Popes

Popes

The heads of the Catholic Church.

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225th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1566 - 1572. He is chiefly notable for his role in the Council of Trent, the Counter-Reformation, and the standardisation of the Roman liturgy within ...

Gregory XIV

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229th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1590 -1591. Gregory XIV's brief pontificate was marked by vigorous intervention in favour of the Catholic party in the French Wars of Religion. Gregory ...

Innocent IX

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230th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1591 - 1591 (62 days). Prior to his short papacy, he had been a Canon Lawyer, diplomat, and chief administrator during the reign of Pope Gregory XIV. ...

Gregory XIII

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226th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1572 - 1585. He is best known for commissioning and being the namesake for the Gregorian calendar, which remains the internationally accepted civil ...

Urban VII

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228th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1590 - 1590 (12 days). Shortest-reigning pope; died of malaria before coronation.

Innocent III

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176th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1198 - 1216. Convened the Fourth Council of the Lateran, 1215. Initiated the Fourth Crusade, under direct rule of the church. Initiated the mediaeval ...

Alexander III

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170th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1159 - 1181. He is noted in history for laying the foundation stone for the Notre Dame de Paris. In 1171, Alexander became the first pope to address the ...