIII, PAPA)
BENEDICT XIII, POPE. - Pierfrancesco Orsini, b. at Gravina on 2 Feb. 1649 to Ferdinando, duke of Gravina, and Giovanna Frangipane. As a… -
Benedict XII, Pope (BENEDETTO XII, PAPA)
BENEDICT XII, POPE. - He is the third Avignon pope, succeeding John XXII (d. 4 Dec. 1334) on 20 Dec. and crowned on the following 8 Jan. by… -
Benedict XI, Pope, Blessed (BENEDETTO XI, PAPA, BEATO)
BENEDICT XI, Pope, Blessed. - Niccolò Boccasini, born in Treviso in 1240 to a notary, entered the Dominican Order in 1254; and was… -
Benedict XV, Pope (BENEDETTO XV, PAPA)
BENEDICT XV, POPE. - Giacomo Della Chiesa, b. in Genoa on 21 Nov. 1854 to Giuseppe and Giovanna Migliorati. Of a marquisal family,… -
Boniface III, Pope (BONIFACIO III, PAPA)
BONIFACE III, POPE. - After the death of Pope Sabinianus, a year later the Roman B. was given to him as successor; he was consecrated on 19… -
Boniface II, Pope (BONIFACIO II, PAPA)
BONIFACE II, POPE. - Of Germanic stock but born in Rome, consecrated on 22 Sept. 530, died on 17 Oct. 532. Before dying, Felix IV, to avoid… -
Boniface I, Pope, Saint (BONIFACIO I, PAPA, SANTO)
BONIFACE I, Pope, Saint. - The funeral rites of Pope Zosimus had not yet ended when the archdeacon Eulalius, eager to succeed him, returned… -
Boniface IV, Pope, Saint (BONIFACIO IV, PAPA, SANTO)
BONIFACE IV, POPE, SAINT. - A native of the Abruzzi, after a vacancy of ten months he succeeded Boniface III and governed the Church for… -
Boniface IX, Pope (BONIFACIO IX, PAPA)
BONIFACE IX, POPE. - When Urban VI died in Rome on 15 Oct. 1389, he left the papacy in a very difficult position; Clement VII sat as… -
Boniface VIII, Pope (BONIFACIO VIII, PAPA)
BONIFACE VIII, POPE. - Benedetto Caetani, Supreme Pontiff from 1294 to 1303, b. at Anagni between 1220 and 1230, of noble parents. Having… -
Boniface VI, Pope (BONIFACIO VI, PAPA)
BONIFACE VI, POPE. - La morte di papa Formoso, avvenuta il 4 apr. 896, segnò l'inizio di lunghi gravi tumulti in Roma, causati dai due… -
Boniface V, Pope (BONIFACIO V, PAPA)
BONIFACE V, POPE. - Born in Naples, he succeeded Deusdedit or Adeodatus in the pontificate on 8 Nov. 618, and was consecrated on 23 Dec.… -
Callistus III, Pope (CALLISTO III, PAPA)
CALLISTUS III, POPE. - Alfonso di Borgia (Borja), b. at Canals near Xàtiva (Valencia) on 31 Dec. 1378, studied at the University of Lérida… -
Callistus II, Pope (CALLISTO II, PAPA)
CALLISTUS II, POPE. - For many years (from 1088) archbishop of Vienne in the Dauphiné, Guido, son of William count of Burgundy, carried on… -
Callistus I, Pope, Saint (CALLISTO I, PAPA, SANTO)
CALLISTUS I, Pope, Saint. - The Lib. Pont. and the Liberian Catalogue call him a Roman of the Transtiberine region ("de regione Urbe… -
Celestine III, Pope (CELESTINO III, PAPA)
CELESTINE III, POPE. - Giacinto Bobo-Orsini, b. ca. 1106 from the noble Roman family that in the 13th century gave illustrious cardinals to… -
Celestine II, Pope, Elected (CELESTINO II, PAPA, ELETTO)
CELESTINE II, Pope, Elected. - Teobaldo Buccapeus or Buccapecorini, from a Roman family that had risen to some authority toward the end of… -
Celestine I, Pope, Saint (CELESTINO I, PAPA, SANTO)
CELESTINE I, Pope, Saint. - He was a native of Campania. He was elected and consecrated on September 10, 422, six days after the death of… -
Celestine IV, Pope (CELESTINO IV, PAPA)
CELESTINE IV, POPE. - Goffredo Castiglioni, Milanese, son of Giovanni and of Cassandra Crivelli, sister of Urban III (d. 1187). A disciple… -
Celestine V, Pope, Saint (CELESTINO V, PAPA, SANTO)
CELESTINE V, Pope, Saint. - Pietro di Morrone, b. at Isernia (Campobasso) in 1215, d. at the Castle of Fumone (Frosinone) on 19 May 1296.… -
Clement I (CLEMENTE I)
