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Popes
The Pope is the Bishop of Rome and is leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. The Pope is also head of state of the Vatican City, a sovereign city-state entirely enclaved by Rome.
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Is there a list of the names of all the popes in order of succession?
I can do better than that. Here is a list:
1.St. Peter (32-67)
2.St. Linus (67-76)
3.St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
4.St. Clement I (88-97)
5.St. Evaristus (97-105)
6.St. Alexander I (105-115)
7.St. Sixtus I (115-125) Also called Xystus I
8.St. Telesphorus (125-136)
9.St. Hyginus (136-140)
10.St. Pius I (140-155)
11.St. Anicetus (155-166)
12.St. Soter (166-175)
13.St. Eleutherius (175-189)
14.St. Victor I (189-199)
15.St. Zephyrinus (199-217)
16.St. Callistus I (217-22) Callistus and the following three popes were opposed by St. Hippolytus, antipope (217-236)
17.St. Urban I (222-30)
18.St. Pontain (230-35)
19.St. Anterus (235-36)
20.St. Fabian (236-50)
21.St. Cornelius (251-53) Opposed by Novatian, antipope (251)
22.St. Lucius I (253-54)
23.St. Stephen I (254-257)
24.St. Sixtus II (257-258)
25.St. Dionysius (260-268)
26.St. Felix I (269-274)
27.St. Eutychian (275-283)
28.St. Caius (283-296) Also called Gaius
29.St. Marcellinus (296-304)
30.St. Marcellus I (308-309)
31.St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
32.St. Miltiades (311-14)
33.St. Sylvester I (314-35)
34.St. Marcus (336)
35.St. Julius I (337-52)
36.Liberius (352-66) Opposed by Felix II, antipope (355-365)
37.St. Damasus I (366-83) Opposed by Ursicinus, antipope (366-367)
38.St. Siricius (384-99)
39.St. Anastasius I (399-401)
40.St. Innocent I (401-17)
41.St. Zosimus (417-18)
42.St. Boniface I (418-22) Opposed by Eulalius, antipope (418-419)
43.St. Celestine I (422-32)
44.St. Sixtus III (432-40)
45.St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
46.St. Hilarius (461-68)
47.St. Simplicius (468-83)
48.St. Felix III (II) (483-92)
49.St. Gelasius I (492-96)
50.Anastasius II (496-98)
51.St. Symmachus (498-514) Opposed by Laurentius, antipope (498-501)
52.St. Hormisdas (514-23)
53.St. John I (523-26)
54.St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)
55.Boniface II (530-32) Opposed by Dioscorus, antipope (530)
56.John II (533-35)
57.St. Agapetus I (535-36) Also called Agapitus I
58.St. Silverius (536-37)
59.Vigilius (537-55)
60.Pelagius I (556-61)
61.John III (561-74)
62.Benedict I (575-79)
63.Pelagius II (579-90)
64.St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
65.Sabinian (604-606)
66.Boniface III (607)
67.St. Boniface IV (608-15)
68.St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
69.Boniface V (619-25)
70.Honorius I (625-38)
71.Severinus (640)
72.John IV (640-42)
73.Theodore I (642-49)
74.St. Martin I (649-55)
75.St. Eugene I (655-57)
76.St. Vitalian (657-72)
77.Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
78.Donus (676-78)
79.St. Agatho (678-81)
80.St. Leo II (682-83)
81.St. Benedict II (684-85)
82.John V (685-86)
83.Conon (686-87)
84.St. Sergius I (687-701) Opposed by Theodore and Paschal, antipopes (687)
85.John VI (701-05)
86.John VII (705-07)
87.Sisinnius (708)
88.Constantine (708-15)
89.St. Gregory II (715-31)
90.St. Gregory III (731-41)
91.St. Zachary (741-52)
92.Stephen III (752-57)
93.St. Paul I (757-67)
94.Stephen IV (767-72) Opposed by Constantine II (767) and Philip (768), antipopes (767)
95.Adrian I (772-95)
96.St. Leo III (795-816)
97.Stephen V (816-17)
98.St. Paschal I (817-24)
99.Eugene II (824-27)
100.Valentine (827)
