Pope - Papal Events

1216 Jul 18
to 1227 Mar 18
 Cencio (Honorius III) elected Pope
Pope Honorius III (1148 – March 18, 1227), born with the name Cencio, was Pope from 1216 to 1227. On July 18, 1216, seventeen cardinals present at the death of Innocent III assembled a...
1227 Mar 19
to 1241 Aug 22
 Ugolino di Conti (Gregory IX) elected Pope
Born about 1145, at Anagni in the Campagna; died 22 August, 1241, at Rome. He received his education at the Universities of Paris and Bologna. After the accession of Innocent III to the p...
1241 Oct 25
to 1241 Nov 10
 Goffredo da Castiglione (Celestine IV) elected Pope
Pope Celestine IV (died November 10, 1241 in Rome), born Goffredo da Castiglione, was pope from October 25, 1241 to November 10, 1241. Born in Milan, Goffredo or Godfrey is often referre...
1243 Jun 28
to 1254 Dec 7
 Sinibaldo Fieschi (Innocent IV) elected Pope
Pope Innocent IV, born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was pope from June 28, 1243, to December 7, 1254. Born in Genoa (although some sources say Manarola) in an unknown year the boy, Sinibaldo was...
1254 Dec 12
to 1261 May 25
 Rinaldo di Jene (Alexander IV) elected Pope
Pope from 1254-61 (Rinaldo Conti), of the house of Segni, which had already given two illustrious sons to the Papacy, Innocent III and Gregory IX, date of birth uncertain; died 25 May, 12...
1261 Aug 29 Jacques Pantaléon (Urban IV) elected Pope
Pope Urban IV (c. 1195 in Troyes, France – October 2, 1264 in Perugia), born Jacques Pantaléon, was Pope, from 1261 to 1264. He was not a cardinal, and there have been several Popes since...
1265 Feb 5 Gui Faucoi (Clement IV) elected Pope
Pope Clement IV (Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, November 23, year ca. 1195 – November 29, 1268 in Viterbo), born Gui Faucoi called in later life le Gros (English: Guy Foulques the Fat; Italian: Gu...
1271 Sep 1 Tebaldo Visconti (Gregory X) elected Pope
Pope Blessed Gregory X (Piacenza 1210 – Arezzo January 10, 1276), born Tebaldo Visconti, was Pope from 1271 to 1276. He was elected by the papal election, 1268–1271, the longest papal ele...
1276 Jan 21 Pierre de Tarentaise (Innocent V) elected Pope
Pope Blessed Innocent V (c. 1225 – June 22, 1276), born Pierre de Tarentaise, was Pope from January 21 to June 22, 1276. He was born around 1225 near Moûtiers in the Tarentaise region of...
1276 Jul 11 Ottobuono de' Fieschi (Adrian V) elected Pope
Ottobuono belonged to a feudal family of Liguria, the Fieschi, Counts of Lavagna. His first clerical position came in 1243, when he was created a papal chaplain. Subsequently he received...
1276 Sep 13 Pedro Julião (John XXI) elected Pope
Pope John XXI (1215 – May 20, 1277; Portuguese: Papa João XXI), born Pedro Julião (Latin, Petrus Iulianus), a Portuguese also called Pedro Hispano (Latin, Petrus Hispanus), was Pope from ...
1277 Nov 25 Giovanni Orsini (Nicholas III) elected Pope
Pope Nicholas III (Rome, 1210/1220 – August 22, 1280), born Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, Pope from November 25, 1277 to his death in 1280, was a Roman nobleman who had served under eight Pope...
1281 Feb 21 Simon de Brion (Martin IV) elected Pope
Pope Martin IV (between 1210 and 1220 – March 28, 1285), born Simon de Brion, held the papacy from February 21, 1281 until his death. Simon de Brion, son of Jean, sieur de Brion, was bor...
1285 Apr 2 Giacomo Savelli (Honorius IV) elected Pope
Pope Honorius IV (c. 1210 – April 3, 1287), born Giacomo Savelli, was Pope for two years from 1285 to 1287. During his unremarkable pontificate he largely continued to pursue the pro-Fren...
1288 Feb 22 Girolamo Masci (Nicholas IV) elected Pope
Pope Nicholas IV (September 30, 1227 – April 4, 1292), born Girolamo Masci, was Pope from February 22, 1288 to April 4, 1292. A Franciscan monk, he had been legate to the Greeks under Pop...
1294 Jul 7 Pietro Angelerio (Celestine V) elected Pope
Pope Saint Celestine V (c. 1215 – 19 May 1296), born Pietro Angelerio (according to some sources Angelario, Angelieri, Angelliero, or Angeleri), also known as Pietro da Morrone, was elect...