CLEMENT I - Epistola ad Corinthios, v. 2 - vi. 3, contained in the well-known Codex Alexandrinus of the Bible (5th cent.). The passage… -
Clement III, Pope (CLEMENTE III, PAPA)
CLEMENT III, POPE. - The Roman Paolo Scolari, cardinal from 1179 and bishop of Palestrina from 1181, was elected pope at Pisa on 19 Dec.… -
Clement II, Pope (CLEMENTE II, PAPA)
CLEMENT II, POPE. - After the forced abdication of Gregory VI, on Dec. 24, 1046 Suitger, bishop of Bamberg, was named pontiff by the will… -
Clement IV, Pope (CLEMENTE IV, PAPA)
CLEMENT IV, POPE. - Guido Fulcodi, b. at St-Gilles near Nîmes in Provence at the beginning of the 13th century, was in the service of the… -
Clement IX, Pope (CLEMENTE IX, PAPA)
CLEMENT IX, POPE. - Giulio Rospigliosi was born in Pistoia, of a noble family, on 28 January 1600; created cardinal in 1657, elected pope… -
Clement VIII, Pope (CLEMENTE VIII, PAPA)
CLEMENT VIII, POPE. - Ippolito, son of Silvestro Aldobrandini, an illustrious jurist, and of Lisa Deti, b. at Fano on 24 Feb. 1536, was… -
Clement VII, Pope (CLEMENTE VII, PAPA)
CLEMENT VII, POPE. - Giulio de' Medici, b. in Florence on 26 May 1478, a month after the Pazzi conspiracy, of which his father Giuliano had… -
Clement VI, Pope (CLEMENTE VI, PAPA)
CLEMENT VI, POPE. - Pierre Roger, b. in 1291 at Maumont (Corrèze) to Guillaume, lord of Rosière, and to Guillemette de Mestre. At the age… -
Clement V, Pope (CLEMENTE V, PAPA)
CLEMENT V, POPE. - Bertrand de Got, b. in Gascony, was bishop of Comminges (1295-97), then archbishop of Bordeaux (1297-1305). His… -
Clement XIII, Pope (CLEMENTE XIII, PAPA)
CLEMENT XIII, POPE. - Carlo Rezzonico, b. in Venice on 7 March 1693 to a family originally from Como and only recently inscribed in the… -
Clement XII, Pope (CLEMENTE XII, PAPA)
CLEMENT XII, POPE. - Lorenzo Corsini, b. in Florence on 7 April 1652; d. in Rome on 6 Feb. 1740. He studied in Rome at the Roman College,… -
Clement XI, Pope (CLEMENTE XI, PAPA)
CLEMENT XI, POPE. - Giovanni Francesco Albani, b. at Urbino on 23 July 1649, was educated in Rome and was not unconnected with the circle… -
Clement XIV, Pope (CLEMENTE XIV, PAPA)
CLEMENT XIV, POPE. - Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio, son of Lorenzo Ganganelli, b. 31 Oct. 1705 at Sant'Arcangelo di Romagna in the district of… -
Clement X, Pope (CLEMENTE X, PAPA)
CLEMENT X, POPE. - Emilio Altieri, b. in Rome of the ancient Altieri family on 12 July 1590; a doctor of both laws, he was in 1623 auditor… -
Conon, Pope (CONONE, PAPA)
CONON, POPE. - When John V died in August 686, the Romans found themselves divided over the election of his successor: the clergy wanted… -
Constantine I (COSTANTINO I)
CONSTANTINE I. - Armenian katholikos, b. in 1220, d. 9 April 1267, called Bartarberdtzi, praised as a virtuous and wise man by his… -
Constantine I, Pope (COSTANTINO I, PAPA)
CONSTANTINE I, POPE. - After the very brief pontificate of Sisinnius, C. was elected as his successor, a Syrian by origin, who was… -
Damasus II, Pope (DAMASO II, PAPA)
DAMASUS II, POPE. - On the death of Clement II, on 9 October 1047, Benedict IX returned to Rome and succeeded in reoccupying the apostolic… -
Dioscorus, Pope (DIOSCORO, PAPA)
DIOSCORUS, POPE. - Deacon of the church of Alexandria, forced by the Monophysite controversies to go into exile, he took refuge in Rome,… -
Dono, Pope (DONO, PAPA)
DONO, POPE. - Son of the Roman Maurizio, he succeeded Adeodatus II on 2 Nov. 676. Under him the schism that had been opened in Ravenna by… -
Eleutherius, Pope, Saint (ELEUTERIO, PAPA, SANTO)
ELEUTHERIUS, Pope, Saint. - In the Lib. Pont. he is described as a Greek, born at Nicopolis to a certain Abundius. Hegesippus reports that… -
Eugene II, Pope (EUGENIO II, PAPA)
