292 events with tag "Pope"
33
ID: 3833
St. Peter receives keys of the kingdom - 'You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church' - becomes first pope
ID: 3833
64
ID: 3834
St. Peter martyred in Rome - crucified upside down at his request, considering himself unworthy to die as Christ did
ID: 3834
67
ID: 3835
St. Linus becomes second pope - mentioned by St. Paul in 2 Timothy 4:21, governs for 12 years
ID: 3835
79
ID: 3836
St. Anacletus becomes third pope - builds St. Peter's memorial shrine, martyred under Domitian
ID: 3836
88
ID: 3837
St. Clement I becomes fourth pope - writes important letter to Corinthians, knew Peter and Paul personally
ID: 3837
96
ID: 4129
Clement of Rome writes to Corinthians - first papal letter outside scripture, asserts Roman authority over other churches
ID: 4129
99
ID: 3838
St. Clement I martyred - tied to anchor and thrown into Black Sea by order of Emperor Trajan
ID: 3838
99
ID: 3839
St. Evaristus becomes fifth pope - divides Rome into parishes, assigns priests to churches
ID: 3839
108
ID: 3840
St. Alexander I becomes sixth pope - introduces holy water and mixing water with wine at Mass
ID: 3840
115
ID: 4110
St. Alexander I martyred - sixth pope, beheaded along with priests Eventius and Theodulus on Via Nomentana
ID: 4110
117
ID: 3841
St. Sixtus I becomes seventh pope - deals with Easter date controversy, martyred under Hadrian
ID: 3841
125
ID: 4111
St. Sixtus I martyred - seventh pope, buried near St. Peter in Vatican, died during Hadrian's reign
ID: 4111
127
ID: 3842
St. Telesphorus becomes eighth pope - institutes midnight Mass at Christmas, adds Gloria to Mass
ID: 3842
137
ID: 4112
St. Telesphorus martyred - eighth pope, only 2nd-century pope whose martyrdom is historically certain, died under Hadrian
ID: 4112
138
ID: 3843
St. Hyginus becomes ninth pope - establishes clerical ranks and orders, combats Gnosticism
ID: 3843
142
ID: 3844
St. Pius I becomes tenth pope - brother of Hermas (author of The Shepherd), fixes Easter celebration
ID: 3844
142
ID: 4113
St. Hyginus dies - ninth pope, whether martyred is uncertain, fought Gnostic heresies of Valentinus and Cerdo
ID: 4113
155
ID: 3845
St. Anicetus becomes eleventh pope - meets with St. Polycarp about Easter date, forbids clergy long hair
ID: 3845
155
ID: 4114
St. Pius I dies - tenth pope, brother of Hermas who wrote The Shepherd, opposed Marcion's heresy
ID: 4114
166
ID: 3846
St. Soter becomes twelfth pope - known for charity to poor, sends aid to Corinth
ID: 3846
166
ID: 4115
St. Anicetus martyred - eleventh pope, met with Polycarp about Easter controversy, died under Marcus Aurelius
ID: 4115
175
ID: 3847
St. Eleutherius becomes thirteenth pope - receives request from British king Lucius for missionaries
ID: 3847
189
ID: 3848
St. Victor I becomes fourteenth pope - first African pope, makes Latin official Church language, Easter controversy
ID: 3848
189
ID: 4121
St. Eleutherius dies - thirteenth pope, received embassy from British King Lucius requesting missionaries
ID: 4121
199
ID: 3849
St. Zephyrinus becomes fifteenth pope - combats Monarchianism heresy, long pontificate of 18 years
ID: 3849
199
ID: 4122
St. Victor I dies - fourteenth pope, first African pope, excommunicated churches that celebrated Easter on 14 Nisan
ID: 4122
217
ID: 3850
St. Callixtus I becomes sixteenth pope - former slave, creates famous catacombs, emphasizes divine mercy
ID: 3850
222
ID: 3851
St. Urban I becomes seventeenth pope - declares Church property common to all Christians
ID: 3851
230
ID: 3852
St. Pontian becomes eighteenth pope - first pope to abdicate, exiled to Sardinia mines
ID: 3852
235
ID: 3853
St. Anterus becomes nineteenth pope - collects acts of martyrs, shortest pontificate of 43 days
ID: 3853
236
ID: 3854
St. Fabian becomes twentieth pope - dove lands on his head at election, divides Rome into 7 deaconries
ID: 3854
251
ID: 3855
St. Cornelius becomes twenty-first pope - faces Novatian schism over readmitting lapsed Christians
ID: 3855
253
ID: 3856
St. Lucius I becomes twenty-second pope - exiled then allowed to return by Emperor Valerian
ID: 3856
254
ID: 3857
St. Stephen I becomes twenty-third pope - defends validity of baptism by heretics, martyred
ID: 3857
257
ID: 3858
St. Sixtus II becomes twenty-fourth pope - martyred with his deacons including St. Lawrence
