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Timeline of the Church

From St Peter to Pius XII

Timeline of the Church

From St Peter to Pius XII on one line: the popes as the Enciclopedia Cattolica lists them, the councils, the Fathers and the Doctors of the Church. Each name opens its article, its council or its Father.

1st century↑

  1. † 61 St Barnabas† AD 61
  2. 64–67 St Petermartyred at Rome between 64 and 67
  3. 67 Pope St LinusAD 67–76
  4. 76 Pope St Anacletus (Cletus)AD 76–88
  5. 88 Pope St Clement IAD 88–97
  6. 97 Pope St EvaristusAD 97–105
  7. † 99 Pope St Clement I† AD 99

2nd century↑

  1. 105 Pope St Alexander IAD 105–115
  2. † 108 St Ignatius of AntiochAD 35–108
  3. 115 Pope St Sixtus IAD 115–125
  4. 125 Pope St TelesphorusAD 125–136
  5. fl. 125 Aristidesfl. AD 125
  6. † 129 St QuadratusAD 100–129
  7. fl. 130 Mathetesfl. AD 130
  8. 136 Pope St HyginusAD 136–140
  9. 140 Pope St Pius IAD 140–155
  10. fl. 150 Hermasfl. AD 150
  11. † 150 St PapiasAD 70–150
  12. 155 Pope St AnicetusAD 155–166
  13. † 155 St PolycarpAD 69–155
  14. † 160 Aristo of PellaAD 100–160
  15. fl. 160 Theodotusfl. AD 160
  16. † 165 St Justin MartyrAD 100–165
  17. 166 Pope St SoterAD 166–175
  18. † 171 St Dionysius of CorinthAD 150–171
  19. 175 Pope St EleutheriusAD 175–189
  20. fl. 180 Rhodonfl. AD 180
  21. † 180 St HegesippusAD 110–180
  22. † 180 St Melito of SardisAD 100–180
  23. † 180 TatianAD 120–180
  24. † 183 St Theophilus of Antioch† AD 183
  25. 189 Pope St Victor IAD 189–199
  26. † 190 AthenagorasAD 133–190
  27. fl. 192 Asterius Urbanusfl. AD 192
  28. † 195 St Theophilus of Caesarea† AD 195
  29. † 196 Polycrates of EphesusAD 125–196
  30. 199 Pope St ZephyrinusAD 199–217
  31. fl. 200 Caiusfl. AD 200
  32. fl. 200 St Apolloniusfl. AD 200
  33. † 200 St Claudius Apollinaris† AD 200

3rd century↑

  1. † 202 St Irenaeus of LyonsAD 130–202
  2. † 211 St Serapion of AntiochAD 200–211
  3. † 215 Clement of AlexandriaAD 150–215
  4. † 216 St PantaenusAD 200–216
  5. 217 Pope St Callixtus IAD 217 – 14 October 222
  6. 217 St Hippolytus antipopeAD 217–235
  7. † 220 TertullianAD 150–220
  8. † 222 BardesanesAD 154–222
  9. 222 Pope St Urban IAD 222–230
  10. 230 Pope St Pontian21 July AD 230 – 28 September 235
  11. † 235 St HippolytusAD 170–235
  12. 235 Pope St Anterus21 November AD 235 – 3 January 236
  13. 236 Pope St Fabian10 January AD 236 – 20 January 250
  14. † 240 Julius AfricanusAD 160–240
  15. 251 Novatian antipopeAD 251; died c. 258
  16. † 251 St Alexander of Cappadocia† AD 251
  17. 251 Pope St CorneliusMarch AD 251 – June 253
  18. 253 Pope St Lucius I25 June AD 253 – 5 March 254
  19. † 254 OrigenAD 185–254
  20. 254 Pope St Stephen I12 May AD 254 – 2 August 257
  21. 257 Pope St Sixtus II30 August AD 257 – 8 August 258
  22. † 258 NovatianAD 220–258
  23. † 258 St Cyprian of CarthageAD 200–258
  24. 259 Pope St Dionysius22 July AD 259 – 26 December 268
  25. † 260 Minucius FelixAD 200–260
  26. † 265 St Dionysius of AlexandriaAD 190–265
  27. † 268 Pope St Dionysius† AD 268
  28. 269 Pope St Felix I5 January AD 269 – 30 December 274
  29. fl. 270 Malchionfl. AD 270
  30. † 270 St Gregory ThaumaturgusAD 213–270
  31. † 270 Theognostus of AlexandriaAD 210–270
  32. 275 Pope St Eutychian4 January AD 275 – 8 December 283
  33. fl. 278 Archelausfl. AD 278
  34. † 283 St Anatolius of Alexandria† AD 283
  35. 283 Pope St Caius17 December AD 283 – 22 April 296
  36. 296 Pope St Marcellinus30 June AD 296 – 25 October 304
  37. c. 300 Council of Elvirac. AD 300–306
  38. fl. 300 Alexander of Lycopolisfl. AD 300
  39. † 300 St Pontius the Deacon† AD 300
  40. † 300 St Theonas of Alexandria† AD 300