EUGENE II, POPE. - He was a Roman priest of the title of St. Sabina when, upon the death of Paschal I, he was elected pontiff (May 11, 824)… -
Eugene I, Pope, Saint (EUGENIO I, PAPA, SANTO)
EUGENE I, Pope, Saint. - Son of the Roman Ruffinianus, he was elected by the clergy and people of Rome following the violent removal of… -
Eugenius IV, Pope (EUGENIO IV, PAPA)
EUGENIUS IV, POPE. - Gabriele Condulmer, b. in Venice around 1383, came from a noble Venetian family and was on his mother's side a nephew… -
Eusebius, Pope, Saint (EUSEBIO, PAPA, SANTO)
EUSEBIUS, POPE, saint. - Cubiculum where Pope E. was laid (4th century) with the fragments of the Damasian field - Rome, cemetery of St.… -
Eusebius, Saint (EUSEBIO, SANTO)
EUSEBIUS, Saint. - Bishop of Laodicea, who lived in the 3rd century. As deacon of Alexandria, he accompanied his bishop before the… -
Eutychian, Pope, Saint (EUTICHIANO, PAPA, SANTO)
EUTYCHIAN, Pope, Saint. - By the anonymous author of the Liber Pontificalis he is called a Tuscan, the son of a certain Marinus. It is not… -
Evaristus, Pope, Saint (EVARISTO, PAPA, SANTO)
EVARISTUS, Pope, Saint. - The reports concerning his pontificate are uncertain or false; he did, however, govern the Church between the end… -
Fabian, Pope, Saint, Martyr (FABIANO, PAPA, SANTO, MARTIRE)
FABIAN, Pope, Saint, Martyr. - He was elected in Jan. 236 immediately after the death of Pope Anterus. After the death of Maximinus Thrax… -
Felix III, Pope (FELICE III, PAPA)
FELIX III, POPE. - Strictly speaking he should be called F. II, because the preceding one was an antipope. He reigned from 483 to 492. His… -
Felix I, Pope (FELICE I, PAPA)
FELIX I, POPE. - In the Liber Pontificalis he is called a Roman, the son of a certain Constantius. He was pope from 269 to 274. He… -
Felix IV, Pope (FELICE IV, PAPA)
FELIX IV, POPE. - Reigning from 526 to 530. Born in Samnium to a certain Castorius, he was elevated to the supreme pontificate through the… -
Formosus, Pope (FORMOSO, PAPA)
FORMOSUS, POPE. - Perhaps a native of Rome. Nicholas I (858-67) in 864 or 865 made him cardinal bishop of Porto and in the autumn of 866… -
Gelasius II, Pope (GELASIO II, PAPA)
GELASIUS II, POPE. - Giovanni of Gaeta, son of Crescenzio, duke of Fondi, was educated at Montecassino and was a monk there. Around 1082,… -
Gelasius I, Pope, Saint (GELASIO I, 7APA, SANTO)
GELASIUS I, Pope, Saint. - He deserves the first place in the series of popes of the 5th century, after Leo I. He governed the Church from… -
Gregory III, Pope, Saint (GREGORIO III, PAPA, SANTO)
GREGORY III, Pope, Saint. - A Syrian, learned and active, he was pope from 731 to 741; he continued the struggle against the iconoclasts,… -
Gregory II, Pope, Saint (GREGORIO II, PAPA, SANTO)
GREGORY II, Pope, Saint. - He reigned from 715 to 731. Born in 669 in Rome, he accompanied Pope Constantine I (709-11) to Constantinople… -
Gregory I, Pope, Called the Great (GREGORIO I, PAPA, DETTO MAGNO)
GREGORY I, Pope, Called the Great. - Born in Rome around 540, he ascended to the pontificate on 3 September 590, died on 12 March 604.… -
Gregory I, Pope, Summary (GREGORIO I, PAPA, SUNTO)
GREGORY I, POPE, summary - Marble table of the Roman age which tradition holds served St. G. for the meal of the poor - Rome, S. Gregorio… -
Gregory IV, Pope (GREGORIO IV, PAPA)
GREGORY IV, POPE. - A Roman nobleman, priest of the title of St. Mark, elected pontiff without the intervention of the Emperor Louis the… -
Gregory IX, Pope (GREGORIO IX, PAPA)
GREGORY IX, POPE. - A descendant of the family of the counts of Segni, born at Anagni (probably in 1170 and not, as many assert, in 1140)… -
Gregory VII (Hildebrand), Pope, Saint (GREGORIO VII (ILDEBRANDO), PAPA, SANTO)