ID: 3858
259
ID: 3859
St. Dionysius becomes twenty-fifth pope - reorganizes Church after persecution, clarifies Trinity doctrine
ID: 3859
269
ID: 3860
St. Felix I becomes twenty-sixth pope - appeals to Emperor Aurelian against Paul of Samosata
ID: 3860
275
ID: 3861
St. Eutychian becomes twenty-seventh pope - personally buries 342 martyrs, peaceful pontificate
ID: 3861
283
ID: 3862
St. Caius becomes twenty-eighth pope - establishes minor orders before priesthood, related to Diocletian
ID: 3862
296
ID: 3863
St. Marcellinus becomes twenty-ninth pope - controversial for allegedly offering incense to idols under pressure
ID: 3863
308
ID: 3864
St. Marcellus I becomes thirtieth pope - strict on penance for lapsed, exiled by Maxentius
ID: 3864
309
ID: 3865
St. Eusebius becomes thirty-first pope - seeks middle way on readmitting lapsed, exiled to Sicily
ID: 3865
311
ID: 3866
St. Miltiades becomes thirty-second pope - receives Lateran Palace from Constantine, sees Christianity legalized
ID: 3866
314
ID: 3867
St. Sylvester I becomes thirty-third pope - legendary baptism of Constantine, sends legates to Nicaea
ID: 3867
336
ID: 3868
St. Mark becomes thirty-fourth pope - founds two basilicas, creates first liturgical calendar
ID: 3868
337
ID: 3869
St. Julius I becomes thirty-fifth pope - defends Athanasius against Arians, asserts Roman primacy
ID: 3869
352
ID: 3870
Liberius becomes thirty-sixth pope - exiled for opposing Arianism, controversial for later compromise
ID: 3870
358
ID: 5010
Pope Liberius signs semi-Arian formula and is allowed to return to Rome - controversial capitulation under pressure
ID: 5010
366
ID: 3871
St. Damasus I becomes thirty-seventh pope - commissions Jerome's Vulgate, fixes biblical canon
ID: 3871
384
ID: 3872
St. Siricius becomes thirty-eighth pope - issues first papal decretal, enforces clerical celibacy
ID: 3872
399
ID: 3873
St. Anastasius I becomes thirty-ninth pope - condemns Origen's writings, praised by Jerome
ID: 3873
401
ID: 3874
St. Innocent I becomes fortieth pope - claims universal papal authority, negotiates with Alaric
ID: 3874
417
ID: 3875
St. Zosimus becomes forty-first pope - initially lenient with Pelagius, later condemns
ID: 3875
418
ID: 3876
St. Boniface I becomes forty-second pope - disputed election with antipope Eulalius
ID: 3876
422
ID: 3877
St. Celestine I becomes forty-third pope - condemns Nestorius, sends Patrick to Ireland
ID: 3877
432
ID: 3878
St. Sixtus III becomes forty-fourth pope - builds Santa Maria Maggiore after Ephesus
ID: 3878
440
ID: 3879
St. Leo I the Great becomes forty-fifth pope - stops Attila the Hun, defines two natures of Christ
ID: 3879
440
ID: 4932
September 29, 440
St. Leo the Great elected Pope - will confront Attila the Hun and define Christ's two natures at Chalcedon
ID: 4932
452
ID: 4933
Pope St. Leo the Great meets Attila the Hun - persuades him to turn back from Rome
ID: 4933
461
ID: 3880
St. Hilarius becomes forty-sixth pope - escaped Robber Synod of Ephesus as Leo's legate
ID: 3880
461
ID: 4934
November 10, 461
Death of Pope St. Leo the Great - Doctor of the Church, wrote Tome of Leo defining Christ's two natures
ID: 4934
468
ID: 3881
St. Simplicius becomes forty-seventh pope - sees fall of Western Roman Empire in 476
ID: 3881
483
ID: 3882
St. Felix III becomes forty-eighth pope - excommunicates Patriarch Acacius, 35-year schism begins
ID: 3882
492
ID: 3883
St. Gelasius I becomes forty-ninth pope - doctrine of two swords (spiritual and temporal power)
ID: 3883
496
ID: 3884
Anastasius II becomes fiftieth pope - seeks reconciliation with Constantinople, Dante puts in Hell
ID: 3884
498
ID: 3885
St. Symmachus becomes fifty-first pope - disputed election, Symmachan forgeries defend papal immunity
ID: 3885
514
ID: 3886
St. Hormisdas becomes fifty-second pope - ends Acacian schism with Formula of Hormisdas
ID: 3886
523
ID: 3887
St. John I becomes fifty-third pope - first pope to visit Constantinople, martyred by Theodoric
ID: 3887
526
ID: 3888
St. Felix IV becomes fifty-fourth pope - designates Boniface II as successor
ID: 3888
530
ID: 3889
Boniface II becomes fifty-fifth pope - first Germanic pope, confirms Second Orange
ID: 3889
533
ID: 3890
John II becomes fifty-sixth pope - first to change name (from Mercury), defines Theotokos