4th century↑

  1. † 303 St Victorinus of PettauAD 250–303
  2. † 307 St PhileasAD 250–307
  3. 308 Pope St Marcellus I27 May AD 308 – 16 January 309
  4. 309 Heraclius doubtful antipopeAD 309
  5. † 309 Pierius of Alexandria† AD 309
  6. † 309 St Pamphilus† AD 309
  7. 309 Pope St Eusebius18 April AD 309 – 17 August 309
  8. † 311 St Methodius† AD 311
  9. † 311 St Peter of AlexandriaAD 300–311
  10. 311 Pope St Miltiades2 July AD 311 – 11 January 314
  11. † 313 CommodianAD 250–313
  12. 314 Council of AncyraAD 314
  13. c. 314 Council of Neocaesareac. AD 314–325
  14. 314 First Council of ArlesAD 314
  15. 314 Pope St Sylvester I31 January AD 314 – 31 December 335
  16. † 317 LactantiusAD 240–317
  17. 325 First Council of Nicaea 1st ecumenical councilAD 325 the article
  18. † 326 St Alexander of AlexandriaAD 250–326
  19. † 327 ArnobiusAD 255–327
  20. 336 Pope St Mark18 January AD 336 – 7 October 336
  21. † 337 Constantine the GreatAD 272–337
  22. 337 Pope St Julius I6 February AD 337 – 12 April 352
  23. † 339 Eusebius of CaesareaAD 265–339
  24. c. 340 Council of Gangrac. AD 340–341
  25. 341 Council of Antioch (in Encaeniis)AD 341
  26. c. 343 Council of Laodiceac. AD 343–381
  27. 343 Council of SardicaAD 343
  28. c. 345 First Council of Carthage (under Gratus)c. AD 345–348
  29. † 346 AphrahatAD 270–346
  30. † 350 St Maximus of Jerusalem† AD 350
  31. 352 Pope Liberius17 May AD 352 – 24 September 366
  32. 355 Felix II antipopeAD 355 – 22 November 365
  33. 366 Ursinus antipopeAD 366–367
  34. 366 Pope St Damasus I1 October AD 366 – 11 December 384
  35. † 367 St Hilary of Poitiers Doctor of the ChurchAD 315–367 · declared a Doctor on 13 May 1851 by Pope Pius IX
  36. † 373 St Athanasius of Alexandria Doctor of the ChurchAD 296–373
  37. † 373 St Ephrem the Syrian Doctor of the ChurchAD 306–373 · declared a Doctor on 5 October 1920 by Pope Benedict XV
  38. † 379 St Basil the Great Doctor of the ChurchAD 329–379
  39. c. 380 Apostolic Canonsc. AD 380
  40. c. 380 Roman Synod under Pope Damasus (the "Tome of Damasus")c. AD 380
  41. 381 First Council of Constantinople 2nd ecumenical councilAD 381 the article
  42. 384 Pope St SiriciusDecember AD 384 – 26 November 399
  43. † 386 St Cyril of Jerusalem Doctor of the ChurchAD 313–386 · declared a Doctor on 28 July 1882 by Pope Leo XIII
  44. † 389 St Gregory of Nazianzus Doctor of the ChurchAD 329–389
  45. 393 Council of Hippo (Breviarium Hipponense)AD 393
  46. † 395 St Gregory of NyssaAD 335–395
  47. 397 Third Council of CarthageAD 397
  48. † 397 St Ambrose of Milan Doctor of the ChurchAD 339–397
  49. 399 Pope St Anastasius I27 November AD 399 – 19 December 401
  50. 400 First Council of ToledoAD 400

