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The
Popes: From
St.
Peter to Present
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Supreme Pontiff |
Detail
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ages, prior name, feast, comment/attributes, etc.) |
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St. Peter |
Birth
Date: c. 4
Beginning
of Reign: c. 33
End
of Reign: c. 64-67
Date
of Death: c. 64-67
Approx.
Age at Beginning of Reign: 30
Lived
to Approx. Age: 60-63
Approx.
Length of Reign: Approx. 31-34 years
Prior
Name (if different): Simon Bar-Jona
(Changed by Christ to Cephas/Peter, meaning "Rock")
Feast
Day (if applicable): June 29, August 1
(Chains), January 18, February 22 (Chair)
Jesus
personally instituted the papacy and made St. Peter the first pope
["Jesus said to [St. Peter] in reply, 'Blessed are you, Simon
son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you,
but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and
upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the
netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys
to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be
bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed
in heaven.'" (Mt. 16:17-19)]. After the resurrection, Jesus
confirmed St. Peter's role as head of his Church ["When they
had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, 'Simon, son of
John, do you love me more than these?' He said to him, 'Yes, Lord,
you know that I love you.' He said to him, 'Feed my lambs.' He
then said to him a second time, 'Simon, son of John, do you love
me?' He said to him, 'Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.' He
said to him, 'Tend my sheep.' He said to him the third time,
'Simon, son of John, do you love me?' Peter was distressed that he
had said to him a third time, 'Do you love me?' and he said to
him, 'Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.'
(Jesus) said to him, 'Feed my sheep.'" (Jn. 21:15-17)]. St.
Peter was martyred in Rome. [Click
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2.
St. Linus |
Birth
Date: N/A
Beginning
of Reign: c. 67
End
of Reign: c. 76
Date
of Death: c. 76
Approx.
Age at Beginning of Reign: N/A
Lived
to Approx. Age: N/A
Approx.
Length of Reign: Approx. 9 years
Prior
Name (if different):
Feast
Day (if applicable): September 23
Martyr;
In accordance with St. Paul's instruction in 1 Cor. 11:5
("But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head
unveiled brings shame upon her head...), St. Linus decreed that
women's heads must be covered in Church. |
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3.
St. Anacletus (Cletus) |
Birth
Date: N/A
Beginning
of Reign: c. 76
End
of Reign: c. 88
Date
of Death: c. 88
Approx.
Age at Beginning of Reign: N/A
Lived
to Approx. Age: N/A
Approx.
Length of Reign: Approx. 12 years
Prior
Name (if different):
Feast
Day (if applicable): April 26
Martyr;
Divided Rome into parishes. Has been disputed whether Cletus and
Anacletus are same person. Anacletus has been placed after Clement
I. |
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4.
St. Clement I |
Birth
Date: N/A
Beginning
of Reign: c. 88
End
of Reign: c. 97
Date
of Death: c. 97
Approx.
Age at Beginning of Reign: N/A
Lived
to Approx. Age: N/A
Approx.
Length of Reign: Approx. 9 years
Prior
Name (if different):
Feast
Day (if applicable): November 23
Martyr;
Wrote famous letter to the Church in Corinth showing Apostolic
Succession. |
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5.
St. Evaristus |
Birth
Date: N/A
Beginning
of Reign: c. 97
End
of Reign: c. 105
Date
of Death: c. 105
Approx.
Age at Beginning of Reign: N/A
Lived
to Approx. Age: N/A
Approx.
Length of Reign: Approx. 8 years
Prior
Name (if different):
Feast
Day (if applicable): October 26
Martyr;
Issued regulations regarding Christian marriage (marriages are to
be witnessed and blessed by a priest). |
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6.
St. Alexander I |
Birth
Date: N/A
Beginning
of Reign: c. 105
End
of Reign: c. 115
Date
of Death: c. 115
Approx.
Age at Beginning of Reign: N/A
Lived
to Approx. Age: N/A
Approx.
Length of Reign: Approx. 10 years
Prior
Name (if different):
Feast
Day (if applicable): May 3
Martyr;
Ordered mixing of wine and water at Mass, introduced blessing with
holy water combined with salt. |
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7.
