Popes

Popes

The heads of the Catholic Church.

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Urban VIII

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235th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1623 - 1644. He was the last pope to expand the papal territory by force of arms, and was a prominent patron of the arts and reformer of Church ...

Pius VII

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251st Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1800 - 1823. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. Present at Napoleon's coronation as Emperor of the French. Temporarily expelled from the Papal ...

Clement XIV

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249th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1769 - 1774. Member of the Conventual Franciscan Order. Suppressed the Jesuit Order. Clement XIV knighted the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart after he ...

237th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1655 - 1667. Alexander is celebrated as a city planner, taking on projects that displayed beautiful architectural vision. Alexander VII's pontificate ...

Innocent X

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236th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1644 - 1655. During the english civil war with Ireland, Innocent strongly supported the independent Confederate Ireland, over the British leaders and ...

Julius III

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221st Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1550 - 1555. At the start of his reign Julius had desired seriously to bring about a reform of the Catholic Church and to reconvene the Council of ...

Marcellus II

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222nd Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1555 - 1555 (21 days). He is the most recent Pope to choose to retain his birth name as his regnal name upon his accession. After his death, it would be ...