GREGORY VII (Hildebrand), Pope, Saint. - I. LIFE OF HILDEBRAND BEFORE HIS PONTIFICATE. - The tradition concerning G.'s family, place and… -
Gregory VI, Pope (GREGORIO VI, PAPA)
GREGORY VI, POPE. - Giovanni Graziano; he reigned from 5 May 1045 to 20 Dec. 1046. Archpriest of St. John before the Latin Gate, one of the… -
Gregory V, Pope (996-99) (GREGORIO V, PAPA (996-99))
GREGORY V, POPE (996-99). - Bruno of Carinthia was the first German pope in the Middle Ages. B. in 972, son of Duke Otto of Carinthia, he… -
Gregory XIII, Pope (GREGORIO XIII, PAPA)
GREGORY XIII, POPE. - Ugo Boncompagni, fourth son of Cristoforo, a Bolognese merchant, and of Angela Marescalchi, was born on January 1,… -
Gregory XII, Pope (GREGORIO XII, PAPA)
GREGORY XII, POPE. - Angelo Correr, of an ancient Venetian family, b. in Venice around 1325, patriarch of Constantinople, then cardinal… -
Gregory XI, Pope (GREGORIO XI, PAPA)
GREGORY XI, POPE. - Pierre Roger de Beaufort, son of Guillaume de Beaufort and Marie Chambon, b. in 1329. At the age of 42, elected pope… -
Gregory XIV, Pope (GREGORIO XIV, PAPA)
GREGORY XIV, POPE. - Niccolò Sfondrato, of an ancient Cremonese family, b. at Somma on 11 Feb. 1535. He studied law at Perugia and Padua,… -
Gregory XVI, Pope (GREGORIO XVI, PAPA)
GREGORY XVI, POPE. - Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, b. at Belluno on 18 Sept. 1765 to the nobles Giovanni Battista and Giulia Cesa-Pagani,… -
Gregory XV, Pope (GREGORIO XV, PAPA)
GREGORY XV, POPE. - Alessandro Ludovisi, b. in Bologna on 9 Jan. 1554, was in Rome for two years at the German College, directed by the… -
Hilarus (Hilarus), Pope, Saint (ILARO (HILARUS), PAPA, SANTO)
HILARUS (Hilarus), Pope, Saint. - Born in Sardinia, he was archdeacon of the Roman clergy at the time of St. Leo I. In 449 he was sent by… -
Honorius III, Pope (ONORIO III, PAPA)
HONORIUS III, POPE. - Cencio Savelli, cardinal camerarius, author of the liber censuum (v.), succeeded Innocent III in July 1216. He died… -
Honorius II, Pope (ONORIO II, PAPA)
HONORIUS II, POPE. - He reigned from 1124 to 1130. The Sacred College, casting its votes (Dec. 21, 1124), not without difficulty, in favor… -
Honorius I, Pope (ONORIO I, PAPA)
HONORIUS I, POPE. - He was consecrated eight days after the death of his predecessor Boniface V, on 3 November 625, without waiting for the… -
Honorius IV, Pope (ONORIO IV, PAPA)
HONORIUS IV, POPE. - Giacomo Savelli, cardinal deacon of the title of S. Maria in Cosmedin, pope from 1285 to 1287. He was elected… -
Hormisdas, Pope Saint (ORMISDA, PAPA, SANTO)
HORMISDAS, Pope Saint. - Son of Justus, born at Frosinone; already a deacon of Pope Symmachus, he succeeded him in the pontificate on 20… -
Hyginus, Pope, Saint (IGINO, PAPA, SANTO)
HYGINUS, Pope, Saint. - He is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on January 11 as a martyr, but no ancient source knows of or recalls… -
Innocent III, Pope (INNOCENZO III, PAPA)
INNOCENT III, POPE. - Born Lotario, b. at Gavignano (Segni) in 1160 or 1161 to Trasmondo, a member of the local nobility (whence the family… -
Innocent II, Pope (INNOCENZO II, PAPA)
INNOCENT II, POPE. - Gregory, of the Roman family — indeed Trastevere family — of the Papareschi, was perhaps a monk in his youth, then for… -
Innocent IX, Pope (INNOCENZO IX, PAPA)
INNOCENT IX, POPE. - Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce, born on July 20, 1519, into a Veronese family that had moved to Bologna. He was… -
Innocent VIII, Pope (INNOCENZO VIII, PAPA)
INNOCENT VIII, POPE. - Born in Genoa in 1432, died in Rome between 25 and 26 July 1492. On the death of the pontiff Sixtus IV, in 1484,… -
Innocent VII, Pope (INNOCENZO VII, PAPA)