ID: 3890
535
ID: 3891
St. Agapetus I becomes fifty-seventh pope - deposes Patriarch of Constantinople, dies there
ID: 3891
536
ID: 3892
St. Silverius becomes fifty-eighth pope - exiled by Empress Theodora, martyred on island
ID: 3892
537
ID: 3893
Vigilius becomes fifty-ninth pope - appointed by Theodora, vacillates on Three Chapters controversy
ID: 3893
556
ID: 3894
Pelagius I becomes sixtieth pope - supports Justinian on Three Chapters, widely rejected in West
ID: 3894
561
ID: 3895
John III becomes sixty-first pope - Lombards invade Italy during pontificate
ID: 3895
575
ID: 3896
Benedict I becomes sixty-second pope - Rome besieged by Lombards, dies during famine
ID: 3896
579
ID: 3897
Pelagius II becomes sixty-third pope - seeks help against Lombards, dies of plague, ordains Gregory
ID: 3897
590
ID: 3898
St. Gregory I the Great becomes sixty-fourth pope - sends Augustine to England, develops Gregorian chant
ID: 3898
590
ID: 4898
September 3, 590
St. Gregory the Great elected Pope - first monk to become Pope, initiates Gregorian reforms and sends missionaries to England
ID: 4898
604
ID: 3899
Sabinian becomes sixty-fifth pope - criticized for selling grain unlike generous Gregory
ID: 3899
604
ID: 4899
March 12, 604
Death of Pope St. Gregory the Great - left 854 letters, homilies, and the 'Dialogues' containing life of St. Benedict
ID: 4899
607
ID: 3900
Boniface III becomes sixty-sixth pope - obtains title 'Universal Bishop' from Emperor Phocas
ID: 3900
608
ID: 3901
St. Boniface IV becomes sixty-seventh pope - converts Pantheon to church, creates All Saints feast
ID: 3901
615
ID: 3902
St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) becomes sixty-eighth pope - first pope to use lead seals (bullae)
ID: 3902
619
ID: 3903
Boniface V becomes sixty-ninth pope - organizes English Church, establishes Canterbury primacy
ID: 3903
625
ID: 3904
Honorius I becomes seventieth pope - later condemned for failing to oppose Monothelitism
ID: 3904
640
ID: 3905
Severinus becomes seventy-first pope - imperial troops loot Lateran treasury during his reign
ID: 3905
640
ID: 3906
John IV becomes seventy-second pope - ransoms Christian slaves from Dalmatia
ID: 3906
642
ID: 3907
Theodore I becomes seventy-third pope - attempts to depose Patriarch of Constantinople for heresy
ID: 3907
649
ID: 3908
St. Martin I becomes seventy-fourth pope - last martyred pope, exiled for opposing Monothelitism
ID: 3908
654
ID: 3909
St. Eugene I becomes seventy-fifth pope - elected while Martin still alive in exile
ID: 3909
657
ID: 3910
St. Vitalian becomes seventy-sixth pope - introduces organ into liturgy, reconciles with Constantinople
ID: 3910
672
ID: 3911
Adeodatus II becomes seventy-seventh pope - Benedictine monk, generous to pilgrims
ID: 3911
676
ID: 3912
Donus becomes seventy-eighth pope - ends schism with Ravenna
ID: 3912
678
ID: 3913
St. Agatho becomes seventy-ninth pope - Third Council of Constantinople condemns Monothelitism
ID: 3913
682
ID: 3914
St. Leo II becomes eightieth pope - confirms condemnation of Pope Honorius I
ID: 3914
684
ID: 3915
St. Benedict II becomes eighty-first pope - emperor ends requirement for imperial confirmation
ID: 3915
685
ID: 3916
John V becomes eighty-second pope - first Syrian pope, often ill
ID: 3916
686
ID: 3917
Conon becomes eighty-third pope - army intervenes in disputed election
ID: 3917
687
ID: 3918
St. Sergius I becomes eighty-fourth pope - rejects Trullan Synod, baptizes King Caedwalla
ID: 3918
701
ID: 3919
John VI becomes eighty-fifth pope - ransoms prisoners from Lombard duke Gisulf
ID: 3919
705
ID: 3920
John VII becomes eighty-sixth pope - Greek pope, great patron of arts and church building
ID: 3920
708
ID: 3921
Sisinnius becomes eighty-seventh pope - crippled by gout, dies after twenty days
ID: 3921
708
ID: 3922
Constantine becomes eighty-eighth pope - last pope to visit Constantinople until Paul VI
ID: 3922
715
ID: 3923
St. Gregory II becomes eighty-ninth pope - resists Byzantine iconoclasm, begins turn to Franks
ID: 3923
731
ID: 3924
St. Gregory III becomes ninetieth pope - last pope to seek Byzantine approval, appeals to Charles Martel
ID: 3924
741
ID: 3925
St. Zachary becomes ninety-first pope - legitimizes Pepin's coup, last Greek pope
ID: 3925
750
ID: 2877