101.Gregory IV (827-44)
102.Sergius II (844-47) Opposed by John, antipope (855)
103.St. Leo IV (847-55)
104.Benedict III (855-58) Opposed by Anastasius, antipope (855)
105.St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
106.Adrian II (867-72)
107.John VIII (872-82)
108.Marinus I (882-84)
109.St. Adrian III (884-85)
110.Stephen VI (885-91)
111.Formosus (891-96)
112.Boniface VI (896)
113.Stephen VII (896-97)
114.Romanus (897)
115.Theodore II (897)
116.John IX (898-900)
117.Benedict IV (900-03)
118.Leo V (903) Opposed by Christopher, antipope (903-904)
119.Sergius III (904-11)
120.Anastasius III (911-13)
121.Lando (913-14)
122.John X (914-28)
123.Leo VI (928)
124.Stephen VIII (929-31)
125.John XI (931-35)
126.Leo VII (936-39)
127.Stephen IX (939-42)
128.Marinus II (942-46)
129.Agapetus II (946-55)
130.John XII (955-63)
131Leo VIII (963-64)
132.Benedict V (964)
133.John XIII (965-72)
134.Benedict VI (973-74)
135.Benedict VII (974-83) Benedict and John XIV were opposed by Boniface VII, antipope (974; 984-985)
136. John XIV (983-84)
137.John XV (985-96)
138.Gregory V (996-99) Opposed by John XVI, antipope (997-998)
139.Sylvester II (999-1003)
140.John XVII (1003)
141.John XVIII (1003-09)
142.Sergius IV (1009-12)
143.Benedict VIII (1012-24) Opposed by Gregory, antipope (1012)
144.John XIX (1024-32)
145.Benedict IX (1032-45) He appears on this list three separate times, because he was twice deposed and restored
146.Sylvester III (1045) Considered by some to be an antipope
147.Benedict IX (1045)
148.Gregory VI (1045-46)
149.Clement II (1046-47)
150.Benedict IX (1047-48)
151.Damasus II (1048)
152.St. Leo IX (1049-54)
153.Victor II (1055-57)
154.Stephen X (1057-58)
155.Nicholas II (1058-61) Opposed by Benedict X, antipope (1058)
156.Alexander II (1061-73) Opposed by Honorius II, antipope (1061-1072)
157.St. Gregory VII (1073-85) Gregory and the following three popes were opposed by Guibert ("Clement III"), antipope (1080-1100)
158.Blessed Victor III (1086-87)
159.Blessed Urban II (1088-99)
160.Paschal II (1099-1118) Opposed by Theodoric (1100), Aleric (1102) and Maginulf ("Sylvester IV", 1105-1111), antipopes (1100)
161.Gelasius II (1118-19) Opposed by Burdin ("Gregory VIII"), antipope (1118)
162.Callistus II (1119-24)
163.Honorius II (1124-30) Opposed by Celestine II, antipope (1124)
164.Innocent II (1130-43) Opposed by Anacletus II (1130-1138) and Gregory Conti ("Victor IV") (1138), antipopes (1138)
165.Celestine II (1143-44)
166.Lucius II (1144-45)
167.Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)
168.Anastasius IV (1153-54)
169.Adrian IV (1154-59)
170.Alexander III (1159-81) Opposed by Octavius ("Victor IV") (1159-1164), Pascal III (1165-1168), Callistus III (1168-1177) and Innocent III (1178-1180), antipopes
171.Lucius III (1181-85)
172.Urban III (1185-87)
173.Gregory VIII (1187)
174.Clement III (1187-91)
175.Celestine III (1191-98)
176.Innocent III (1198-1216)
177.Honorius III (1216-27)
178.Gregory IX (1227-41)
179.Celestine IV (1241)
180.Innocent IV (1243-54)
181.Alexander IV (1254-61)
182.Urban IV (1261-64)
183.Clement IV (1265-68)
184.Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)
185.Blessed Innocent V (1276)
186.Adrian V (1276)
187.John XXI (1276-77)
188.Nicholas III (1277-80)
189.Martin IV (1281-85)
191.Honorius IV (1285-87)
192.Nicholas IV (1288-92)
193.St. Celestine V (1294)
193.Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
194.Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)
195.Clement V (1305-14)
196.John XXII (1316-34) Opposed by Nicholas V, antipope (1328-1330)
197.Benedict XII (1334-42)