5th century↑

  1. † 401 Pope St Anastasius I† AD 401
  2. 401 Pope St Innocent I22 December AD 401 – 12 March 417
  3. † 407 St John Chrysostom Doctor of the ChurchAD 349–407
  4. 410 Synod of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (Synod of Mar Isaac)AD 410
  5. † 411 Rufinus of AquileiaAD 345–411
  6. 417 Pope St Zosimus18 March AD 417 – 26 December 418
  7. 418 Council of Carthage (against the Pelagians)AD 418
  8. 418 Eulalius antipope27 December AD 418 – 29 March 419
  9. 418 Pope St Boniface I28 December AD 418 – 4 September 422
  10. 419 Code of Canons of the African Church (Council of Carthage, 419)AD 419
  11. † 420 St Jerome Doctor of the ChurchAD 345–420
  12. † 420 Sulpicius SeverusAD 360–420
  13. 422 Pope St Celestine I10 September AD 422 – 27 July 432
  14. † 430 St Augustine of Hippo Doctor of the ChurchAD 354–430
  15. 431 Council of Ephesus 3rd ecumenical councilAD 431 the article
  16. 432 Pope St Sixtus III31 July AD 432 – 19 August 440
  17. † 435 John CassianAD 360–435
  18. † 440 Socrates ScholasticusAD 380–440
  19. 440 Pope St Leo I the Great29 September AD 440 – 10 November 461
  20. 441 First Council of OrangeAD 441
  21. 442 First Council of VaisonAD 442
  22. c. 442 So-called Second Council of Arlesc. AD 442–506
  23. † 444 St Cyril of Alexandria Doctor of the ChurchAD 376–444 · declared a Doctor on 28 July 1882 by Pope Leo XIII
  24. † 445 St Vincent of Lérins† AD 445
  25. † 450 SozomenAD 400–450
  26. † 450 St Peter Chrysologus Doctor of the Church† c. 450 · declared a Doctor on 10 February 1729 by Pope Benedict XIII
  27. 451 Council of Chalcedon 4th ecumenical councilAD 451 the article
  28. 453 Council of AngersAD 453
  29. † 458 Theodoret of CyrusAD 393–458
  30. † 461 Pope St Leo I the Great Doctor of the ChurchAD 390–461 · declared a Doctor on 15 October 1754 by Pope Benedict XIV
  31. 461 Pope St Hilarius19 November AD 461 – 29 February 468
  32. 468 Pope St Simplicius3 March AD 468 – 10 March 483
  33. c. 475 Statuta Ecclesiae antiqua (so-called Fourth Council of Carthage)c. AD 475
  34. 483 Pope St Felix III (II)13 March AD 483 – 1 March 492
  35. † 490 Moses of ChoreneAD 410–490
  36. 492 Pope St Gelasius I1 March AD 492 – 21 November 496
  37. † 496 Gennadius of Marseilles† AD 496
  38. 496 Pope Anastasius II24 November AD 496 – 19 November 498
  39. 498 Laurentius antipopeAD 498–507; again 501–507
  40. 498 Pope St Symmachus22 November AD 498 – 19 July 514

6th century↑

  1. 506 Council of AgdeAD 506
  2. 511 First Council of OrléansAD 511
  3. 514 Pope St Hormisdas20 July AD 514 – 6 August 523
  4. 516 Council of TarragonaAD 516
  5. 517 Council of EpaonAD 517
  6. 517 Council of Gerona (Girona)AD 517
  7. † 521 Jacob of SerughAD 451–521
  8. 523 Pope St John I13 August AD 523 – 18 May 526
  9. 524 Council of LéridaAD 524
  10. 526 Pope St Felix IV (III)12 September AD 526 – 22 September 530
  11. 529 Second Council of OrangeAD 529
  12. 530 Pope Boniface II22 September AD 530 – 17 October 532
  13. 530 Pope Dioscorus22 September AD 530 – 14 October 530
  14. 533 Pope John II2 January AD 533 – 8 May 535
  15. 535 Council of Clermont (Auvergne)AD 535
  16. 535 Pope St Agapetus I13 May AD 535 – 22 April 536
  17. 536 Pope St Silverius1 June AD 536 – 11 November 537
  18. 537 Pope Vigilius29 March AD 537 – 7 June 555
  19. 541 Fourth Council of OrléansAD 541
  20. 549 Fifth Council of OrléansAD 549
  21. 553 Second Council of Constantinople 5th ecumenical councilAD 553 the article
  22. 556 Pope Pelagius I16 April AD 556 – 4 March 561
  23. 561 First Council of BragaAD 561
  24. 561 Pope John III17 July AD 561 – 13 July 574
  25. 567 Second Council of ToursAD 567
  26. 572 Second Council of BragaAD 572
  27. c. 573 Synod of Auxerrec. AD 573–603
  28. 575 Pope Benedict I2 June AD 575 – 30 July 579
  29. 579 Pope Pelagius II26 November AD 579 – 7 February 590
  30. 581 First Council of MâconAD 581/583
  31. 585 Second Council of MâconAD 585
  32. 589 Council of NarbonneAD 589
  33. 589 Third Council of ToledoAD 589
  34. 590 Pope St Gregory I the Great3 September AD 590 – 12 March 604
  35. 597 Synod of Toledo (597)AD 597

