Popes

Popes

The heads of the Catholic Church.

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Clement X

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239th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1670 - 1676. During his papacy he laboured to preserve the peace of Europe even though he was menaced by the ambition of Louis XIV of France. He was ...

Benedict XIV

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247th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1740 - 1758. He had a very active papacy, reforming the education of priests, the calendar of feasts of the Church, and many papal institutions. ...

245th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1724 - 1730. He endeavoured to put a stop to the decadent lifestyles of the Italian priesthood and of the cardinalate. He also abolished the lottery in ...

Innocent XII

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242nd Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1691 - 1700. Innocent XII was the last pope to have a beard in the modern era. Innocent XII declared against the nepotism which had too much and too ...

Innocent XIII

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244th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1721 - 1724. His pontificate was considered largely uneventful. He prosecuted the Jesuits and the mission in China.

St Peter

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1st Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 33 - 64/67 Apostle of Jesus from whom he received the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven, according to Matthew 16:18–19 . Executed by crucifixion upside-down; ...

St Linus

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2nd Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 64/67 - 76/79. Feast day 23 September. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 7 June.