1294 Dec 24 Benedetto Caetani (Boniface VIII) elected Pope
Pope Boniface VIII (c. 1235 – October 11, 1303), born Benedetto Caetani, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303. Today, Boniface VIII is probably best remembered for his ...
1303 Oct 22 Nicola Boccasini (Benedict XI) elected Pope
Pope Blessed Benedict XI (1240 – July 7, 1304), born Nicola Boccasini, was Pope from 1303 to 1304. Born in Treviso, he succeeded Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303), but was unable to carry o...
1305 Jun 5 Raymond Got (Clement V) elected Pope
Pope Clement V (About 1264 – April 20, 1314), born Raymond Bertrand de Got (also occasionally spelled de Gouth and de Goth), was Pope from 1305 to his death. He is memorable in history fo...
1316 Aug 7 Jacques Duèze (John XXII) elected Pope
Pope John XXII (1249 – December 4, 1334), born Jacques Duèze (or d'Euse), was pope from 1316 to 1334. He was the second Pope of the Avignon Papacy (1309-1377), elected by a conclave in Ly...
1334 Dec 20 Jacques Fournier (Benedict XII) elected Pope
Pope Benedict XII (died April 24, 1342), born Jacques Fournier, was Pope from 1334 to 1342. Little is known of the origins of Jacques Fournier. He is believed to have been born in Save...
1342 May 7 Pierre Roger (Clement VI) elected Pope
Pope Clement VI (1291 – December 6, 1352), born Pierre Roger, the fourth of the Avignon Popes, was pope from May 1342 until his death. Clement was born in the village of Maumont, today...
1352 Dec 18 Étienne Aubert (Innocent VI) elected Pope
Pope Innocent VI (1282 or 1295 – September 12, 1362), born Étienne Aubert, Pope at Avignon from 1352 to 1362, the successor of Pope Clement VI (1342–52), was a native of the hamlet of Les...
1362 Sep 28 Guillaume Grimoard (Urban V) elected Pope
Blessed Pope Urban V (1310 – December 19, 1370), born Guillaume Grimoard, was Pope from 1362 to 1370. He was a native of Grizac in Languedoc (today part of the commune of Le Pont-de-Mo...
1370 Dec 30 Pierre Beaufort (Gregory XI) elected Pope
Pope Gregory XI (c. 1336 – March 27, 1378), born Pierre Roger de Beaufort, Pope from 1370 to 1378, born in Maumont, in the modern commune of Rosiers-d'Égletons, Limousin around 1336, succ...
1378 Apr 8 Bartolomeo Prignano (Urban VI) elected Pope
Pope Urban VI (c. 1318 – October 15, 1389), born Bartolomeo Prignano, was Pope from 1378 to 1389. Born in Naples, he was a devout monk and learned casuist, trained at Avignon. On March...
1389 Nov 2 Piero Tomacelli (Boniface IX) elected Pope
Pope Boniface IX (1356 – October 1, 1404), born Piero Tomacelli, was the second Roman Pope of the Western Schism from November 2, 1389 – until October 1, 1404. During his time the antipop...
1404 Oct 17 Cosim de' Migliorati (Innocent VII) elected Pope
Pope Innocent VII, born Cosimo de' Migliorati (c. 1336 – November 6, 1406), was briefly Pope at Rome, from 1404 to his death, during the Western Schism (1378–1417) while there was a rival...
1406 Nov 30 Angelo Correr (Gregory XII) elected Pope
Pope Gregory XII (c. 1326 - 18 October 1417), born Angelo Correr or Corraro, Pope from 1406 to 1415, succeeded Pope Innocent VII (1404–06) on 30 November 1406. He was chosen at Rome by a...
1417 Nov 11 Odo Colonna (Martin V) elected Pope
Pope Martin V (c. 1368 – February 20, 1431), born Odo (or Oddone) Colonna was Pope from 1417 to 1431. His election effectively ended the Western Schism (1378–1417). The son of Agapito ...
1431 Mar 3 Gabriele Condulmet (Eugene IV) elected Pope
Pope Eugene IV (1383 – February 23, 1447), born Gabriele Condulmer, was Pope from March 3, 1431, to his death. He was born in Venice to a rich merchant family, a Correr on his mother's...
1447 Mar 6 Tommaso Parentucelli (Nicholas V) elected Pope
Pope Nicholas V (Italian: Niccolò V; November 15, 1397 – March 24, 1455), born Tommaso Parentucelli, was Pope from March 6, 1447 to his death in 1455. He was born at Sarzana, Liguria, ...