Pepin asks Pope Zachary about kingship - 'Who should be king, he who has the title or he who has the power?' Pope supports Pepin
ID: 2877
752
ID: 3926
Stephen II becomes ninety-second pope - receives Donation of Pepin, creates Papal States
ID: 3926
757
ID: 3927
St. Paul I becomes ninety-third pope - brother of Stephen II, strengthens Frankish alliance
ID: 3927
768
ID: 3928
Stephen III becomes ninety-fourth pope - condemns iconoclasm at Lateran Council
ID: 3928
771
ID: 2889
Charlemagne divorces Desiderata - repudiates Lombard wife, marries 13-year-old Swabian Hildegard, breaks with Lombards
ID: 2889
772
ID: 3929
Adrian I becomes ninety-fifth pope - allies with Charlemagne, longest reign until Pius IX
ID: 3929
795
ID: 3930
St. Leo III becomes ninety-sixth pope - crowns Charlemagne Emperor on Christmas 800
ID: 3930
799
ID: 2909
Attack on Pope Leo III - Roman nobles try to blind and depose Pope, he flees to Charlemagne for protection
ID: 2909
816
ID: 3931
Stephen IV becomes ninety-seventh pope - crowns Louis the Pious at Reims
ID: 3931
817
ID: 3932
St. Paschal I becomes ninety-eighth pope - crowns Lothair, creates beautiful mosaics
ID: 3932
824
ID: 3933
Eugene II becomes ninety-ninth pope - accepts Frankish supervision with Constitutio Romana
ID: 3933
827
ID: 3934
Valentine becomes hundredth pope - dies after forty days, little known
ID: 3934
827
ID: 3935
Gregory IV becomes hundred-first pope - makes All Saints universal, mediates between Louis and sons
ID: 3935
844
ID: 3936
Sergius II becomes hundred-second pope - Saracens attack Rome, damage St. Peter's
ID: 3936
847
ID: 3937
St. Leo IV becomes hundred-third pope - builds Leonine walls after Saracen attack, defeats Muslim fleet
ID: 3937
855
ID: 3938
Benedict III becomes hundred-fourth pope - reign gives rise to false Pope Joan legend
ID: 3938
858
ID: 3939
St. Nicholas I the Great becomes hundred-fifth pope - deposes Patriarch Photius, asserts papal supremacy
ID: 3939
867
ID: 3940
Adrian II becomes hundred-sixth pope - supports Cyril and Methodius's Slavic mission
ID: 3940
872
ID: 3941
John VIII becomes hundred-seventh pope - first pope assassinated, pays tribute to Saracens
ID: 3941
875
ID: 2940
December 875
Charles the Bald crowned Emperor - bribes Pope John VIII, Louis the German's sons protest
ID: 2940
882
ID: 3942
Marinus I becomes hundred-eighth pope - first bishop of another see elected pope
ID: 3942
884
ID: 3943
St. Adrian III becomes hundred-ninth pope - dies traveling to Germany
ID: 3943
885
ID: 3944
Stephen V becomes hundred-tenth pope - forbids Slavonic liturgy despite predecessors
ID: 3944
891
ID: 3945
Formosus becomes hundred-eleventh pope - body later exhumed and tried at Cadaver Synod
ID: 3945
896
ID: 3946
Boniface VI becomes hundred-twelfth pope - dies after fifteen days
ID: 3946
896
ID: 3947
Stephen VI becomes hundred-thirteenth pope - holds Cadaver Synod, later strangled in prison
ID: 3947
897
ID: 3948
Romanus becomes hundred-fourteenth pope - deposed after four months, becomes monk
ID: 3948
897
ID: 3949
Theodore II becomes hundred-fifteenth pope - rehabilitates Formosus, dies after twenty days
ID: 3949
898
ID: 3950
John IX becomes hundred-sixteenth pope - fully vindicates Formosus, prohibits trials of dead
ID: 3950
900
ID: 3951
Benedict IV becomes hundred-seventeenth pope - crowns Louis III as Emperor
ID: 3951
903
ID: 3952
Leo V becomes hundred-eighteenth pope - overthrown by Christopher after two months, both murdered
ID: 3952
904
ID: 3953
Sergius III becomes hundred-nineteenth pope - begins 'pornocracy', lover of Marozia, murders predecessors
ID: 3953
911
ID: 3954
Anastasius III becomes hundred-twentieth pope - obscure figure under influence of Theodora
ID: 3954
913
ID: 3955
Lando becomes hundred-twenty-first pope - last pope to use original name until Francis, dies after six months
ID: 3955
914
ID: 3956
John X becomes hundred-twenty-second pope - defeats Saracens at Garigliano, murdered by Marozia
ID: 3956
928
ID: 3957
Leo VI becomes hundred-twenty-third pope - appointed by Marozia, dies after seven months
ID: 3957
929
ID: 3958
Stephen VII becomes hundred-twenty-fourth pope - Marozia's puppet, rules two years
ID: 3958
931
ID: 3959
John XI becomes hundred-twenty-fifth pope - son of Marozia and Pope Sergius III, imprisoned by brother
ID: 3959