7th century↑

  1. † 604 Pope St Gregory I the Great Doctor of the ChurchAD 540–604
  2. 604 Pope Sabinian13 September AD 604 – 22 February 606
  3. 607 Pope Boniface III19 February AD 607 – 12 November 607
  4. 608 Pope St Boniface IV25 August AD 608 – 8 May 615
  5. † 609 St VenantiusAD 530–609
  6. 615 Pope St Adeodatus I19 December AD 615 – 8 November 618
  7. 619 Pope Boniface V23 December AD 619 – 25 October 625
  8. 625 Pope Honorius I27 October AD 625 – 12 October 638
  9. 633 Fourth Council of ToledoAD 633
  10. † 636 St Isidore of Seville Doctor of the Church† 636 · declared a Doctor on 25 April 1722 by Pope Innocent XIII
  11. 640 Pope Severinus28 May AD 640 – 2 August 640
  12. 640 Pope John IV24 December AD 640 – 12 October 642
  13. 642 Pope Theodore I24 November AD 642 – 14 May 649
  14. 646 Seventh Council of ToledoAD 646
  15. 649 Pope St Martin IJuly AD 649 – 16 September 655
  16. 654 Pope St Eugene I10 August AD 654 – 2 June 657
  17. 655 Ninth Council of ToledoAD 655
  18. 657 Pope St Vitalian30 July AD 657 – 27 January 672
  19. 663 Council of BordeauxAD 663–675
  20. 672 Pope Adeodatus II11 April AD 672 – 17 June 676
  21. 675 Eleventh Council of ToledoAD 675
  22. 676 Pope Donus2 November AD 676 – 11 April 678
  23. 678 Pope St Agatho27 June AD 678 – 10 January 681
  24. 680 Third Council of Constantinople 6th ecumenical councilAD 680–681
  25. 682 Pope St Leo II17 August AD 682 – 3 July 683
  26. 684 Pope St Benedict II26 June AD 684 – 8 May 685
  27. 685 Pope John V23 July AD 685 – 2 August 686
  28. 686 Peter and Theodore so-called antipope2 August AD 686 – 21 October 686
  29. 686 Pope Conon21 October AD 686 – 21 September 687
  30. 687 Paschal antipope21 September AD 687 – 692
  31. 687 Theodore so-called antipope21 September AD 687 – 15 December 687
  32. 687 Pope St Sergius I15 December AD 687 – 8 September 701
  33. 692 Council in Trullo (Quinisext)AD 692

8th century↑

  1. 701 Pope John VI30 October AD 701 – 11 January 705
  2. 705 Pope John VII1 March AD 705 – 18 October 707
  3. 708 Pope Sisinnius15 January AD 708 – 4 February 708
  4. 708 Pope Constantine25 March AD 708 – 9 April 715
  5. 715 Pope St Gregory II19 May AD 715 – 11 February 731
  6. 721 Roman Synod of 721 under Gregory IIAD 721
  7. 731 Pope St Gregory III11 February AD 731 – 29 November 741
  8. † 735 St Bede the Venerable Doctor of the Church† 735 · declared a Doctor on 13 November 1899 by Pope Leo XIII
  9. 741 Pope St Zachary10 December AD 741 – 15 March 752
  10. 742 Concilium Germanicum (Council held in Austrasia by Carloman and St. Boniface)AD 742
  11. 747 Council of CloveshoAD 747
  12. † 749 St John of Damascus Doctor of the ChurchAD 675–749 · declared a Doctor on 19 August 1890 by Pope Leo XIII
  13. 752 Stephen II elected, not consecratedMarch AD 752; elected and died between 16 and 25 March 752
  14. 752 Pope Stephen II (III)26 March AD 752 – 26 April 757
  15. c. 756 Decree of the Synod of Verberiec. AD 756
  16. 757 Decree of the Synod of CompiègneAD 757
  17. 757 Pope St Paul IApril AD 757 – 28 June 767
  18. 757 Theophylact so-called antipopeApril AD 757 – May 757
  19. 767 Constantine antipope28 June AD 767 – 1 August 768
  20. 768 Philip so-called antipope31 July AD 768
  21. 768 Pope Stephen III (IV)1 August AD 768 – 24 January 772
  22. 772 Pope Adrian I1 February AD 772 – 25 December 795
  23. 787 Second Council of Nicaea 7th ecumenical councilAD 787 the article
  24. 789 Admonitio generalis of Charlemagne (Aachen, 789)AD 789
  25. 794 Synod of FrankfurtAD 794
  26. 795 Pope St Leo III26 December AD 795 – 12 June 816
  27. 800 Statutes of the Synod of SalzburgAD 800
  28. 800 Statutes of the Synods of Riesbach and FreisingAD 800

