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List of Popes and Antipopes

Antipopes are given in italics. Dates of popes in the first two centuries are approximate; each concluding date represents the end of the papal reign rather than the pope’s death or deposition/retirement.

PAPAL NAME

ORIGINAL NAME

PAPAL DATES

I. St. Peter

   

Peter

Simon/Symeon

?–c. 64

Linus

 

67–76

Anacletus

 

76–88

Clement I

 

88–97

Evaristus

 

97–105

     

II. Defenders of the City

   

Alexander I

 

105–115

Sixtus I

 

115–125

Telesphorus

 

125–136

Hyginus

 

136–140

Pius I

 

140–155

Anicetus

 

155–166

Soter

 

166–175

Eleutherius

 

175–189

Victor I

 

189–199

Zephyrinus

 

199–217

Callixtus I

 

217–222

Hippolytus (antipope)

 

217–235

Urban I

 

222–230

Pontian

 

230–235

Anterus

 

235–236

Fabian

 

236–250

Cornelius

 

251–253

Novatian (antipope)

 

251

Lucius

 

253–254

Stephen I

 

254–257

Sixtus II

 

257–258

Dionysius

 

260–268

Felix I

 

269–274

Eutychian

 

275–283

Gaius (Caius)

 

283–296

Marcellinus

 

296–304

Marcellus I

 

308–309

Eusebius

 

309–310

Miltiades (Melchiades)

 

311–314

Sylvester I

 

314–335

Mark

 

336

Julius I

 

337–352

Liberius

 

352–366

Felix II (antipope)

 

355–365

Damasus I

 

366–384

Ursinus (antipope)

 

366–367

Siricius

 

384–394

Anastasius I

 

399–401

Innocent I

 

401–417

Zosimus

 

417–418

Boniface I

 

418–422

Eulalius (antipope)

 

418–419

Celestine I

 

422–432

Sixtus III

 

432–440

Leo I (the Great)

 

440–461

Hilarius (Hilary)

 

461–468

Simplicius

 

468–483

Felix III (II)

 

483–492

Gelasius I

 

492–496

Anastasius II

 

496–498

Symmachus

 

498–514

Laurentius (antipope)

 

498–499, 501–506

Hormisdas

 

514–523

     

III. Vigilius

   

John I

 

523–526

Felix IV (III)

 

526–530

Dioscorus (antipope)

 

530

Boniface II

 

530–532

John II

 

533–535

Agapetus I

 

535–536

Silverius

 

536–537

Vigilius

 

537–555

Pelagius I

 

556–561

John III

 

561–574

     

IV. Gregory the Great

   

Benedict I

 

575–579

Pelagius II

 

579–590

Gregory I (the Great)

 

590–604

Sabinian

 

604–606

Boniface III

 

607

Boniface IV

 

608–615

Deusdedit I (Adeodatus I)

 

615–618

Boniface V

 

619–625

Honorius I

 

625–638

Severinus

 

640

John IV

 

640–642

Theodore I

 

642–649

     

V. Leo III and Charlemagne

   

Martin I

 

649–653

Eugenius I

 

654–657

Vitalian

 

657–672

Adeodatus II

 

672–676

Donus

 

676–678

Agatho

 

678–681

Leo II

 

682–683

Benedict II

 

684–685

John V

 

685–686

Conon

 

686–687

Sergius I

 

687–701

Theodore (antipope)

 

687

Paschal (antipope)

 

687

John VI

 

701–705

John VII

 

705–707

Sisinnius

 

708

Constantine

 

708–715

Gregory II

 

715–731

Gregory III

 

731–741

Zachary

 

741–752

Stephen II

 

752–757

Paul I

 

757–767

Constantine II (antipope)

 

767–768

Philip (antipope)

 

768

Stephen III

 

768–772

Hadrian I

 

772–795

Leo III

 

795–816

Stephen IV

 

816–817

Paschal I

 

817–824

Eugenius II

 

824–827

Valentine

 

827

Gregory IV

 

827–844

John (antipope)

 

844

Sergius II

 

844–847

Leo IV

 

847–855

     

VI. Pope Joan

   

[Joan

 

855?–857?]

Benedict III

 

855–858

Anastasius (antipope)

 

855

     

VII. Nicholas I and the Pornocracy

   

Nicholas I (the Great)

 

858–867

Hadrian II

 

867–872

John VIII

 

872–882

Marinus I

 

882–884

Hadrian III

 

884–885

Stephen V

 

885–891

Formosus

 

891–896

Boniface VI

 

896

Stephen VI

 

896–897

Romanus

 

897

Theodore II

 

897

John IX

 

898–900

Benedict IV

 

900–903

Leo V

 

903

Christopher (antipope)

 

903–904

Sergius III

 

904–911

Anastasius III

 

911–913

Lando

 

913–914

John X

 

914–928

Leo VI

 

928

Stephen VII

 

928–931

John XI

 

931–935

Leo VII

 

936–939

Stephen VIII

 

939–942

Marinus II

 

942–946

Agapetus II

 