INNOCENT VII, POPE. - Cosimo Gentile de' Migliorati, b. at Sulmona around 1336, d. at Rome on 6 Nov. 1406. He entered the Curia, where he… -
Innocent VI, Pope (INNOCENZO VI, PAPA)
INNOCENT VI, POPE. - A native of Limousin, Stephen Aubert was elected pope on 18 Dec. 1352 and crowned on the 30th. He was an esteemed… -
Innocent V, Pope, Blessed (INNOCENZO V, PAPA, BEATO)
INNOCENT V, Pope, Blessed. - Dominican religious, known under the name of Fr. Petrus de Tarantasia, b. in Tarantasia proper (upper Isère… -
Innocent XIII, Pope (INNOCENZO XIII, PAPA)
INNOCENT XIII, POPE. - Michelangiolo Conti, of the dukes of Poli, b. at Poli on 13 May 1655, d. at Rome on 7 March 1724. He was governor of… -
Innocent XII, Pope (INNOCENZO XII, PAPA)
INNOCENT XII, POPE. - Antonio Pignatelli, b. 13 March 1615 near Spinazzola, of a princely Neapolitan family, d. in Rome on 27 Sept. 1700.… -
Innocent XI, Pope (INNOCENZO XI, PAPA)
INNOCENT XI, POPE. - B. at Como on 19 May 1611, d. at Rome on 12 Aug. 1689. Benedetto Odelscalchi, from a wealthy family of merchants, had… -
Innocent X, Pope (INNOCENZO X, PAPA)
INNOCENT X, POPE. - Born in Rome on 7 May 1574, died there on 7 Jan. 1655. G. B. Pamphili, a descendant of a family that had come to Rome… -
John III, Pope (GIOVANNI III, PAPA)
JOHN III, POPE. - He belonged to the Roman aristocracy, being the son of the vir illustris Anastasius; he appears to have been nicknamed… -
John II, Pope (GIOVANNI II, PAPA)
JOHN II, POPE. - He was Roman and his name was Mercurius. Before his pontificate he held the title of St. Clement and carried out notable… -
John I, Pope, Saint (GIOVANNI I, PAPA, SANTO)
JOHN I, Pope, Saint. - Of Tuscan origin, he succeeded Pope Hormisdas in August 523 and died at Ravenna on 18 May 526. Following an inquiry… -
John IV, Pope (GIOVANNI IV, PAPA)
JOHN IV, POPE. - Of a Dalmatian family, the son of a scholasticus, he succeeded the aged pontiff Severinus in 640, while relations between… -
John IX, Pope (GIOVANNI IX, PAPA)
JOHN IX, POPE. - Born at Tivoli, elected in January 898, died in the early years of the 900s. A Benedictine, he was elected by the… -
John VIII, Pope (GIOVANNI VIII, PAPA)
JOHN VIII, POPE. - A Roman, elected on 14 December 872, died on 16 December 882. Archdeacon of the Roman Church for twenty years and a… -
John VII, Pope (GIOVANNI VII, PAPA)
JOHN VII, POPE. - Elected on 1 March 705, d. 18 Oct. 707. A Greek, the son of an imperial official, in 687 he was rector of a "pontifical… -
John VI, Pope (GIOVANNI VI, PAPA)
JOHN VI, POPE. - He succeeded Sergius I and was consecrated on 30 Oct. 701. A Greek by origin, with him Greek influence continued in the… -
John V, Pope (GIOVANNI V, PAPA)
JOHN V, POPE. - Of a Syrian family originally from Antioch, he was elected after the death of the aged pontiff Benedict II and consecrated… -
John XIII, Pope (GIOVANNI XIII, PAPA)
JOHN XIII, POPE. - A Roman, elected on 1 Oct. 965, d. 6 Sept. 972. Born of a certain John "bishop," perhaps of the Crescenzi family, and… -
John XII, Pope (GIOVANNI XII, PAPA)
JOHN XII, POPE. - A Roman, elected on 16 Dec. 955, d. 14 May 964. Octavian, son of Alberic, had been designated at a very young age, by the… -
John XI, Pope (GIOVANNI XI, PAPA)
JOHN XI, POPE. - A Roman, elected in February-March 931, died in December 935. Born of Marozia and, according to a highly questionable… -
John XIV, Pope (GIOVANNI XIV, PAPA)
JOHN XIV, POPE. - N. a Pavia, eletto nel dic. 983, m. il 20 ag. 984. Pietro Canepanova, vescovo di Pavia dal 978 ca. e cancelliere del… -
John XIX, Pope (GIOVANNI XIX, PAPA)
JOHN XIX, POPE. - Elected in April, May 6, 1024, d. in 1032. A Roman of the counts of Tusculum, brother of Benedict VIII, he had been,… -
John X, Pope (GIOVANNI X, PAPA)
