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The third pope to bear the same name as his immediate predecessor. Last pope to have been born outside Europe until the election of Francis in 2013. 91 3 December 741 – 22 March 752 (10 years, 110 days) St Zachary ZACHARIAS: Zacharias Sancta Severina, Calabria, Eastern Roman Empire (Eastern) Roman citizen. Was of Greek ethnicity. Feast day 15 ...
French Pope Clement V. Pope Silvester II (999–1003): Gerbert of Aurillac. Pope Urban II (1088–1099): Otho of Lagery (or Otto or Odo) Pope Urban IV (1261–1264): Jacques Pantaléon. Pope Clement IV (1265–1268): Guy Foulques. Pope Martin IV (1281–1285): Simon de Brie. Pope Clement V (1305–1314): Bertrand de Got.
The most recently reigning Pope to have been canonised was Pope John Paul II, whose cause for canonisation was opened in May 2005. John Paul II was beatified on 1 May 2011, by Pope Benedict XVI and later canonised, along with Pope John XXIII, by Pope Francis on 27 April 2014. [ 1] Pope Francis also canonised Pope Paul VI on 14 October 2018.
Papal name. A list of popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. A papal name or pontificial name is the regnal name taken by a pope. Both the head of the Catholic Church, usually known as the pope, and the pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (Coptic pope) choose papal names. As of 2013, Pope Francis is the Catholic pope ...
Pope Francis was born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio on 17 December 1936 [ 17] in Flores, [ 18] a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. [ 17] He was the eldest [ 19] of five children of Mario José Bergoglio (1908–1959) and Regina María Sívori (1911–1981). Mario Bergoglio was an Italian immigrant accountant [ 20] born in Portacomaro ( Province of Asti ...
The family produced three popes of the Catholic Church : Pope Callixtus III (born Alfons de Borja; 1378–1458) – served as pope from 8 April 1455 until his death on 6 August 1458 [1] Pope Alexander VI (born Rodrigo Lanzol Borgia; 1431–1503) – served as pope from 11 August 1492 until his death on 18 August 1503; his maternal uncle was ...
There have been 266 popes, as listed by the Annuario Pontificio ( Pontifical Yearbook) under the heading 'I Sommi Pontefici Romani' (The Supreme Pontiffs of Rome). Some sources quote a number of 267, with the inclusion of Stephen II, who died four days after his election but before his episcopal consecration. However, only 264 (or 265) men have ...
List of the archbishops of Canterbury up to Rowan Williams (2002–2012), in Canterbury Cathedral. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the " Primate of All England ", [ 1] effectively serving as the head of the established Church of England and, symbolically, of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Before the Reformation, the archbishop served as a ...