198.Clement VI (1342-52)
199.Innocent VI (1352-62)
200.Blessed Urban V (1362-70)
201.Gregory XI (1370-78)
202.Urban VI (1378-89) Opposed by Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII"), antipope (1378-1394)
203.Boniface IX (1389-1404) Opposed by Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII") (1378-1394), Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1417) and Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), antipopes
204.Innocent VII (1404-06) Opposed by Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1417) and Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), antipopes
205.Gregory XII (1406-15) Opposed by Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1417), Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), and Pietro Philarghi ("Alexander V") (1409-1410), antipopes
206.Martin V (1417-31)
207.Eugene IV (1431-47) Opposed by Amadeus of Savoy ("Felix V"), antipope (1439-1449)
208.Nicholas V (1447-55)
209.Callistus III (1455-58)
210.Pius II (1458-64)
211.Paul II (1464-71)
212.Sixtus IV (1471-84)
213.Innocent VIII (1484-92)
214.Alexander VI (1492-1503)
215.Pius III (1503)
216.Julius II (1503-13)
217.Leo X (1513-21)
218.Adrian VI (1522-23)
218.Clement VII (1523-34)
220.Paul III (1534-49)
221.Julius III (1550-55)
222.Marcellus II (1555)
223.Paul IV (1555-59)
224.Pius IV (1559-65)
225.St. Pius V (1566-72)
226.Gregory XIII (1572-85)
227.Sixtus V (1585-90)
228.Urban VII (1590)
229.Gregory XIV (1590-91)
230.Innocent IX (1591)
231.Clement VIII (1592-1605)
232.Leo XI (1605)
233.Paul V (1605-21)
234.Gregory XV (1621-23)
235.Urban VIII (1623-44)
236.Innocent X (1644-55)
237.Alexander VII (1655-67)
238.Clement IX (1667-69)
239.Clement X (1670-76)
240.Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)
241.Alexander VIII (1689-91)
242.Innocent XII (1691-1700)
243.Clement XI (1700-21)
244.Innocent XIII (1721-24)
245.Benedict XIII (1724-30)
246.Clement XII (1730-40)
247.Benedict XIV (1740-58)
248.Clement XIII (1758-69)
249.Clement XIV (1769-74)
250.Pius VI (1775-99)
251.Pius VII (1800-23)
252.Leo XII (1823-29)
253.Pius VIII (1829-30)
254.Gregory XVI (1831-46)
255.Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)
256.Leo XIII (1878-1903)
257.St. Pius X (1903-14)
258.Benedict XV (1914-22)
259.Pius XI (1922-39)
260.Pius XII (1939-58)
261.Saint John XXIII (1958-63)
262.Blessed Paul VI (1963-78)
263.John Paul I (1978)
264.Saint John Paul II (1978-2005)
265.Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
266. Francis (2013-)
Does the pope allow divorce now?
No, divorce is not allowed in the catholic Church. However, people can apply for an annulment which means that the marriage was never valid to begin with.
Nobody knows how he died, but it was apparently of natural causes while he was in exile in Salerno.
Hyacinth Bobo or Giacinto Bobone was the name of Pope Celestine III. You may enjoy reading the novel, The Man Who Came After Hyacinth Bobo, a novel of the fourth crusade.
Which Pope had a type of music named after him?
Pope Saint Gregory the Great had plainchant renamed "Gregorian Chant" after him.
Was there ever a layman elected pope?
Yes, in the year 1026, Romanus, brother of Pope Benedict VIII, was elected pope upon the death of Benedict. Romanus was a layman, and essentially paid a large sum to get elected.
Does Pope Francis drink alcohol?
The pope is under the same rules and recommendations as all Catholics. Drinking is allowed as long as it is done in moderation and getting drunk is frowned upon and considered sinful.
When was the Catholic Church undermined by the election of 2 popes?