JOHN X, POPE. - Elected in March (?) 914, deposed in June 928, d. in 929 (?). Historical tradition, resting above all on Liutprand's… -
John XVIII, Pope (GIOVANNI XVIII, PAPA)
JOHN XVIII, POPE. - A Roman, elected in Jan. 1004, d. in July 1009. Named Fasano, cardinal "Sancti Petri", after his elevation to the… -
John XVII, Pope (GIOVANNI XVII, PAPA)
JOHN XVII, POPE. - A Roman, elected in June 1003, d. in December of the same year. John Siccone was given as successor to Sylvester II… -
John XV, Pope (GIOVANNI XV, PAPA)
JOHN XV, POPE. - A Roman, elected in August 985, died in March 996. He is remembered in some lists of popes as John XVI, since another John… -
John XXII, Pope (GIOVANNI XXII, PAPA)
JOHN XXII, POPE. - He reigned from 7 Aug. 1316 to 4 Dec. 1334. Born at Cahors around 1245 ca., James Duèse owed his brilliant career to his… -
John XXI, Pope (GIOVANNI XXI, PAPA)
JOHN XXI, POPE. - Born in Lisbon, probably between 1210 and 1220, elected on 8 September 1276, died on 20 May 1277. Peter of Julian, a… -
John XX, Pope (GIOVANNI XX, PAPA)
JOHN XX, POPE. - A non-existent pontiff, resulting from the splitting in two of the pontificate of John XIV. Cf. the critical note by A.… -
Julius III, Pope (GIULIO III, PAPA)
JULIUS III, POPE. - Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, b. in Rome on 10 Sept. 1487, d. there on 23 March 1555. He studied letters under the… -
Julius II, Pope (GIULIO II, PAPA)
JULIUS II, POPE. - Giuliano della Rovere, b. at Albissola near Savona in 1445 of an obscure family. His youth was poor; he was, probably… -
Julius I, Pope, Saint (GIULIO I, PAPA, SANTO)
JULIUS I, Pope, Saint. - Elected on 6 February 337, died on 12 April 352. According to the Liber Pontificalis he was Roman, the son of a… -
Landone, Pope (LANDONE, PAPA)
LANDONE, PAPA. - Almost nothing is known about this Pontiff. He was the son of a rich Lombard count of Sabina, named Taino or Raino,… -
Leo III, Pope (LEONE III, PAPA)
LEO III, pope, saint - The justification of L. III (depicted with the features of L. X). Fresco by G. Romano and P. Del Vaga (16th century)… -
Leo III, Pope, Saint (LEONE III, PAPA, SANTO)
LEO III, Pope, Saint. - Elected on 26 Dec. 795, d. 12 June 816. On the very day of the death of Adrian I, L. was elected, who held the high… -
Leo II, Pope, Saint (LEONE II, PAPA, SANTO)
LEO II, Pope, Saint. - In 680-81 the Sixth Ecumenical Council had been held in Constantinople, which condemned Monothelitism and the… -
Leo I, Pope, Called the Great (LEONE I, PAPA, DETTO MAGNO)
LEO I, pope, called THE GREAT, saint. Fresco (8th century) - Rome, church of S. Maria Antiqua. (from the folder of prof. E. Jani) LEO III,… -
Leo I, Pope, Called the Great, Saint (LEONE I, PAPA, DETTO MAGNO, SANTO)
LEO I, Pope, Called the Great, Saint. - He is the first Pope to whom posterity deservedly attributed the title of Great: his was one of the… -
Leo IV, Pope, Saint (LEONE IV, PAPA, SANTO)
LEO IV, Pope, Saint. - He was ordained priest by Sergius II, who also elevated him to the cardinalate, with the title of the Sts. Quattro… -
Leo IX, Pope, Saint (LEONE IX, PAPA, SANTO)
LEO IX, Pope, Saint. - Bruno, bishop of Toul, b. June 21, 1002 in Egisheim, of the family of the counts of Dagsburg in Alsace, d. April 19,… -
Leo VII, Pope (LEONE VII, PAPA)
LEO VII, POPE. - Pontificò dal genn. 936 al luglio 939, ma non si hanno notizie sulla sua persona e poco si sa dell'attività svolta. Il… -
Leo VI, Pope (LEONE VI, PAPA)
LEO VI, POPE. - He reigned from May to Dec. 928. Son of the primicerius Christopher, he succeeded John X, who had died in prison at Castel… -
Leo V, Pope (LEONE V, PAPA)
LEO V, POPE. - He governed for one month, from the end of July 903, succeeding Benedict IV, until September of the same year. The reasons… -
