Popes

Popes

The heads of the Catholic Church.

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220th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1534 - 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church following the ...

Julius III

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221st Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1550 - 1555. At the start of his reign Julius had desired seriously to bring about a reform of the Catholic Church and to reconvene the Council of ...

Marcellus II

People; Popes

222nd Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1555 - 1555 (21 days). He is the most recent Pope to choose to retain his birth name as his regnal name upon his accession. After his death, it would be ...

Paul IV

People; Popes

223rd Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1555 - 1559. As pope his nationalism was a driving force; he used the office to preserve some liberties in the face of fourfold foreign occupation. An ...

Pius IV

People; Popes

224th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1559 - 1565. Pius IV was a nepotist. Among the relatives he favored, the main figure is that of Carlo Borromeo. Under his reign Michelangelo re-built ...

St Pius V

People; Popes

225th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1566 - 1572. He is chiefly notable for his role in the Council of Trent, the Counter-Reformation, and the standardization of the Roman liturgy within ...

Gregory XIII

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226th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1572 - 1585. He is best known for commissioning and being the namesake for the Gregorian calendar, which remains the internationally accepted civil ...