936
ID: 3960
Leo VII becomes hundred-twenty-sixth pope - supports Odo of Cluny's monastic reforms
ID: 3960
939
ID: 3961
Stephen VIII becomes hundred-twenty-seventh pope - puppet of Alberic II, mediates between Germany and France
ID: 3961
942
ID: 3962
Marinus II becomes hundred-twenty-eighth pope - under complete control of Alberic II of Spoleto
ID: 3962
946
ID: 3963
Agapetus II becomes hundred-twenty-ninth pope - supports monastic reform but controlled by Alberic
ID: 3963
955
ID: 3964
John XII becomes hundred-thirtieth pope - Octavian of Tusculum, age 18, notoriously immoral
ID: 3964
962
ID: 3965
John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor - immediately regrets it, conspires against him
ID: 3965
963
ID: 3966
Leo VIII becomes hundred-thirty-first pope - installed by Otto I after deposing John XII, considered antipope
ID: 3966
964
ID: 3967
Benedict V becomes hundred-thirty-second pope - deposed by Otto I after one month, exiled to Hamburg
ID: 3967
965
ID: 3968
John XIII becomes hundred-thirty-third pope - exiled by Romans, restored by Otto I
ID: 3968
973
ID: 3969
Benedict VI becomes hundred-thirty-fourth pope - strangled in Castel Sant'Angelo by Crescentius faction
ID: 3969
974
ID: 3970
Benedict VII becomes hundred-thirty-fifth pope - supported by Otto II, promotes Cluniac reform
ID: 3970
983
ID: 3971
John XIV becomes hundred-thirty-sixth pope - murdered by antipope Boniface VII, dies in dungeon
ID: 3971
985
ID: 3972
John XV becomes hundred-thirty-seventh pope - first formal papal canonization (St. Ulrich)
ID: 3972
996
ID: 3973
Gregory V becomes hundred-thirty-eighth pope - first German pope, cousin of Otto III, age 24
ID: 3973
999
ID: 3974
Sylvester II becomes hundred-thirty-ninth pope - Gerbert of Aurillac, greatest scholar of his age, first French pope
ID: 3974
1000
ID: 3975
Pope Sylvester II introduces Arabic numerals to Europe - brilliant mathematician, suspected of sorcery
ID: 3975
1003
ID: 3976
John XVII becomes hundred-fortieth pope - dominated by Crescentii family, dies after six months
ID: 3976
1003
ID: 3977
John XVIII becomes hundred-forty-first pope - possibly abdicated to become monk at St. Paul's
ID: 3977
1009
ID: 3978
Sergius IV becomes hundred-forty-second pope - Peter Pig's Mouth, dies during solar eclipse
ID: 3978
1012
ID: 3979
Benedict VIII becomes hundred-forty-third pope - Count of Tusculum, defeats Saracens, crowns Henry II
ID: 3979
1024
ID: 3980
John XIX becomes hundred-forty-fourth pope - brother of Benedict VIII, layman who bought papacy
ID: 3980
1032
ID: 3981
Benedict IX becomes hundred-forty-fifth pope - nephew of previous two popes, possibly age 12, most scandalous pope
ID: 3981
1045
ID: 3982
Benedict IX sells papacy to his godfather Gregory VI - unprecedented act of simony
ID: 3982
1095
ID: 5449
November 25, 1095
Pope Urban II, former prior of Cluny, consecrates the high altar of Cluny III during his journey to preach the First Crusade
ID: 5449
1209
ID: 2390
John excommunicated by Pope Innocent III - dispute over Archbishop of Canterbury appointment, England under interdict for six years
ID: 2390
1266
ID: 5079
Polo brothers meet Kublai Khan - Great Khan asks them to bring oil from Jerusalem and 100 learned Christians
ID: 5079
1303
ID: 5228
September 7, 1303
Slap of Anagni - Philip IV's agents assault Pope Boniface VIII, Pope dies weeks later, papacy humiliated
ID: 5228
1334
ID: 5315
December 20, 1334
Jacques Fournier becomes Pope Benedict XII - former inquisitor of Cathars, his detailed records preserve unique window into medieval heresy
ID: 5315
1375
ID: 4793
War of Eight Saints begins - Florence vs Pope Gregory XI, Hawkwood fights for both sides
ID: 4793
1546
ID: 3548
Luther dies cursing - 'Pestis eram vivus, moriens tua mors ero, Papa' (Living, I was your plague, O Pope; dying, I shall be your death)
ID: 3548
1566
ID: 3495
St. Pius V elected Pope - Dominican, implements Trent - St. Charles Borromeo arrives in Milan, begins radical reforms: 'The life of clerics must be like a mirror for the laity'
ID: 3495
1775
ID: 587
December 25, 1775
Pope Pius VI begins pontificate with 'Inscrutabile': 'Catholic Church alone is city of God'
ID: 587
1791
ID: 641
Pope Pius VI condemns Civil Constitution of Clergy with Quod Aliquantum and Charitas
ID: 641
1798
ID: 665
