Popes

Popes

The heads of the Catholic Church.

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St Zephyrinus

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15th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 199 - 217. Place of birth: Rome, Italy.

212th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1471 - 1484. His accomplishments as Pope included the establishment of the Sistine Chapel; the group of artists that he brought together introduced the ...

Paul II

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211th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1464 - 1471. In statecraft, Paul II lacked eminence and achieved nothing of consequence for Italy. Paul II was a committed opponent of humanist ...

Innocent VIII

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213th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1484 - 1492. His papacy was during what is known as the Little Ice Age. Instigated severe measures against magicians and witches in Germany. The grip of ...

Clement XIII

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248th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1758 - 1769. Clement XIII's pontificate was disturbed by perpetual contentions respecting the pressures to suppress the Jesuits coming from the ...

Pius II

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210th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1458 - 1464. Pius II had a sincere, loving nature, frank and naïve even in his aberrations and defects. His longest and most enduring work is the storey ...

Paul V

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233rd Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1605 - 1621. Known for building projects, including the facade of St Peter's Basilica, improving the Vatican Library, and restoring the Aqua Traiana, an ...