946–955

John XII

 

955–964

Leo VIII

 

963–965

     

VIII. Schism

   

Benedict V

 

964

John XIII

 

965–972

Benedict VI

 

973–974

Boniface VII (antipope)

 

974, 984–985

Benedict VII

 

974–983

John XIV

Peter Canepanova

983–984

John XV

John Crescentius

985–986

Gregory V

Bruno of Carinthia

996–999

John XVI (antipope)

John Philagathos

997–998

Sylvester II

Gerbert of Aurillac

999–1003

John XVII

John Sicco

1003

John XVIII

John Fasanus

1003–1009

Sergius IV

Pietro Buccaporca

1009–1012

Gregory VI (antipope)

 

1012

Benedict VIII

Theophylact II of Tusculum

1012–1024

John XIX

Romanus of Tusculum

1024–1032

Benedict IX

Theophylact III of Tusculum

1032–1045, 1047–1048

Sylvester III

John of Sabina

1045

Gregory VI

John of Gratian

1045–1046

Clement II

Suidger of Bamberg

1046–1047

Damasus II

Poppo of Brixen

1048

Leo IX

Bruno of Egisheim

1049–1054

     

IX. Gregory VII and the Normans

   

Victor II

Gebhard of Dollnstein-Hirschberg

1055–1057

Stephen IX

Frederick of Lorraine

1057–1058

Benedict X (antipope)

John Mincius

1058–1059

Nicholas II

Gérard of Lorraine

1058–1061

Alexander II

Anselm of Baggio

1061–1073

Honorius II (antipope)

Peter Cadalus

1061–1064

Gregory VII

Hildebrand

1073–1085

     

X. Innocent and Anacletus

   

Clement III (antipope)

Guibert of Ravenna

1080, 1084–1100

Victor III

Desiderius of Monte Cassino

1086–1087

Urban II

Odo of Châtillon

1088–1099

Paschal II

Rainerius of Bieda

1099–1118

Theodoric (antipope)

 

1100–1101

Albert (Aleric) (antipope)

 

1101–1102

Sylvester IV (antipope)

Maginulf

1105–1111

Gelasius II

John of Gaeta

1118–1119

Gregory VIII (antipope)

Maurice Burdanus

1118–1121

Calixtus II

Guido of Burgundy

1119–1124

Honorius II

Lambert Scannabecchi

1124–1130

Celestine II (antipope)

Teobaldo

1124

Innocent II

Gregorio Papareschi

1130–1143

Anacletus II (antipope)

Pietro Pierleoni

1130–1138

Victor IV (antipope)

Gregorio Conti

1138

     

XI. The English Pope

   

Celestine II

Guido di Castello

1143–1144

Lucius II

Gherardo Caccianemici

1144–1145

Eugenius III

Bernardo Pignatelli

1145–1153

Anastasius IV

Conrad of Rome

1153–1154

Hadrian IV

Nicholas Breakspear

1154–1159

     

XII. Alexander III and Frederick Barbarossa

   

Alexander III

Orlando Bandinelli

1159–1181

Victor IV (antipope)

Ottaviano of Monticelli

1159–1164

Paschal III (antipope)

Guido of Crema

1164–1168

Callixtus III (antipope)

Giovanni of Struma

1168–1178

Innocent III (antipope)

Lando of Sezze

1179–1180

Lucius III

Ubaldo Allucingoli

1181–1185

Urban III

Uberto Crivelli

1185–1187

Gregory VIII

Alberto di Morra

1187

     

XIII. Innocent III

   

Clement III

Paulo Scolari

1187–1191

Celestine III

Giacinto Boboni

1191–1198

Innocent III

Lotario di Segni

1198–1216

     

XIV. The End of the Hohenstaufen

   

Honorius III

Cencio Savelli

1216–1227

Gregory IX

Ugolino of Ostia

1227–1241

Celestine IV

Goffredo da Castiglione

1241

Innocent IV

Sinibaldo dei Fieschi

1243–1254

Alexander VI

Rainaldo dei Conti di Segni

1254–1261

Urban IV

Jacques Pantaléon

1261–1264

Clement IV

Guy Foulques

1265–1268

Gregory X

Tedaldo Visconti

1271–1276

Innocent V

Pierre of Tarantaise

1276

Hadrian V

Ottobono Fieschi

1276

John XXI

Pedro Juliano

1276–1277

Nicholas III

Giovanni Gaetano Orsini

1277–1280

Martin IV

Simon de Brie

1281–1285

Honorius IV

Giacomo Savelli

1285–1287

Nicholas IV

Girolamo Masci

1288–1292

Celestine V

Pietro del Morrone

1294

Boniface VIII

Benedetto Caetani

1294–1303

     

XV. Avignon

   

Benedict XI

Niccolò Baccasino

1303–1304

Clement V

Bertrand de Got

1305–1314

John XXII

Jacques Duèse

1316–1334

Nicholas V (antipope)

