Pope - Papal timeline

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... Read more

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.... Read more

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... Read more

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)... Read more

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,... Read more

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,... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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),... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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.... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more