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List of Popes
All popes of the Catholic Church.
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Pontiffnumber↕ | Pontificate↕ | Portrait↕ | Name: English· Latin↕ | Personal name↕ | Date and place of birth↕ | Age at start/end of papacy↕ | Notes↕ |
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| 118 | 30 July 903 –December 903(124 days) | Leo VLEO Quintus | Leo | Ardea, Papal States | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Deposed and murdered. | ||
| — | October 903 – January 904(92 days) | ChristopherCHRISTOFORVS | Christoforus | Rome, Papal States | Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. In opposition to Leo V. | ||
| 119 | 29 January 904 –14 April 911(7 years, 75 days) | Sergius IIISERGIVS Tertius | Sergius | c. 860 Rome, Papal States | 44 / 51 | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Saeculum obscurum began. First pope to be depicted with the papal tiara. | |
| 120 | 14 April 911 –June 913(2 years, 48 days) | Anastasius IIIANASTASIVS Tertius | Anastasius | c. 865 Rome, Papal States | 46 / 48 | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. | |
| 121 | 7 July 913 –5 February 914(213 days) | LandoLANDVS | Lando | Sabina, Papal States | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Last to use a new and non-composed regnal name until Francis (2013–2025). | ||
| 122 | March 914 –28 May 928(14 years, 88 days) | John XIOANNES Decimus | Ioannes | Tossignano, Papal States | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. | ||
| 123 | 28 May 928 –February 929(249 days) | Leo VILEO Sextus | Leo | c. 880 Rome, Papal States | 48 / 40 | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. | |
| 124 | 3 February 929 –13 February 931(2 years, 10 days) | Stephen VIISTEPHANVS Septimus | Stephanus de Gabrielli | Rome, Papal States | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Sometimes called Stephen VIII. | ||
| 125 | 15 March 931 –December 935(4 years, 261 days) | John XIIOANNES Undecimus | Ioannes | c. 910 Rome, Papal States | 21 / 25 | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Probably, according to the Liber Pontificalis and Liutprand of Cremona, the son of Sergius III, who was Marozia's husband, and not of Alberic I of Spoleto. | |
| 126 | 3 January 936 –13 July 939(3 years, 191 days) | Leo VIILEO Septimus | Leo, O.S.B. | Rome, Papal States | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. | ||
| 127 | 14 July 939 –30 October 942(3 years, 108 days) | Stephen VIIISTEPHANVS Octavus | Stephanus | Rome, Papal States | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Sometimes called Stephen IX. | ||
| 128 | 30 October 942 –1 May 946(3 years, 183 days) | Marinus IIMARINVS Secundus | Marinus | Rome, Papal States | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Erroneously also known as Martin III. | ||
| 129 | 10 May 946 –8 November 955(9 years, 182 days) | Agapetus IIAGAPITVS Secundus | Agapetus | c. 911 Rome, Papal States | 35 / 44 | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. | |
| 130 | 16 December 955 –6 December 963(7 years, 355 days) | John XIIIOANNES Duodecimus | Ottaviano | c. 930–37 Rome, Papal States | 18–25 / 26–33 (†27–34) | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Third pope not to use his personal name (Ottaviano). Crowned Emperor Otto I in 962. Deposed in 963 by Emperor Otto I invalidly. | |
| — | 6 December 963 –26 February 964(82 days) | Leo VIIILEO Octavus | Leo | c. 915 Rome, Papal States | 48 / 49 (†50) | Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. Appointed antipope by Emperor Otto I in 963 in opposition to John XII and Benedict V. His pontificate from 963 to 964 is considered illegitimate by today's Catholic Church. | |
| 130 | 26 February 964 –14 May 964(78 days) | John XIIIOANNES Duodecimus | Ottaviano | c. 930–37 Rome, Papal States | 27–34 / 27–34 | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Possibly murdered in 964. End of the Saeculum obscurum. | |
| 131 | 22 May 964 –23 June 964(32 days) | Benedict VBENEDICTVS Quintus | Benedetto | Rome, Papal States | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Elected by the people of Rome in opposition to Leo VIII, who was appointed by Emperor Otto I. Accepted his deposition in favour of Leo VIII in 964. | ||
| 132 | 23 June 964 –1 March 965(251 days) | Leo VIIILEO Octavus | Leo | c. 915 Rome, Papal States | 49 / 50 | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. His pontificate after the deposition of Benedict V is considered legitimate by today's Catholic Church. | |
| 133 | 1 October 965 –6 September 972(6 years, 341 days) | John XIIIIOANNES Tertius Decimus | Giovanni dei Crescenzi | Rome, Papal States | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Chronicled after his death as "the Good". | ||
| 134 | 19 January 973 –8 June 974(1 year, 140 days) | Benedict VIBENEDICTVS Sextus | Benedetto | Rome, Papal States | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Was of Lombard ethnicity. Deposed and murdered. | ||
| — | July 974 –July 974(30 days) | Boniface VIIBONIFATIVS Septimus | Francone Ferucci | Rome, Papal States | Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States, born Francone Ferucci. In opposition to Benedict VI and Benedict VII. | ||
| 135 | October 974 –10 July 983(8 years, 282 days) | Benedict VIIBENEDICTVS Septimus | Benedetto | Rome, Papal States | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. | ||
| 136 | December 983 –20 August 984(263 days) | John XIVIOANNES Quartus Decimus | Pietro Canepanova | Pavia, Kingdom of Italy | Subject of the Kingdom of Italy. Fourth pope not to use his personal name (Pietro Canepanova). | ||
| — | 20 August 984 –20 July 985(334 days) | Boniface VIIBONIFATIVS Septimus | Francone Ferucci | Rome, Papal States | Subject and later the claimant of the throne of the Papal States. In opposition to John XIV and John XV. | ||
| 137 | 20 August 985 –1 April 996(10 years, 225 days) | John XVIOANNES Quintus Decimus | Giovanni di Gallina Alba | Rome, Papal States | Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. First pope to formally canonize a saint. | ||
| 138 | 3 May 996 –18 February 999(2 years, 291 days) | Gregory VGREGORIVS Quintus | Bruno von Kärnten | c. 972 Stainach, Duchy of Carinthia | 24 / 27 | Subject of the Duchy of Carinthia. First official German pope. Fifth pope not to use his personal name (Bruno). Henceforth, this decision became tradition among the future popes. | |
| — | April 997 –February 998(306 days) | John XVIIOANNES Sextus Decimus | Iōánnēs Philágathos, O.S.B. | c. 945 Rossanum, Calabria, Italy, Eastern Roman Empire | 52 / 53 (†56) | (Eastern) Roman citizen. In opposition to Gregory V. | |
| 139 | 2 April 999 –12 May 1003(4 years, 40 days) | Sylvester IISILVESTER Secundus | Gerbert d'Aurillac, O.S.B. | c. 945 Belliac, Kingdom of the West Franks | 53 / 57 | Subject of the Kingdom of the West Franks (later renamed Kingdom of France). First French (Occitan) pope. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. |
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