Pietro Rainalducci

1328–1330

Benedict XII

Jacques Fournier

1334–1342

Clement VI

Pierre Roger

1342–1352

Innocent VI

Etienne Aubert

1352–1362

Urban V

Guillaume de Grimoard

1362–1370

Gregory XI

Pierre-Roger de Beaufort

1370–1378

     

XVI. Laetentur Coeli!

   

Urban VI

Bartolomeo Prignano

1378–1389

Clement VII (antipope)

Robert of Geneva

1378–1394

Boniface IX

Pietro Tomacelli

1389–1404

Benedict XIII (antipope)

Pedro de Luna

1394–1417

Innocent VII

Cosimo Gentile dei Migliorati

1404–1406

Gregory XII

Angelo Correr

1406–1415

Alexander V (antipope)

Pietro Philarghi

1409–1410

John XXIII (antipope)

Baldassare Cossa

1410–1415

Martin V

Oddone Colonna

1417–1431

Clement VIII (antipope)

Gil Sánchez Muñoz

1423–1429

Benedict XIV (antipope)

Bernard Garnier

1425–?

Eugenius IV

Gabriele Condulmer

1431–1447

Felix V (antipope)

Amadeus VIII of Savoy

1439–1449

     

XVII. The Renaissance

   

Nicholas V

Tommaso Parentucelli

1447–1455

Calixtus III

Alfonso de Borja (Borgia)

1455–1458

Pius II

Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini

1458–1464

Paul II

Pietro Barbo

1464–1471

Sixtus IV

Francesco della Rovere

1471–1484

Innocent VIII

Giambattistata Cibo

1484–1492

     

XVIII. The Monsters

   

Alexander VI

Rodrigo Borgia

1492–1503

Pius III

Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini

1503

Julius II

Giuliano della Rovere

1503–1513

     

XIX. The Medici Pair

   

Leo X

Giovanni de’ Medici

1513–1521

Hadrian VI

Adrian Florensz Dedal

1522–1523

Clement VII

Giulio de’ Medici

1523–1534

     

XX. The Counter-Reformation

   

Paul III

Alessandro Farnese

1534–1549

Julius III

Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte

1550–1555

Marcellus II

Marcello Cervini

1555

Paul IV

Giampietro Carafa

1555–1559

Pius IV

Giovanni Angelo Medici

1559–1565

Pius V

Michele Ghislieri

1566–1572

Gregory XIII

Ugo Boncompagni

1572–1585

Sixtus V

Felice Peretti

1585–1590

Urban VII

Giambattista Castagna

1590

Gregory XIV

Niccolò Sfondrati

1590–1591

Innocent IX

Giovanni Antonio Fachinetti

1591

Clement VIII

Ippolito Aldobrandini

1592–1605

     

XXI. Baroque Rome

   

Leo XI

Alessandro de’ Medici

1605

Paul V

Camillo Borghese

1605–1621

Gregory XV

Alessandro Ludovisi

1621–1623

Urban VIII

Maffeo Barberini

1623–1644

Innocent X

Giambattista Pamfili

1644–1655

Alexander VII

Fabio Chigi

1655–1667

Clement IX

Giulio Rospigliosi

1667–1669

Clement X

Emilio Altieri

1670–1676

Innocent XI

Benedetto Odescalchi

1676–1689

Alexander VIII

Pietro Ottoboni

1689–1691

Innocent XII

Antonio Pignatelli

1691–1700

     

XXII. The Age of Reason

   

Clement XI

Gian Francesco Albani

1700–1721

Innocent XIII

Michelangelo de’ Conti

1721–1724

Benedict XIII

Pietro Francesco Orsini-Gravina

1724–1730

Clement XII

Lorenzo Corsini

1730–1740

Benedict XIV

Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini

1740–1758

     

XXIII. The Jesuits and the Revolution

   

Clement XIII

Carlo della Torre Rezzonico

1758–1769

Clement XIV

Lorenzo Ganganelli

1769–1774

Pius VI

Giovanni Angelo Braschi

1775–1799

     

XXIV. Progress and Reaction

   

Pius VII

Barnaba Chiaramonti

1800–1823

Leo XII

Annibale Sermattei della Genga

1823–1829

Pius VIII

Francesco Saverio Castiglione

1829–1830

Gregory XVI

Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari

1831–1846

     

XXV. Pio Nono

   

Pius IX

Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti

1846–1878

     

XXVI. Leo XIII and the First World War

   

Leo XIII

Gioacchino Vincenzo Pecci

1878–1903

Pius X

Giuseppe Sarto

1903–1914

Benedict XV

Giacomo della Chiesa

1914–1922

     

XXVII. Pius XI and Pius XII

   

Pius XI

Achille Ratti

1922–1939

Pius XII

Eugenio Pacelli

1939–1958

     

XXVIII. Vatican II and After

   

John XXIII

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli

1958–1963

Paul VI

Giovanni Battista Montini

1963–1978

John Paul I

Albino Luciani

1978

John Paul II

Karol Wojtyła

1978–2005

Benedict XVI

Joseph Ratzinger

2005–

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