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Pope Clement VIII
Pope Clement VIII, born Ippolito Aldobrandini, led the Catholic Church from 1592 to 1605, reconciling Henry IV of France, annexing Ferrara, and fixing the Clementine Vulgate.
Pope Clement X
Pope Clement X, born Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, was pope from 1670 until 1676, elected at about age 80 and known for canonizing Rose of Lima, the first American saint.
Pope Clement XI
Pope Clement XI, born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was pope from 1700 to 1721, known for the bull Unigenitus against Jansenism and the Chinese Rites controversy.
Pope Clement XII
Pope Clement XII (Lorenzo Corsini), 246th pope, reigned 12 July 1730 to 6 February 1740. Florentine cardinal elected at 78; prosecuted Cardinal Coscia, revived the papal lottery, launched the Trevi Fountain and Lateran façade projects.
Pope Clement XIII
Pope Clement XIII (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico), 248th pope, reigned 1758-1769; Venetian-born former bishop of Padua who defended the Jesuits against Bourbon suppression demands until his death.
Pope Clement XIV
Pope Clement XIV (Giovanni Ganganelli, 1705 to 1774) was a Conventual Franciscan who reigned from 1769 and suppressed the Jesuits with the brief Dominus ac Redemptor in 1773.
Pope Cyril IV of Alexandria
Pope Cyril IV of Alexandria (كيرلس الرابع), the 110th Coptic pope, led the church from 1854 to 1861 and is known as Abu al-Islah, the Father of Reform.
Pope Damasus I
Pope Damasus I (c. 304/305–384), 37th bishop of Rome from 1 October 366; also Damaso I. Defeated the Ursinian schism, commissioned Jerome's Vulgate, wrote 60 martyr epigrams, and asserted Petrine primacy.
Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria and the Council of Chalcedon
Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria, patriarch from 444 to 451 and successor of Cyril, presided at Ephesus II in 449 and was deposed by the Council of Chalcedon.
Pope Eugene I
Pope Eugene I, also known as Pope Eugenius I, was bishop of Rome from 654 to 657, consecrated while Martin I lived in exile, and venerated as a saint.
Pope Eugene III
Pope Eugene III, also known as Eugenius III, was pope from 1145 to 1153, the first Cistercian pope, who launched the Second Crusade and was beatified in 1872.
Pope Eugene IV
Pope Eugene IV, born Gabriel Condulmer, was pope from 1431 to 1447, known for the Council of Florence's attempted union of the Greek and Latin churches.
Pope Felix I
Pope Felix I was bishop of Rome from 269 to 274, the 26th pope, remembered for the Paul of Samosata affair and a disputed martyrdom legend.
Pope Formosus
Pope Formosus (c. 816–896), bishop of Rome 891–896, former Cardinal-Bishop of Porto and legate to Bulgaria; excommunicated under John VIII, crowned Arnulf emperor, and posthumously tried in the 897 Cadaver Synod.
Pope Francis
Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, was the 266th pope from 2013 until his death in 2025 and the first Latin American pontiff.
Pope Francis – A Man of His Word
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word is Wim Wenders' 2018 Vatican co-produced documentary in which the pope speaks directly to camera via Interrotron interviews on poverty, ecology, migration, and reform; Cannes 2018 premiere, 82% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Pope Francis Balenciaga image
The Pope Francis Balenciaga image is an AI-generated picture of Pope Francis in an oversized white puffer coat, created with Midjourney in March 2023 and seen by tens of millions.
Pope Gregory I
Pope Gregory I, also called Gregory the Great, reigned as pope from 590 to 604, sent Augustine's mission to the English, and founded the medieval papacy.
Pope Gregory II
Pope Gregory II, also known as Saint Gregory II, was pope from 715 to 731, opposing Emperor Leo III's iconoclasm and sending Boniface to Germany.
Pope Gregory III
Pope Gregory III, also known as Saint Gregory III, was a Syrian-born pope from 731 to 741 who opposed iconoclasm and appealed to the Franks against the Lombards.
Pope Gregory IX
Pope Gregory IX (Ugolino di Segni, pope 1227–1241), 178th pope: issued the Liber Extra (1234), the first official canon-law codification; the Excommunicamus decretal and papal Inquisition; canonized Francis and Dominic; fought Frederick II.
Pope Gregory V
Pope Gregory V, born Bruno of Carinthia around 972, was the first German pope, appointed in 996 by his cousin Otto III and crowned him emperor.
Pope Gregory VII
Pope Gregory VII (Hildebrand, r. 1073–1085), Tuscan-born reformer pope who attacked simony and clerical marriage, asserted papal supremacy, and clashed with Henry IV at Canossa in 1077; died in exile, canonized 1728.
Pope Gregory VIII
Pope Gregory VIII, also known as Alberto di Morra, was a pope of the Catholic Church who issued the bull Audita tremendi to launch the Third Crusade in 1187.
Pope Gregory X
Pope Gregory X, born Tebaldo Visconti, was pope from 1271 to 1276, elected after the longest papal election in history, and created the conclave rules.
Pope Gregory XI
Pope Gregory XI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort), pope 1370–1378, last Avignon pontiff and nephew of Clement VI; returned the papacy to Rome on 17 January 1377 and died 27 March 1378, preceding the Western Schism.
Pope Gregory XII
Pope Gregory XII, born Angelo Correr in Venice, was the Roman-line pope during the Western Schism from 1406 until his 1415 resignation at the Council of Constance.
Pope Gregory XIII
Pope Gregory XIII, born Ugo Boncompagni in Bologna, headed the Catholic Church from 1572 to 1585 and is best known for the calendar reform that carries his name, the Gregorian calendar.
Pope Gregory XIV
Pope Gregory XIV, born Niccolò Sfondrati, led the Catholic Church from December 1590 to October 1591, backing the Catholic League against Henry of Navarre in France.
Pope Gregory XV
Pope Gregory XV, born Alessandro Ludovisi, was head of the Catholic Church from 1621 to 1623, the first Jesuit-trained pope, who reformed papal elections and founded Propaganda Fide.