9th century↑

  1. 813 Council of Chalon-sur-SaôneAD 813
  2. 813 Council of MainzAD 813
  3. 816 Pope Stephen IV (V)22 June AD 816 – 24 January 817
  4. 817 Monastic Capitulary of Aachen (817)AD 817
  5. 817 Pope St Paschal I25 January AD 817 – 11 February 824
  6. 824 Zinzinnus so-called antipopeFebruary AD 824
  7. 824 Pope Eugene IIAD 824 – August 827
  8. 827 Pope ValentineAugust AD 827 – September 827
  9. 827 Pope Gregory IVAD 827 – January 844
  10. 829 Council of ParisAD 829
  11. 844 Pope Sergius IIJanuary AD 844 – 27 January 847
  12. 844 John so-called antipopeJanuary AD 844
  13. 845 Council of Meaux-ParisAD 845–846
  14. 847 Pope St Leo IVJanuary AD 847 – 17 July 855
  15. 847 Council of MainzAD 847
  16. 853 Council (Synod) of Quierzy, 853AD 853
  17. 855 Third Council of Valence, 855AD 855
  18. 855 Pope Benedict IIIJuly AD 855 – 17 April 858
  19. 855 Anastasius so-called antipopeAugust AD 855 – September 855
  20. 858 Pope St Nicholas I the Great24 April AD 858 – 13 November 867
  21. 867 Pope Adrian II14 December AD 867 – 14 December 872
  22. 868 Council of WormsAD 868
  23. 869 Fourth Council of Constantinople 8th ecumenical councilAD 869–870
  24. 872 Pope John VIII14 December AD 872 – 16 December 882
  25. 882 Pope Marinus I16 December AD 882 – 15 May 884
  26. 884 Pope St Adrian III17 May AD 884 – September 885
  27. 885 Pope Stephen V (VI)September AD 885 – 14 September 891
  28. 891 Pope Formosus19 September AD 891 – 4 April 896
  29. c. 895 Council of Nantesc. AD 895?
  30. 896 Pope Boniface VIApril AD 896
  31. 896 Pope Stephen VI (VII)May AD 896 – August 897
  32. 897 Pope RomanusAugust AD 897 – November 897
  33. 897 Pope Theodore IIDecember AD 897
  34. 898 Pope John IXJanuary AD 898 – January 900
  35. 898 Roman Synod of 898 under John IXAD 898
  36. 900 Pope Benedict IVAD 900 – July 903

10th century↑

  1. 903 Pope Leo VJuly AD 903 – January 904
  2. 903 Christopher antipopeSeptember AD 903 – January 904
  3. 904 Pope Sergius IIIJanuary AD 898 – 14 April 911; enthroned 29 January 904
  4. 911 Pope Anastasius IIIApril AD 911 – June 913
  5. 913 Pope LandoJuly AD 913 – February 914
  6. 914 Pope John XMarch AD 914 – May 928
  7. 928 Pope Leo VIMay AD 928 – December 928
  8. 928 Pope Stephen VII (VIII)December AD 928 – February 931
  9. 931 Pope John XIAD 931 – December 935
  10. 936 Pope Leo VII3 January AD 936 – 13 July 939
  11. 939 Pope Stephen VIII (IX)14 July AD 939 – October 942
  12. 942 Pope Marinus II30 October AD 942 – May 946
  13. 946 Pope Agapetus II10 May AD 946 – December 955
  14. 955 Pope John XII16 December AD 955 – 14 May 964
  15. 963 Leo VIII antipope4 December AD 963 – 1 March 965
  16. 964 Pope Benedict V22 May AD 964 – 4 July 965 or 966
  17. 965 Pope John XIII1 October AD 965 – 6 September 972
  18. 973 Pope Benedict VI19 January AD 973 – June 974
  19. 974 Boniface VII antipopeJune AD 974 – July 974; again August 984 – July 985
  20. 974 Pope Benedict VIIOctober AD 974 – 10 July 983
  21. 983 Pope John XIVDecember AD 983 – 20 August 984
  22. 985 Pope John XVAugust AD 985 – March 996
  23. 996 Pope Gregory V3 May AD 996 – 18 February 999
  24. 997 John XVI antipopeApril AD 997 – February 998
  25. 998 Synod of Ravenna under Archbishop GerbertAD 998
  26. 999 Pope Sylvester II2 April AD 999 – 12 May 1003

11th century↑

  1. 1003 Pope John XVIIJune 1003 – December 1003
  2. 1004 Pope John XVIIIJanuary 1004 – July 1009
  3. 1009 Pope Sergius IV31 July 1009 – 12 May 1012
  4. 1012 Gregory antipope1012
  5. 1012 Pope Benedict VIII18 May 1012 – 9 April 1024
  6. 1023 Synod of Seligenstadt1023
  7. 1024 Pope John XIX1024–1032
  8. 1032 Pope Benedict IX1032 – 1 May 1045
  9. 1045 Sylvester III antipope20 January 1045 – 10 March 1045
  10. 1045 Pope Gregory VI5 May 1045 – 20 December 1046
  11. 1046 Pope Clement II24 December 1046 – 9 October 1047
  12. 1047 Benedict IX doubtful antipope8 November 1047 – 17 July 1048
  13. 1048 Pope Damasus II17 July 1048 – 9 August 1048
  14. 1049 Pope St Leo IX12 February 1049 – 19 April 1054
  15. 1050 Council of Coyanza1050
  16. 1055 Pope Victor II16 April 1055 – 28 July 1057
  17. 1056 Council of Compostela1056
  18. 1057 Pope Stephen IX (X)3 August 1057 – 29 March 1058
  19. 1058 Benedict X antipope5 April 1058 – 24 January 1059
  20. 1059 Roman Synod of 1059 (Lateran, under Nicholas II)1059
  21. 1059 Pope Nicholas II24 January 1059 – 27 July 1061
  22. 1060 Council of Tours1060
  23. 1061 Pope Alexander II1 October 1061 – 21 April 1073
  24. 1061 Honorius II antipope28 October 1061 – 1072
  25. 1068 Council of Gerona1068
  26. † 1072 St Peter Damian Doctor of the Church† 1072 · declared a Doctor on 27 September 1829 by Pope Leo XII
  27. 1073 Pope St Gregory VII22 April 1073 – 25 May 1085
  28. 1080 Clement III antipope25 June 1080 – 8 September 1100; consecrated 24 March 1084
  29. 1086 Pope Bl Victor III24 May 1086 – 16 September 1087
  30. 1088 Pope Bl Urban II12 March 1088 – 29 July 1099
  31. 1091 Synod of Benevento1091
  32. 1095 Council of Clermont1095
  33. 1099 Pope Paschal II13 August 1099 – 21 January 1118
  34. 1100 Theodoric antipope1100; died 1102