This was called the Western Schism or the Great Schism and was from 1378 to 1417, see the Catholic Encyclopedia article at the link below.
from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957
The Great Schism, otherwise know as the Schism of the West was not strictly a schism at all but a conflict between the two parties within the Church each claiming to support the true pope. Three months after the election of Urban VI, in 1378, the fifteen electing cardinals declared that they had appointed him only as a temporary vicar and that in any case the election was invalid as made under fear of violence from the Roman mob. Urban retorted by naming twenty-eight new cardinals, and the others at once proceeded to elect Cardinal Robert of Geneva as Pope Clement VII, who went to reside at Avignon. The quarrel was in its origin not a theological or religious one, but was caused by the ambition and jealousy of French influence, which was supported to some extent for political reasons by Spain, Naples, Provence, and Scotland; England, Germany, Scandinavia, Wales, Ireland, Portugal, Flanders and Hungary stood by what they believe to be the true pope at Rome. The Church was torn from top to bottom by the schism, both sides in good faith (it was impossible to know to whom allegiance was due), which lasted with its two lines of popes (and at one time three) till the election of Martin V in 1417. It is now regarded as practically certain that the Urbanist popes were the true ones and their names are included in semi-official lists; moreover, the ordinal numbers of the Clementine claimants (who, however, are not called anti-popes,) were adopted by subsequent popes of the same name.
Pope Paul VI was the 262nd pope of the Roman Catholic Church
What are the symbols that are associated with the Pope?
Different people would associate different things according to their belief system, if they hold one.
A devout catholic would think of his god, goodness, the cross and sacrifice among others.
Someone of a different faith may associate opulence palaces, heresy.
No one symbol would fit all
Who held the highest authority in the Catholic Church?
In the Catholic Church the highest authority is God, specifically Jesus Christ, on earth His Vicar (representative) is the Holy Father, currently Pope Benedict XVI.
When does the pope come out on his balcony?
PAPAL AUDIENCES
Pope Benedict XVI continues the tradition of the Wednesday morning General Audience. The audiences in the summer are in St. Peter's Square at 10:30 AM, and in the winter, they are held in the Nervi room. You can check the Vatican website for updates.
SUNDAY ANGELUS
The Sunday Angelus is led by the Pope in Saint Peter's Square at 12 Noon. Tickets are not required.
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Which pope canonized Saint Helena?
St. Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, was declared a saint before the official canonization process was instituted in the 12th century. She would have been declared asaint to the bishop by those who knew he rbest and were familiar with his life and merits. The local bishop would them make the decision. Today only the pope can declare saints after years of study by the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints in the Vatican. The church does not create saints. Only God can do that. The Church "screens" candidates for sainthood to determine if they had a life worthy of emmulation. In other words, do they make good role models. Also, the Church has to be assured that the person is actually in Heaven. That is the reason that today a number of miracles must be verified before a person can be declared a saint.
What is ex-pope Benedict doing?
Pope Emeritus Benedict spends his days in prayer, reading and writing.
No. The word "pope" comes from the Greek word for father, "pappas", a title of bishops.
Pope Leo I, who is also known as St. Leo the Great by Catholics, was Bishop of Rome and thus Pope from 440 to 461. Leo strengthened the central authority of the Bishop of Rome in the early church, and is famous for going out to meet Attila the Hun to convince him not to invade and plunder Rome.
In 451, he sent a letter, known as the Tome, to the Council of Chalcedon. When the letter was read to the bishops in attendance, they are recorded as proclaiming "Peter has spoken through Leo". This was perhaps the first public expression of what is now called the "Petrine authority" of the pope as successor of St. Peter.
How many popes have been excommunicated?
The vile, evil Pope Benedict IX was deposed and excommunicated by Pope Damasus II who was elected to succeed Benedict IX.
What was the name of the pope in Tom Becket?
Pope Alexander III was reigning at the time Thomas Becket was murdered in the year 1170.
Who was the bishop of rome in 1054ad?
The Bishop of Rome was considered to be supreme in the order of Catholic church hierarchy. The man who held this title in 1054 AD was St. Leo IX. His reign lasted from 1049-1054 and Victor II took over on 1055.