Napoleon Egyptian Campaign begins; French occupy Papal States, Pope Pius VI taken prisoner
ID: 665
1799
ID: 668
Pope Pius VI dies in French captivity at Valence - symbolically ends century of Church weakening
ID: 668
1800
ID: 671
Pope Pius VII elected during conclave in Venice under Austrian protection
ID: 671
1801
ID: 675
Pope Pius VII signs Concordat with Napoleon, restoring Catholic Church in France
ID: 675
1804
ID: 683
Napoleon crowns himself Emperor with Pope present; Ecole Polytechnique graduates as chief engineers
ID: 683
1814
ID: 707
Pope Pius VII returns to Rome after Napoleon's defeat at Leipzig
ID: 707
1814
ID: 706
August 7, 1814
Pope Pius VII re-establishes Jesuit Order worldwide with Sollicitudo Omnium Ecclesiarum
ID: 706
1821
ID: 742
September 13, 1821
Pope Pius VII issues Ecclesiam a Jesu Christo - condemns Carbonari and Freemasonry, automatic excommunication
ID: 742
1823
ID: 750
August 20, 1823
Pope Pius VII dies
ID: 750
1823
ID: 749
September 28, 1823
Pope Leo XII elected, reversing many liberal reforms of previous pontificate
ID: 749
1824
ID: 754
May 5, 1824
Pope Leo XII issues Ubi Primum against Bible societies
ID: 754
1825
ID: 759
May 24, 1825
Pope Leo XII proclaims Jubilee Year with Quod Hoc Ineunte - massive pilgrimages
ID: 759
1826
ID: 763
March 13, 1826
Pope Leo XII condemns secret societies in Quo Graviora - 'beast in Apocalypse is revolutionary sect'
ID: 763
1829
ID: 775
February 10, 1829
Pope Leo XII dies
ID: 775
1829
ID: 774
March 31, 1829
Pope Pius VIII elected after 36-day contentious conclave - issues Traditi Humilitati
ID: 774
1830
ID: 779
March 25, 1830
Pope Pius VIII issues Litteris Altero on mixed marriages - entirely disapproved and avoided
ID: 779
1830
ID: 780
November 30, 1830
Pope Pius VIII dies suddenly after only 20 months in office
ID: 780
1831
ID: 788
February 2, 1831
Pope Gregory XVI elected, suppresses revolts in Papal States with Austrian military assistance
ID: 788
1832
ID: 794
August 15, 1832
Pope Gregory XVI issues Mirari Vos condemning liberalism and freedom of press
ID: 794
1834
ID: 798
June 25, 1834
Pope Gregory XVI publishes Singulari Nos condemning Lamennais
ID: 798
1839
ID: 816
December 3, 1839
Pope Gregory XVI condemns slave trade in bull In Supremo Apostolatus
ID: 816
1844
ID: 841
May 8, 1844
Pope Gregory XVI condemns Bible societies in Inter Praecipuas
ID: 841
1846
ID: 859
Garibaldi writes to Pius IX offering hands to service of Church and fatherland
ID: 859
1846
ID: 856
June 1, 1846
Pope Gregory XVI dies
ID: 856
1846
ID: 857
June 16, 1846
Pope Pius IX elected, initially seen as liberal reformer
ID: 857
1846
ID: 858
November 1846
Pope Pius IX issues Qui Pluribus declaring communism absolutely contrary to natural law
ID: 858
1847
ID: 863
Mazzini writes to Pius IX about laying foundations of moral unity, Humanitarian Catholicism
ID: 863
1849
ID: 873
Pope Pius IX issues Nostis Et Nobiscum calling socialism and communism wicked theories
ID: 873
1849
ID: 875
Mazzini publishes scathing attack on Pope Pius IX encyclical - evolution to opposition
ID: 875
1849
ID: 869
December 8, 1849
Pope Pius IX issues Nostis et Nobiscum on discipline and union
ID: 869
1854
ID: 896
December 8, 1854
Pope Pius IX proclaims dogma of Immaculate Conception - Mary preserved from original sin
ID: 896
1864
ID: 944
Pope Pius IX issues Syllabus of Errors condemning 80 modern propositions
ID: 944
1869
ID: 971
Pope Pius IX convenes First Vatican Council
ID: 971
1870
ID: 975
Kingdom of Italy captures Rome; Pope Pius IX becomes prisoner of the Vatican
ID: 975
1870
ID: 976
November 1, 1870
Pope Pius IX refuses to recognize Kingdom of Italy with encyclical Respicientes
ID: 976
1873
ID: 990
Pope Pius IX's Etsi multa claims Freemasonry motivating force behind Kulturkampf
ID: 990
1878
ID: 1011
February 7, 1878
Pope Pius IX dies
ID: 1011
1878
ID: 1009
February 20, 1878
Pope Leo XIII elected, issues first encyclical Inscrutabili Dei Consilio on evils affecting society
ID: 1009
1878
ID: 1010
December 28, 1878
Pope Leo XIII condemns socialism in Quod Apostolici Muneris - pest creeping into fibres of society
ID: 1010
1879
ID: 1016
August 4, 1879
Pope Leo XIII issues Aeterni Patris promoting Thomistic philosophy in seminaries
ID: 1016
1880
ID: 1028
Garibaldi: I am Christian but Pope who wishes all men slaves does not know Christ