12th century↑

  1. 1102 Albert antipope1102
  2. 1105 Sylvester IV antipope18 November 1105 – 12 April 1111
  3. † 1109 St Anselm Doctor of the Church† 1109 · declared a Doctor on 3 February 1720 by Pope Clement XI
  4. 1118 Pope Gelasius II24 January 1118 – 28 January 1119
  5. 1118 Gregory VIII antipope8 March 1118 – April 1121; died c. 1136
  6. 1119 Pope Callixtus II2 February 1119 – 13 December 1124
  7. 1123 First Lateran Council 9th ecumenical council1123 the article
  8. 1124 Pope Celestine II15 December 1124 – 16 December 1124; abdicated at once
  9. 1124 Pope Honorius II15 December 1124 – 13 February 1130
  10. 1130 Pope Innocent II14 February 1130 – 24 September 1143 1 document
  11. 1130 Anacletus II antipope14 February 1130 – 25 January 1138
  12. 1138 Victor IV antipope15 March 1138 – 29 May 1138
  13. 1139 Second Lateran Council 10th ecumenical council1139 the article
  14. 1143 Pope Celestine II26 September 1143 – 8 March 1144
  15. 1144 Pope Lucius II12 March 1144 – 15 February 1145
  16. 1145 Pope Bl Eugene III15 February 1145 – 8 July 1153
  17. † 1153 St Bernard of Clairvaux Doctor of the Church† 1153 · declared a Doctor on 20 August 1830 by Pope Pius VIII
  18. 1153 Pope Anastasius IV12 July 1153 – 3 December 1154 1 document
  19. 1154 Pope Adrian IV4 December 1154 – 1 September 1159 1 document
  20. 1159 Pope Alexander III7 September 1159 – 30 August 1181 2 documents
  21. 1159 Victor IV (V) antipope7 September 1159 – 20 April 1164
  22. 1163 Council of Tours1163
  23. 1164 Paschal III antipope22 April 1164 – 20 September 1168
  24. 1168 Callixtus III antipopeSeptember 1168 – 29 August 1178
  25. 1179 Third Lateran Council 11th ecumenical council1179 the article
  26. 1179 Innocent III antipope29 September 1179 – January 1180
  27. 1181 Pope Lucius III1 September 1181 – 25 September 1185 1 document
  28. 1185 Pope Urban III25 November 1185 – 20 October 1187
  29. 1187 Pope Gregory VIII21 October 1187 – 17 December 1187
  30. 1187 Pope Clement III19 December 1187 – March 1191
  31. 1191 Pope Celestine III30 March 1191 – 8 January 1198 1 document
  32. 1198 Pope Innocent III8 January 1198 – 16 July 1216 5 documents