Leo XIII, Pope (LEONE XIII, PAPA)
LEO XIII, POPE. - Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci, b. at Carpineto (Frosinone) on 2 March 1810, d. at Rome on 20 July 1903. Sixth of the seven… -
Leo XII, Pope (LEONE XII, PAPA)
LEO XII, POPE. - Annibale Sermattei della Genga, b. at the Castle of Genga, near Spoleto, on 22 Aug. 1760, d. in Rome on 10 Feb. 1829. He… -
Leo XI, Pope (LEONE XI, PAPA)
LEO XI, POPE. - Born in Florence on 2 June 1535, died in Rome on 27 April 1605. Alessandro, born to Ottaviano de' Medici, of a collateral… -
Leo X, Pope (LEONE X, PAPA)
LEO X, POPE. - Born in Florence on 11 Dec. 1475, died in Rome on 1 Dec. 1521. I. BEFORE THE PONTIFICATE. - Giovanni de' Medici, the second… -
Liberius, Pope (LIBERIO, PAPA)
LIBERIUS, POPE. - Nothing certain is known of his life before the papacy: according to the Liber Pontificalis he was Roman by birth;… -
Linus, Pope Saint (LINO, PAPA, SANTO)
LINUS, Pope Saint. - According to the testimony of all the most ancient and trustworthy sources, he was the first successor of the Apostles… -
Lucius III, Pope (LUCIO III, PAPA)
LUCIUS III, POPE. - Ubaldo Allucingoli of Lucca, died at Verona on 25 November 1185. A Cistercian, received into the Order by St. Bernard… -
Lucius II, Pope (LUCIO II, PAPA)
LUCIUS II, POPE. - Gherardo Caccianemici, b. at Bologna, d. at Rome on 15 February 1145. A regular canon, created cardinal by Honorius II,… -
Lucius I, Pope, Saint (LUCIO I, PAPA, SANTO)
LUCIUS I, POPE, SAINT. - He succeeded Cornelius in September 253. As soon as he was elected, he was exiled, together with several of the… -
Marcellinus, Pope, Saint (MARCELLINO, PAPA, SANTO)
MARCELLINUS, Pope, Saint. - According to the Catalogus Liberianus he succeeded Pope Caius on 1 July 296 and governed the Roman Church until… -
Marcellus II, Pope (MARCELLO II, PAPA)
MARCELLUS II, POPE. - B. at Montepulciano on May 6, 1501, d. at Rome on May 1, 1555. Son of Ricciardo Cervini, a writer of the Apostolic… -
Marcellus I, Pope, Saint (MARCELLO I, PAPA, SANTO)
MARCELLUS I, Pope, Saint. - Roman by origin, he succeeded Marcellinus in the Roman See, after some years of vacant see, caused first by the… -
Marino I, Pope (MARINO I, PAPA)
MARINO I, POPE. - Also designated as Martin II. Born at Gallese near Rome, died at Rome on May 15, 884. As a deacon he was part of the… -
Marinus II, Pope (MARINO II, PAPA)
MARINUS II, POPE. - Also designated by the name Martin III. On the death of Stephen VIII, in Oct. 942, Alberic II designated as his… -
Mark, Pope, Saint (MARCO, PAPA, SANTO)
MARK, Pope, Saint. - He was Roman by birth and the son of Priscus; he governed the Roman Church for about nine months, from 18 January to 7… -
Martin II and III (MARTINO II E III)
MARTINO II E III : V. MARINO I E II. -
Martin I, Pope, Saint (MARTINO I, PAPA, SANTO)
MARTIN I, Pope, Saint. - Born at Todi in Umbria and died at Cherson in Crimea on 16 Sept. 655. For some time he was apocrisiary at the… -
Martin IV, Pope (MARTINO IV, PAPA)
MARTIN IV, POPE. - Simon de Bric (or de Brion), of French origin, d. at Perugia on 28 March 1285. He studied at the University of Paris;… -
Martin V, Pope (MARTINO V, PAPA)
MARTIN V, POPE. - Born in Rome in 1368, died there on 20 Feb. 1431. When the Council of Constance (v.), incapable of proceeding to the… -
Miltiades, Pope, Saint (MILZIADE, PAPA, SANTO)
MILTIADES, Pope, Saint. - The Liber Pontificalis says he was of African origin. His pontificate, using the data provided by the Catalogus… -
Nicholas III, Pope (NICCOLÒ III, PAPA)
NICHOLAS III, POPE. - Giovanni Gaetano, son of Matteo Rosso Orsini and of Perna Caetani, cardinal deacon of St. Nicholas in Carcere. Born… -
Nicholas II, Pope (NICCOLÒ II, PAPA)