ID: 1028
1884
ID: 1053
Pope Leo XIII immediately composes St. Michael Prayer after vision of Satan's request
ID: 1053
1884
ID: 1050
January 6, 1884
Pope Leo XIII institutes Leonine Prayers after Low Mass for defense of papal independence
ID: 1050
1884
ID: 1051
April 20, 1884
Pope Leo XIII condemns Freemasonry in Humanum Genus - human race separated into two opposite parts
ID: 1051
1884
ID: 1052
October 13, 1884
Pope Leo XIII has terrifying vision during Mass - Satan asks 75-100 years to destroy Church
ID: 1052
1885
ID: 1062
November 1, 1885
Pope Leo XIII issues Immortale Dei on Christian constitution of states
ID: 1062
1886
ID: 1070
Pope Leo XIII officially adds St. Michael Prayer to Leonine Prayers, mandating after all Low Masses
ID: 1070
1888
ID: 1079
June 20, 1888
Pope Leo XIII issues Libertas on nature of human liberty - true liberty is immunity from irrational constraint
ID: 1079
1890
ID: 1092
Pope Leo XIII composes longer Exorcism Prayer to St. Michael for clergy and laity
ID: 1092
1891
ID: 1100
May 15, 1891
Pope Leo XIII publishes Rerum Novarum on workers rights - wages must support frugal wage-earner
ID: 1100
1893
ID: 1109
November 18, 1893
Pope Leo XIII issues Providentissimus Deus on study of Holy Scripture - all books written by Holy Ghost
ID: 1109
1896
ID: 1121
September 13, 1896
Pope Leo XIII declares Anglican orders absolutely null and utterly void in Apostolicae Curae
ID: 1121
1899
ID: 1142
January 22, 1899
Pope Leo XIII condemns Americanism in Testem Benevolentiae
ID: 1142
1903
ID: 1153
August 4, 1903
Pope Saint Pius X elected - Restore all things in Christ - lowers First Communion age to 7
ID: 1153
1907
ID: 1165
September 8, 1907
Pope Pius X condemns Modernism in encyclical 'Pascendi Dominici Gregis' - 'Modernism is the synthesis of all heresies'
ID: 1165
1914
ID: 1231
Pope St. Pius X dies of broken heart - 'I have seen the war' - dies offering life for peace
ID: 1231
1914
ID: 1224
August 20, 1914
Pope Saint Pius X dies - last entry before World War I
ID: 1224
1914
ID: 1225
September 3, 1914
Pope Benedict XV elected one month after World War I begins, issues 'Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum' - 'Because of the love of Jesus that burns in our heart, we feel ourselves the father of all'
ID: 1225
1917
ID: 1244
August 1, 1917
Pope Benedict XV issues peace proposal in 'Dès le Début' calling WWI 'useless slaughter'
ID: 1244
1920
ID: 1283
May 23, 1920
Pope Benedict XV issues 'Pacem Dei Munus Pulcherrimum' on peace and Christian reconciliation
ID: 1283
1922
ID: 1306
January 22, 1922
Pope Benedict XV dies
ID: 1306
1922
ID: 1305
February 6, 1922
Pope Pius XI elected, issues 'Ubi Arcano Dei Consilio' (December 23, 1922) - 'Where, according to the hidden design of God'
ID: 1305
1937
ID: 1454
March 14, 1937
Pope Pius XI condemns Nazi ideology in encyclical 'Mit brennender Sorge' - 'Whoever exalts race... distorts and perverts an order of the world planned and created by God'
ID: 1454
1937
ID: 1455
March 19, 1937
Pope Pius XI condemns atheistic communism in encyclical 'Divini Redemptoris' - 'Communism is intrinsically wrong'
ID: 1455
1939
ID: 1476
February 10, 1939
Pope Pius XI dies
ID: 1476
1939
ID: 1477
March 2, 1939
Pope Pius XII elected on eve of World War II
ID: 1477
1943
ID: 1523
June 29, 1943
Pope Pius XII issues encyclical 'Mystici Corporis' on Church as Body of Christ
ID: 1523
1943
ID: 1524
September 30, 1943
Pope Pius XII issues 'Divino Afflante Spiritu' on biblical studies
ID: 1524
1947
ID: 1581
November 20, 1947
Pope Pius XII issues 'Mediator Dei' on sacred liturgy
ID: 1581
1949
ID: 1623
July 1949
Pope Pius XII's Decree Against Communism excommunicates Catholics who join Communist Parties
ID: 1623
1950
ID: 1625
August 12, 1950
Pope Pius XII condemns false theological opinions in 'Humani Generis'
ID: 1625
1950
ID: 1626
November 1, 1950
Pope Pius XII declares dogma of Assumption of Mary in 'Munificentissimus Deus'
ID: 1626
1955
ID: 1695
Pope Pius XII reforms Holy Week liturgy
ID: 1695
1956
ID: 1706
May 15, 1956
Pope Pius XII issues 'Haurietis Aquas' on Sacred Heart devotion
ID: 1706
1958
ID: 1733
October 9, 1958
October 9: Pope Pius XII dies
ID: 1733
1958
ID: 1734
October 28, 1958
October 28: Pope Saint John XXIII elected at age 76
ID: 1734
1959
ID: 1749