13th century↑

  1. 1215 Fourth Lateran Council 12th ecumenical council1215 the article
  2. 1216 Pope Honorius III13 July 1216 – 18 March 1227 3 documents
  3. 1227 Pope Gregory IX19 March 1227 – 22 August 1241 6 documents
  4. † 1231 St Anthony of Padua Doctor of the Church† 1231 · declared a Doctor on 16 January 1946 by Pope Pius XII
  5. 1241 Pope Celestine IV25 October 1241 – 10 November 1241
  6. 1243 Pope Innocent IV25 June 1243 – 7 December 1254 3 documents
  7. 1245 First Council of Lyons 13th ecumenical council1245
  8. 1254 Pope Alexander IV12 December 1254 – 25 May 1261
  9. 1260 Provincial Council of Cologne under Archbishop Conrad of Hochstaden1260
  10. 1261 Pope Urban IV29 August 1261 – 2 October 1264 1 document
  11. 1265 Pope Clement IV5 February 1265 – 29 November 1268 1 document
  12. 1271 Pope Bl Gregory X1 September 1271 – 10 January 1276 2 documents
  13. 1274 Second Council of Lyons 14th ecumenical council1274 the article
  14. † 1274 St Bonaventure Doctor of the Church† 1274 · declared a Doctor on 14 March 1588 by Pope Sixtus V
  15. † 1274 St Thomas Aquinas Doctor of the Church† 1274 · declared a Doctor on 11 April 1567 by Pope St Pius V
  16. 1276 Pope Bl Innocent V21 January 1276 – 22 June 1276
  17. 1276 Pope Adrian V11 July 1276 – 18 August 1276
  18. 1276 Pope John XXI8 September 1276 – 20 May 1277
  19. 1277 Pope Nicholas III25 November 1277 – 22 August 1280 1 document
  20. † 1280 St Albert the Great Doctor of the Church† 1280 · declared a Doctor on 16 December 1931 by Pope Pius XI
  21. 1281 Pope Martin IV22 February 1281 – 28 March 1285
  22. 1285 Pope Honorius IV2 April 1285 – 3 April 1287
  23. 1287 Diocesan Synod of Exeter (Bishop Peter Quivil)1287
  24. 1288 Pope Nicholas IV22 February 1288 – 4 April 1292 2 documents
  25. 1294 Pope St Celestine V5 July 1294 – 13 December 1294; died 19 May 1296 2 documents
  26. 1294 Pope Boniface VIII24 December 1294 – 11 October 1303 10 documents
  27. 1298 Diocesan Synod of Würzburg (Bishop Manegold)1298
  28. c. 1300 Diocesan Synod of Bayeuxc. 1300

14th century↑

  1. 1303 Pope Bl Benedict XI22 October 1303 – 7 July 1304 1 document
  2. 1305 Pope Clement V5 June 1305 – 20 April 1314 6 documents
  3. 1311 Council of Vienne 15th ecumenical council1311–1312
  4. 1316 Pope John XXII7 August 1316 – 4 December 1334 11 documents
  5. 1328 Nicholas V antipope12 May 1328 – 25 August 1330; died 16 October 1333
  6. 1334 Pope Benedict XII20 December 1334 – 25 April 1342 8 documents
  7. 1342 Pope Clement VI7 May 1342 – 6 December 1352 1 document
  8. 1352 Pope Innocent VI18 December 1352 – 12 September 1362 2 documents
  9. 1362 Pope Bl Urban V28 September 1362 – 19 December 1370 2 documents
  10. 1370 Pope Gregory XI30 December 1370 – 26 March 1378 1 document
  11. 1378 Pope Urban VI8 April 1378 – 15 October 1389
  12. 1378 Clement VII antipope20 September 1378 – 16 September 1394 1 document
  13. 1389 Pope Boniface IX2 November 1389 – 1 October 1404 2 documents
  14. 1394 Benedict XIII antipope28 September 1394 – 23 May 1423

15th century↑

  1. 1404 Pope Innocent VII17 October 1404 – 6 November 1406
  2. 1406 Pope Gregory XII30 November 1406 – 4 July 1415; renounced; died 18 October 1417
  3. 1409 Alexander V antipope26 June 1409 – 3 May 1410
  4. 1410 John XXIII antipope17 May 1410 – 29 May 1415 1 document
  5. 1414 Council of Constance 16th ecumenical council1414–1418
  6. 1417 Pope Martin V11 November 1417 – 20 February 1431 2 documents
  7. 1423 Clement VIII antipope10 June 1423 – 26 July 1429
  8. 1425 Benedict XIV antipope12 November 1425 – 1430
  9. 1431 Pope Eugene IV3 March 1431 – 23 February 1447 7 documents
  10. 1439 Council of Florence 17th ecumenical council1439–1445
  11. 1439 Felix V antipope5 November 1439 – 7 April 1449
  12. 1447 Pope Nicholas V6 March 1447 – 24 March 1455 2 documents
  13. 1455 Pope Callixtus III8 April 1455 – 6 August 1458 1 document
  14. 1458 Pope Pius II19 August 1458 – 15 August 1464 3 documents
  15. 1464 Pope Paul II30 August 1464 – 26 July 1471
  16. 1471 Pope Sixtus IV9 August 1471 – 12 August 1484 4 documents
  17. 1484 Pope Innocent VIII29 August 1484 – 25 July 1492 5 documents
  18. 1492 Pope Alexander VI11 August 1492 – 18 August 1503 7 documents