St. Sixtus (Xystus) I |
Birth
Date: N/A
Beginning
of Reign: c. 115
End
of Reign: c. 125
Date
of Death: c. 125
Approx.
Age at Beginning of Reign: N/A
Lived
to Approx. Age: N/A
Approx.
Length of Reign: Approx. 10 years
Prior
Name (if different):
Feast
Day (if applicable): April 3
Martyr;
Ordered that only those in holy orders touch the sacred vessels. |
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8.
St. Telesphorus |
Birth
Date: N/A
Beginning
of Reign: c. 125
End
of Reign: c. 136
Date
of Death: c. 136
Approx.
Age at Beginning of Reign: N/A
Lived
to Approx. Age: N/A
Approx.
Length of Reign: Approx. 11 years
Prior
Name (if different):
Feast
Day (if applicable): January 5
Martyr;
Introduced Midnight Mass at Christmas, made Lenten fasting
obligatory. |
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9.
St. Hyginus |
Birth
Date: N/A
Beginning
of Reign: c. 136
End
of Reign: c. 140
Date
of Death: c. 140
Approx.
Age at Beginning of Reign: N/A
Lived
to Approx. Age: N/A
Approx.
Length of Reign: Approx. 4 years
Prior
Name (if different):
Feast
Day (if applicable): January 11
Martyr;
Fought heresy. |
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10.
St. Pius I |
Birth
Date: N/A
Beginning
of Reign: c. 140
End
of Reign: c. 155
Date
of Death: c. 155
Approx.
Age at Beginning of Reign: N/A
Lived
to Approx. Age: N/A
Approx.
Length of Reign: Approx. 15 years
Prior
Name (if different):
Feast
Day (if applicable): July 11
Martyr;
Ordered forty days penance for priests who allowed any drops of
the Precious Blood to fall to the ground during Mass. |
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11.
St. Anicetus |
Birth
Date: N/A
Beginning
of Reign: c. 155
End
of Reign: c. 166
Date
of Death: c. 166
Approx.
Age at Beginning of Reign: N/A
Lived
to Approx. Age: N/A
Approx.
Length of Reign: Approx. 11 years
Prior
Name (if different):
Feast
Day (if applicable): April 17
Martyr;
Fought heresy, dealt with Easter date controversy. |
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12.
St. Soter |
Birth
Date: N/A
Beginning
of Reign: c. 166
End
of Reign: c. 175
Date
of Death: c. 175
Approx.
Age at Beginning of Reign: N/A
Lived
to Approx. Age: N/A
Approx.
Length of Reign: Approx. 9 years
Prior
Name (if different):
Feast
Day (if applicable): April 22
Martyr;
Fought heresy, decreed regarding sanctuary (sanctuary should be
reserved to those in holy orders), decreed regarding reception of
Maundy Thursday Communion. |
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13.
St. Eleutherius (Eleutherus) |
Birth
Date: N/A
Beginning
of Reign: c. 175
End
of Reign: c. 189
Date
of Death: c. 189
Approx.
Age at Beginning of Reign: N/A
Lived
to Approx. Age: N/A
Approx.
Length of Reign: Approx. 14 years
Prior
Name (if different):
Feast
Day (if applicable): May 26
Martyr;
Fought heresy. |
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St. Victor I |
Birth
Date: N/A
Beginning
of Reign: c. 189
End
of Reign: c. 199
Date
of Death: c. 199
Approx.
Age at Beginning of Reign: N/A
Lived
to Approx. Age: N/A
Approx.
Length of Reign: Approx. 10 years
Prior
Name (if different):
Feast
Day (if applicable): July 28
Martyr;
First African pope, conveyed synods to settle the Easter date
controversy (including forceful excommunications to resolve the
matter). |
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15.
St. Zephyrinus |
Birth
Date: N/A
Beginning
of Reign: c. 199
End
of Reign: 217
Date
of Death: 217
Approx.
Age at Beginning of Reign: N/A
Lived
to Approx. Age: N/A
Approx.
Length of Reign: Approx. 18 years
Prior
Name (if different):
Feast
Day (if applicable): August 26
Martyr;
Fought heresy. Has been criticized for not issuing condemnation of
Modalist heresy. |
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