Popes

Popes

The heads of the Catholic Church.

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124th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 928 - 931. During his reign as Pope, he confirmed the privileges of a few religious houses in France and Italy. The validity of his papacy is disputed. ...

Agapetus II

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129th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 946 - 955. His papacy was during the time when Alberic II (932–954), son of Marozia, was governing the independent republic of Rome under the title of ...

Marinus II

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128th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 942 - 946. He was elevated to the papacy through intervention of Alberic II of Spoleto, ruler of Rome, and concentrated on administrative aspects of the ...

Victor II

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153rd Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1055 - 1057. Although there have been eight German Popes, Victor II is one of only three Popes from the territory of present-day Germany, the others ...

Victor III

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158th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1086 - 1087. Victor III birth name was Dauferius Epifani. Victor had little desire to become pope, he only submitted after the cardinals proclaimed him ...

Nicholas II

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155th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1058 - 1061. Nicholas' papacy dealt largely against the claim of antipope Benedict X, leading to the formation of alliances with the Normans. Nicholas ...

St Gregory VII

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157th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1073 - 1085. One of the great reforming popes, he is perhaps best known for the part he played in the Investiture Controversy, his dispute with Holy ...