16th century↑

  1. 1503 Pope Pius III22 September 1503 – 18 October 1503
  2. 1503 Pope Julius II31 October 1503 – 21 February 1513 6 documents
  3. 1512 Fifth Lateran Council 18th ecumenical council1512–1517
  4. 1513 Pope Leo X9 March 1513 – 1 December 1521 16 documents
  5. 1522 Pope Adrian VI9 January 1522 – 14 September 1523
  6. 1523 Pope Clement VII19 November 1523 – 25 September 1534 6 documents
  7. 1534 Pope Paul III13 October 1534 – 10 November 1549 16 documents
  8. 1545 Council of Trent 19th ecumenical council1545–1563 the article
  9. 1550 Pope Julius III7 February 1550 – 23 March 1555 3 documents
  10. 1555 Pope Marcellus II9 April 1555 – 1 May 1555
  11. 1555 Pope Paul IV23 May 1555 – 18 August 1559 2 documents
  12. 1559 Pope Pius IV25 December 1559 – 9 December 1565 11 documents
  13. 1566 Pope St Pius V7 January 1566 – 1 May 1572 19 documents
  14. 1572 Pope Gregory XIII13 May 1572 – 10 April 1585 11 documents
  15. 1585 Pope Sixtus V24 April 1585 – 27 August 1590 20 documents
  16. 1590 Pope Urban VII15 September 1590 – 27 September 1590
  17. 1590 Pope Gregory XIV5 December 1590 – 16 October 1591 1 document
  18. † 1591 St John of the Cross Doctor of the Church† 1591 · declared a Doctor on 24 August 1926 by Pope Pius XI
  19. 1591 Pope Innocent IX29 October 1591 – 30 December 1591
  20. 1592 Pope Clement VIII30 January 1592 – 3 March 1605 10 documents
  21. † 1597 St Peter Canisius Doctor of the Church† 1597 · declared a Doctor on 31 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI

17th century↑

  1. 1605 Pope Leo XI1 April 1605 – 27 April 1605
  2. 1605 Pope Paul V16 May 1605 – 28 January 1621 5 documents
  3. † 1621 St Robert Bellarmine Doctor of the Church† 1621 · declared a Doctor on 17 September 1931 by Pope Pius XI
  4. 1621 Pope Gregory XV9 February 1621 – 8 July 1623 3 documents
  5. † 1622 St Francis de Sales Doctor of the Church† 1622 · declared a Doctor on 16 September 1877 by Pope Pius IX
  6. 1623 Pope Urban VIII6 August 1623 – 29 July 1644 17 documents
  7. 1644 Pope Innocent X15 September 1644 – 7 January 1655 7 documents
  8. 1655 Pope Alexander VII7 April 1655 – 22 May 1667 8 documents
  9. 1667 Pope Clement IX20 June 1667 – 9 December 1669 4 documents
  10. 1670 Pope Clement X29 April 1670 – 22 July 1676 1 document
  11. 1676 Pope Bl Innocent XI21 September 1676 – 12 August 1689 7 documents
  12. 1689 Pope Alexander VIII6 October 1689 – 1 February 1691 1 document
  13. 1691 Pope Innocent XII12 July 1691 – 27 September 1700 9 documents
  14. 1700 Pope Clement XI23 November 1700 – 19 March 1721 11 documents

18th century↑

  1. 1721 Pope Innocent XIII8 May 1721 – 7 March 1724 1 document
  2. 1724 Pope Benedict XIII29 May 1724 – 21 February 1730 3 documents
  3. 1730 Pope Clement XII12 July 1730 – 6 February 1740 8 documents
  4. 1740 Pope Benedict XIV17 August 1740 – 3 May 1758 48 documents
  5. 1758 Pope Clement XIII6 July 1758 – 2 February 1769 3 documents
  6. 1769 Pope Clement XIV19 May 1769 – 22 September 1774 6 documents
  7. 1775 Pope Pius VI15 February 1775 – 29 August 1799 4 documents
  8. † 1787 St Alphonsus Liguori Doctor of the Church† 1787 · declared a Doctor on 7 June 1871 by Pope Pius IX
  9. 1800 Pope Pius VII14 March 1800 – 20 August 1823 21 documents

19th century↑

  1. 1823 Pope Leo XII28 September 1823 – 10 February 1829 11 documents
  2. 1829 Pope Pius VIII31 March 1829 – 30 November 1830 2 documents
  3. 1831 Pope Gregory XVI2 February 1831 – 1 June 1846 20 documents
  4. 1846 Pope Pius IX16 June 1846 – 7 February 1878 28 documents
  5. 1869 First Vatican Council 20th ecumenical council1869–1870 the article
  6. 1878 Pope Leo XIII20 February 1878 – 20 July 1903 88 documents

20th century↑

  1. 1903 Pope St Pius X4 August 1903 – 20 August 1914 41 documents
  2. 1914 Pope Benedict XV8 September 1914 – 22 January 1922 26 documents
  3. 1922 Pope Pius XI6 February 1922 – 10 February 1939 63 documents
  4. 1939 Pope Pius XII2 March 1939 – 9 October 1958 68 documents

The popes and antipopes follow the encyclopedia's chronology of the popes (vol. IX), as the list of the popes does; antipopes are in italics, as printed. The twenty ecumenical councils are those of the article Council (III, 7. Chronology), which dates the first, Nicaea, to “a. 323”: here 325, from the printed index. The other councils are those whose canons we publish.

The Fathers stand at the year of their death, with the dates of our Fathers library; the Doctors are the twenty-nine the article Doctors of the Church lists, at the year of their death.

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