Pope John XXIII announces Second Vatican Council, shocking the world
ID: 1749
1959
ID: 1748
June 29, 1959
Pope John XXIII announces Second Vatican Council with 'Ad Petri Cathedram'
ID: 1748
1961
ID: 1768
May 15, 1961
Pope John XXIII issues 'Mater et Magistra' on social progress and human dignity
ID: 1768
1962
ID: 1780
October 11, 1962
October 11: Pope John XXIII opens Second Vatican Council with 'Gaudet Mater Ecclesia'
ID: 1780
1963
ID: 1793
April 11, 1963
Pope John XXIII issues 'Pacem in Terris' on peace during Cuban Missile Crisis
ID: 1793
1963
ID: 1794
June 3, 1963
June 3: Pope Saint John XXIII dies
ID: 1794
1963
ID: 1795
June 21, 1963
June 21: Pope Saint Paul VI elected, continuing Second Vatican Council
ID: 1795
1964
ID: 1806
August 6, 1964
Pope Paul VI issues 'Ecclesiam Suam' on dialogue within the Church
ID: 1806
1965
ID: 1812
Pope Paul VI completes Second Vatican Council, becomes first pope to visit United States
ID: 1812
1967
ID: 1829
March 26, 1967
Pope Paul VI issues 'Populorum Progressio' on development of peoples - 'Development is the new name for peace'
ID: 1829
1968
ID: 1845
July 25, 1968
Pope Paul VI issues controversial 'Humanae Vitae' reaffirming ban on contraception
ID: 1845
1972
ID: 1898
June 1972
Pope Paul VI states: 'The smoke of Satan has entered the Church'
ID: 1898
1975
ID: 1931
December 8, 1975
Pope Paul VI publishes 'Evangelii Nuntiandi' on evangelization in the modern world
ID: 1931
1978
ID: 1950
John Paul I: 'God is our father; even more God is our mother' - demonstrating accessible teaching
ID: 1950
1978
ID: 1960
Pope St. John Paul II elected - 'Be not afraid! Open wide the doors to Christ!'
ID: 1960
1978
ID: 1947
August 6, 1978
August 6: Pope Saint Paul VI dies
ID: 1947
1978
ID: 1948
August 26, 1978
August 26: Pope John Paul I elected, taking double name honoring predecessors
ID: 1948
1978
ID: 1949
September 28, 1978
September 28: Pope John Paul I dies suddenly after only 33 days
ID: 1949
1978
ID: 1951
October 16, 1978
October 16: Pope Saint John Paul II elected as first Polish pope
ID: 1951
1978
ID: 1952
October 22, 1978
October 22: Pope John Paul II inaugural homily - 'Do not be afraid! Open wide the doors for Christ!'
ID: 1952
1979
ID: 1962
Pope John Paul II begins pontificate that will span 26 years
ID: 1962
1979
ID: 1976
First Poland pilgrimage - 10 million attend - 'Let Your Spirit descend and renew the face of the earth'
ID: 1976
1979
ID: 1961
March 4, 1979
March 4: Pope John Paul II issues 'Redemptor Hominis' - 'Man cannot live without love'
ID: 1961
1979
ID: 1970
June 2, 1979
June 2-11: Pope John Paul II's historic Poland visit - 'nine days that changed the world'
ID: 1970
1980
ID: 1977
November 30, 1980
November 30: Pope John Paul II issues 'Dives in Misericordia' on divine mercy
ID: 1977
1981
ID: 1990
September 14, 1981
Pope John Paul II issues 'Laborem Exercens' on human work - 'Work is a fundamental dimension of man's existence'
ID: 1990
1985
ID: 2029
June 2, 1985
June 2: Pope John Paul II issues 'Slavorum Apostoli' on Saints Cyril and Methodius
ID: 2029
1987
ID: 2045
March 25, 1987
March 25: Pope John Paul II issues 'Redemptoris Mater' on the Blessed Virgin Mary
ID: 2045
1987
ID: 2046
December 30, 1987
December 30: Pope John Paul II issues 'Sollicitudo Rei Socialis' on social concerns
ID: 2046
1990
ID: 2068
December 7, 1990
December 7: Pope John Paul II issues 'Redemptoris Missio' on missionary activity
ID: 2068
1991
ID: 2083
Pope John Paul II: 'Fundamental error of socialism is anthropological in nature'
ID: 2083
1991
ID: 2082
May 1, 1991
May 1: Pope John Paul II issues 'Centesimus Annus' on 100th anniversary of Rerum Novarum
ID: 2082
1993
ID: 2103
August 6, 1993
August 6: Pope John Paul II issues 'Veritatis Splendor' on moral theology
ID: 2103
1995
ID: 2122
March 25, 1995
March 25: Pope John Paul II issues 'Evangelium Vitae' on the Gospel of Life
ID: 2122
1995
ID: 2123
May 25, 1995
May 25: Pope John Paul II issues 'Ut Unum Sint' on ecumenism
ID: 2123
1998
ID: 3027
September 14, 1998
Pope John Paul II issues 'Fides et Ratio' on faith and reason - 'Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth'
ID: 3027
2003
ID: 3081
April 17, 2003
Pope John Paul II issues 'Ecclesia de Eucharistia' on the Eucharist - 'The Church draws her life from the Eucharist'
ID: 3081