NICHOLAS II, POPE. - On the death of Stephen X (29 March 1058), the Roman nobility sought to elect a Benedict X who was not recognized by… -
Nicholas I, Pope, Saint (NICCOLÒ I, PAPA, SANTO)
NICHOLAS I, Pope, Saint. - Son of Theodore the regional, deacon of Leo IV, on the death of Benedict III (17 April 858) he was elected and… -
Nicholas IV, Pope (NICCOLÒ IV, PAPA)
NICHOLAS IV, POPE. - Girolamo, born of a humble family at Lisciano near Ascoli Piceno, entered the Friars Minor at a very young age and… -
Nicholas V, Pope (NICCOLÒ V, PAPA)
NICHOLAS V, POPE. - Tommaso Parentucelli, b. at Sarzana on 15 Nov. 1397, d. at Rome on 24 March 1455. In the service, at Bologna, of Bishop… -
Papacy (PAPATO)
PAPACY. - A term synonymous with the Roman Pontificate, used to indicate the permanent institution willed by Jesus Christ in the person of… -
Paschal II, Pope (PASQUALE II, PAPA)
PASCHAL II, POPE. - A native of Pieda in Romagna, Raniero entered among the Cluniac monks, exercised the functions of abbot at St. Paul… -
Paschal I, Pope, Saint (PASQUALE I, PAPA, SANTO)
PASCHAL I, Pope, Saint. - He was elected pope the day after the death of Stephen V (25 Jan. 817) and consecrated on the 26th. He had… -
Paul III, Pope (PAOLO III, PAPA)
PAUL III, POPE. - Alessandro Farnese, b. at Canino in February 1468, belonged to the baronial Farnese family, with possessions on Lake… -
Paul II, Pope (PAOLO II, PAPA)
PAUL II, POPE. - Pietro Barbo, son of a sister of Eugene IV, b. in Venice on 23 February 1417, d. in Rome on 26 July 1471. He was created… -
Paul I, Pope, Saint (PAOLO I, PAPA, SANTO)
PAUL I, Pope, Saint. - Of noble Roman family, died in Rome on June 28, 767. He held various diplomatic missions, and on the death of his… -
Paul IV, Pope (PAOLO IV, PAPA)
PAUL IV, POPE. - The election to the pontificate of Cardinal Marcello Cervini (Marcellus II), which took place on 10 April 1555, was like a… -
Paul V, Pope (PAOLO V, PAPA)
PAUL V, POPE. - Born in Rome on 17 Sept. 1552, died there on 28 Jan. 1621. Camillo Borghese, from a family originating in Siena, having… -
Pelagius II, Pope (PELAGIO II, PAPA)
PELAGIUS II, POPE. - Of Germanic origin, born in Rome to Unigild. Having entered the clergy, in 579, upon the death of Benedict I, he was… -
Pelagius I, Pope (PELAGIO I, PAPA)
PELAGIUS I, POPE. - Son of John, a Roman official, from an aristocratic family, he was already a deacon in 536 and apocrisiary of Pope… -
Pius III, Pope (PIO III, PAPA)
PIUS III, POPE. - Francesco Todeschini, b. at Siena around 1440, d. at Rome on 18 Oct. 1503. Son of a sister of Pius II, he received from… -
Pius II, Pope (PIO II, PAPA)
PIUS II, POPE. - Born at Corsignano in the Sienese territory on 18 Oct. 1405, died at Ancona on 15 Aug. 1464. I. THE YOUNG HUMANIST. - Enea… -
Pius I, Pope, Saint (PIO I, PAPA, SANTO)
PIUS I, Pope, Saint. - In the Roman Martyrology he is commemorated on July 11; it was Ado who first inserted him into his Martyrology. He… -
Pius IV, Pope (PIO IV, PAPA)
PIUS IV, POPE. - For more than four months the three factions in the Sacred College—the Spanish, the French, and the group of cardinals… -
Pius IX, Pope (PIO IX, PAPA)
PIUS IX, POPE. - Descendant of the Mastai family of Cesena, which received the comital title for its merits from the Duke of Parma and… -
Pius VIII, Pope (PIO VIII, PAPA)
PIUS VIII, POPE. - Francesco Saverio Castiglioni, b. at Cingoli on 20 Nov. 1761, d. at Rome on 30 Nov. 1830. He studied at the Campana… -
Pius VII, Of Cesena, Barnaba (Gregorio) Chiaramonti, 14, 21 March 1800 (PIO VII, DI CESENA, BARNABA (GREGORIO) CHIARAMONTI, 14, 21 MARZO 1800)
PIUS VII, of Cesena, Barnaba (Gregorio) Chiaramonti, 14, 21 March 1800 - 20 Aug. 1823. LEO XII, of Genga (Fabriano), Annibale della Genga,…