Popes

Popes

The heads of the Catholic Church.

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Innocent IV

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180th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1243 - 1254. Convened the First Council of Lyons, 1245. In August 1253, after much worry about the order's insistence on absolute poverty, Innocent ...

Pope Francis

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Francis is the 266th pope of the Catholic Church. He was elected on 13 March 2013. In this role, he is both the leader of Catholic Church and sovereign ruler of the Vatican City State. Born in ...

Pope Boniface VIII

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Immortalized in La Divina Commedia as a simoniac (one who sells church offices and roles). Decreed that both spiritual and temporal power were under his command as pope.

Pope Saint Leo I

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Known for meeting Attila the Hun and convincing him to stop his invasion of Italy, as well as for issuing the Tome of Leo.

Pope Sylvester I

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The first pope to live at a time without Christian persecution. Also known for having died on New Year's Eve, and now some people around the world celebrate this day in his honor.

Confirmed the right to abdicate and used it a week after this decree. Imprisoned by Pope Boniface VIII afterwards and, according to some interpretations of Dante, resides in Limbo, the antechamber of ...

Pope Urban VII

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Known for two things: having served as Pope for only thirteen days before his death, and for being progressive enough to ban, upon threat of excommunication, the use of tobacco in public places (in ...