Popes

Popes

The heads of the Catholic Church.

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St Callixtus I

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16th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 217 - 222/223. Martyred; feast day 14 October. Place of birth: Spain.

St Zephyrinus

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15th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 199 - 217. Place of birth: Rome, Italy.

St Hyginus

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9th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 136/138 - 140/142. Traditionally martyred; feast day 11 January. Born in Greece.

St Evaristus

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5th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 97/99 - 105/107. Feast day 26 October. Place of birth: Bethlehem, Judea.

210th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1458 - 1464. Pius II had a sincere, loving nature, frank and naïve even in his aberrations and defects. His longest and most enduring work is the story ...

Paul II

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211th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1464 - 1471. In statecraft, Paul II lacked eminence and achieved nothing of consequence for Italy. Paul II was a committed opponent of humanist ...

Sixtus IV

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212th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1471 - 1484. His accomplishments as Pope included the establishment of the Sistine Chapel; the group of artists that he brought together introduced the ...