1455 Apr 8 Alfons de Borja (Calixtus III) elected Pope
Pope Calixtus III (December 31, 1378 – August 6, 1458) (Catalan: Calixt III, Spanish: Calixto III), né Alfons de Borja, was Pope from April 8, 1455 to his death in 1458. Alfonso de Bor...
1458 Aug 19 Enea Piccolomini (Pius II) elected Pope
Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Latin Aeneas Sylvius; October 18, 1405 – August 14, 1464) was Pope from August 19, 1458 until his death in 1464. Pius II, "whose character refl...
1464 Aug 30 Pietro Barbo (Paul II) elected Pope
Pope Paul II (February 23, 1417 – July 26, 1471), born Pietro Barbo, was Pope from 1464 until his death in 1471. He was born in Venice, and was a nephew of Pope Eugene IV (1431–1447), ...
1471 Aug 9 Francesco della Rovere (Sixtus IV) elected Pope
Pope Sixtus IV (July 21, 1414 – August 12, 1484), born Francesco della Rovere, was Pope from 1471 to 1484. He founded the Sistine Chapel where the team of artists he brought together and ...
1484 Aug 29 Giovanni Cybo (Innocent VIII) elected Pope
Pope Innocent VIII (1432 – July 25, 1492), born Giovanni Battista Cybo (or Cibo), was Pope from 1484 until his death.Giovanni Battista Cybo (or Cibo) was born at Genoa of Greek extraction...
1492 Aug 11 Roderic Llançol (Alexander VI) elected Pope
Pope Alexander VI (1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503) (Spanish: Alejandro VI, Catalan: Alexandre VI), born Roderic Llançol, later Roderic de Borja i Borja (Italian: Rodrigo Borgia) was Pope...
1503 Sep 22 Francesco Piccolomini (Pius III) elected Pope
Pope Pius III (May 29, 1439 – October 18, 1503), born Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, was Pope from September 22 to October 18, 1503. He was born in Siena, the nephew of Aeneas Silvi...
1503 Nov 1 Giuliano della Rovere (Julius II) elected Pope
Pope Julius II (c. 5 December 1443 – 21 February 1513), nicknamed "The Terrible Pope" (Il Papa Terribile) and "The Warrior Pope" (Il Papa Guerriero), was born Giuliano della Rovere. He wa...
1513 Mar 9 Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici (Leo X) elected Pope
Pope Leo X (11 December 1475 – 1 December 1521) was Pope from 1513 to his death. He was the last non-priest to be elected Pope. He is known primarily for the sale of indulgences to recons...
1522 Jan 9 Adriaan Boeyens (Adrian VI) elected Pope
Pope Adrian VI (2 March 1459 – 14 September 1523), born Adriaan Florenszoon Boeyens, served as Bishop of Rome from 9 January 1522 until his death some 18 months later. He was the last non...
1523 Nov 19 Giulio Medici (Clement VII) elected Pope
He was born in Florence one month after his father, Giuliano de' Medici, was assassinated in the Pazzi Conspiracy. Although his parents had not had a formal marriage, a canon law loophole...
1534 Oct 13 Alessandro Farnese (Paul III) elected Pope
Pope Paul III (29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era f...
1550 Feb 7 Giovanni Ciocchi del Monte (Julius III) elected Pope
Pope Julius III (10 September 1487 – 23 March 1555), born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was Pope from 7 February 1550 to 1555. In his early career in the Church Julius established a ...
1555 Apr 9 Marcello Spannochi (Marcellus II) elected Pope
Pope Marcellus II (6 May 1501 – 1 May 1555), born Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi was Pope from 9 April 1555 to 1 May 1555, succeeding Pope Julius III. Before his accession as Pope he ha...
1555 May 23 Giovanni Carafa (Paul IV) elected Pope
Pope Paul IV (28 June 1476 – 18 August 1559), né Giovanni Pietro Carafa, was Pope from 23 May 1555 until his death. Giovanni Pietro Carafa was born in Capriglia Irpina, near Avellino, in...
1559 Dec 25 Giovanni Medici (Pius IV) elected Pope
Pope Pius IV (31 March 1499 – 9 December 1565), born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was Pope from 1559 to 1565. He is notable for presiding over the culmination of the Council of Trent. Giova...
1566 Jan 7 Antonio Ghislieri (Pius V) elected Pope
Pope St. Pius V (17 January 1504 – 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri (from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri, O.P.), was pope from 1566 to 1572 and is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. ...
1572 May 13 Ugo Boncompagni (Gregory XIII) elected Pope
Pope Gregory XIII (7 January, 1502 – 10 April, 1585), born Ugo Boncompagni, was Pope from 1572 to 1585. At the age of thirty-six he was summoned to Rome by Pope Paul III (1534–1549), u...