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Benidict XVI Dates

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2005-2013

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Benidict XVI Notes

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Oldest to become pope since Pope Clement XII in 1730. Elevated the Tridentine Mass to a more prominent position. First pope to renounce the Papacy on his own initiative since Pope Celestine V in 1294,[12] retaining regnal name with title of pope emeritus.[13]

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Benidict XVI Motto

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Cooperators of the truth

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John Paul II Dates

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1978-2005

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John Paul II Notes

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First Polish pope, first non-Italian pope in 455 years and first pope to travel to Canada. Canonized more saints than all predecessors. Traveled extensively. Third longest reign after Pius IX and St Peter. Beatified by Pope Benedict XVI.

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John Paul II Motto

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Totally yours

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John Paul I Dates

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Aug 1978-Sept 1978

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John Paul I Notes

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First pope to use ‘the First’ in regnal name. First pope with two names, for his two immediate predecessors.

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John Paul I Motto

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Humility

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Paul VI Dates

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1963-1978

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Paul VI Notes

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The last pope to be crowned with the Papal Tiara. First pope to travel to the United States. Concluded Second Vatican Council.

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Paul VI Motto

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With Him on the mount

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John XXIII Dates

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1958-1953

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John XXIII Notes

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Opened Second Vatican Council; sometimes called “Good Pope John”.

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John XXIII Motto

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Obedience and peace

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Pius XII Dates

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1938-19958

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Pius XII Notes

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Invoked papal infallibility in encyclical Munificentissimus Deus.

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Pius XII Motto

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The work of justice [shall be] peace

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Pius XI Dates

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1922-1938

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Pius XI Notes

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Signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy, establishing the Vatican City as a sovereign state. Created the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

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Benedict XV Dates

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1914-1922

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Benedict XV Notes

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Credited for intervening for peace during World War I. Remembered by Pope Benedict XVI as “prophet of peace”.

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Pius X Dates

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1903-1914

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Pius X Notes

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Encouraged and expanded reception of Holy Communion, and combatted Modernistic theology. Most recent pope to be canonized.

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Leo XIII Dates
1878-1903
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Leo XIII Notes
Issued the encyclical on social teaching, Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor) and supported Christian democracy as against communism; the fourth-longest reigning pope after Pius IX, St Peter and John Paul II.
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Pius IX Dates
1846-1878
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Pius IX Notes
Opened First Vatican Council; lost the Papal States to Italy. Longest serving pope in history (see note on St Peter.)
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Gregory XVI Dates
1831-1846
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Gregory XVI Notes
Member of the Camaldolese Order. The last non-bishop to be elected.
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Pius VIII Dates
1829-1830
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Pius VIII Notes
Accepted Louis Philippe I as King of the French.
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Leo VII Dates
1823-1829
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Leo VII Notes
Placed the Catholic educational system under the control of the Jesuits through Quod divina sapientia, 1824.
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Pius VII Dates
1800-1823
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Pius VII Notes
Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. Present at Napoleon's coronation as Emperor of the French. Temporarily expelled from the Papal States by the French between 1809 and 1814.
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Pius VI Dates
1775-1799
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Pius VI Notes
Condemned the French Revolution and was expelled from the Papal States by French troops from 1798 until his death.
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Clement XIV Dates
1769-1774
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Clement XIV Notes
Member of the Conventual Franciscan Order. Suppressed the Jesuit Order.
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Clement VIII Dates
1758-1769
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Clement VII Notes
Provided the famous fig leaves on male statues in the Vatican. Defended the Society of Jesus in Apostolicum pascendi, 1765.
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Innocent XII Dates
1691-1700
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Innocent XII Notes
Issued Romanum decet Pontificem, 1692.
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Urban VIII Dates
1623-1644
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Urban VIII Notes
Trial against Galileo Galilei.
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Gregory XV Dates
1621-1623
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Gregory XV Notes
Established the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, 1622.
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Paul V Dates
1605-1621
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Paul V Notes
Known for building projects, including the facade of St Peter's Basilica.
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Clement VIII Dates
1592-1605
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Clement VIII Notes
Convened the Congregatio de Auxiliis which addressed doctrinal disputes between the Dominicans and Jesuits regarding free will and divine grace.[11]
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Pius V Dates
1566-1572
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Pius V Notes
Member of the Dominican Order. Excommunicated Elizabeth I of England, 1570. Victory of Lepanto 1571.
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Pius IV Dates
1559-1565
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Pius IV Notes
Reopened the Council of Trent, 1562, it concluded its proceedings in 1563.
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Paul III Dates
1534-1549
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Paul III Notes
Opened the Council of Trent in 1545. His illegitimate son became the first Duke of Parma.
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Clement VII Dates
1523-1534
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Clement VII Notes
Cousin of Leo X. Rome plundered by imperial troops ("Sacco di Roma"), 1527. He forbade the divorce of Henry VIII and crowned Charles V Emperor at Bologna in 1530. His niece Catherine de' Medici was married to the future Henry II of France.
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Leo X Dates
1513-1521
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Leo X Notes
Son of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Excommunicated Martin Luther. Extended the Spanish Inquisition into Portugal.
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Julius II Dates
1503-1513
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Julius II Notes
Nephew of Sixtus IV; Convened the Fifth Council of the Lateran, 1512. Took effective control of the whole territory of the Papal States for the first time. Commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Proposed plans for rebuilding of St Peter's Basilica
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Sixtus IV Dates
1471-1484
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Sixtus IV Notes
Member of the Franciscan Order. Commissioned the Sistine Chapel. Authorized an Inquisition targeting converted (Jewish) Christians in Spain, at the request of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand.
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Honorius III Dates
1216-1227
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Honorius III Notes
Initiated the Fifth Crusade.
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Innocent III Dates
1198-1216
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Innocent III Notes
Convened the Fourth Council of the Lateran, 1215. Initiated the Fourth Crusade. Initiated the medieval Inquisition in Spain and Portugal.
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Gregory VIII Dates
1187-1187
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Gregory VIII Notes
Canon Regular Premostratense. Proposed the Third Crusade
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Urban II Dates
1088-1099
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Urban II Notes
Started the First Crusade. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.
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Leo IX Dates
1949-1054
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Leo IX Dates
In 1054, mutual excommunications of Leo IX and Patriarch of Constantinople Michael I Cerularius began the East_West Schism. The anathematizations were rescinded by Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras in 1965.[9]
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Leo III Dates
795-816
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Leo III Notes
Crowned Charlemagne Imperator Augustus on Christmas Day, 800, thereby initiating what would become the office of Holy Roman Emperor requiring the imprimatur of the pope for its legitimacy
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Gregory I Dates
590-604
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Gregory I Notes
First to formally employ the titles "Servus servorum Dei" and "Pontifex Maximus". Feast day 3 September. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 12 March.
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Leo I Dates
440-461
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Leo I Notes
Convinced Attila the Hun to turn back his invasion of Italy. Wrote the Tome which was instrumental in the Council of Chalcedon and in defining the hypostatic union. Feast day 10 November. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 18 February.
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Damasus I Dates
366-384
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Damasus I Notes
Patron of Jerome, commissioned the Vulgate translation of the Bible. Council of Rome, 382.
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Peter Dates
33-64/67
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Peter Notes
Apostle of Jesus from whom he received the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, according to Matthew 16:18_19 . Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day (Feast of Saints Peter and Paul) 29 June, (Chair of Saint Peter) 22 February. Recognized by the Catholic Church as the first Bishop of Rome (Pope) appointed by Christ. Also revered as saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 29 June.[4]
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Linus Dates
64/67-76/79
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Linus Notes
Feast day 23 September. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 7 June.
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Anacletus Dates
76/79-88/92
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Anacletus Notes
Martyred; feast day 26 April. Once erroneously split into Cletus and Anacletus[5]
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Clement I Dates
88/92-97
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Clement I Notes
Feast day 23 November. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 25 November.
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Evaristus Dates
97/99-105/107
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Evaristus Notes
Feast day 26 October.

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