Popes Illustrated

A journalist for more than two decades, Dominic Connolly was for many years Arts Editor of The Mail on Sunday. He has also written for the Telegraph, Evening Standard, Metro and Saga Magazine, and is the author of four books, including Saints Illustrated. He lives in London.

• Early popes (20 from St Peter to Boniface II, AD 30-532) Medieval popes (64 from John II to Gregory XI, 533-1378) Popes and the rise of Protestantism (46 from Urban VI to Pius VI, 1378-1799) Modern popes (16 from Pius VII to Leo XIV, 1800-present) Early popes 1. St Peter 2. St Linus 3. St Clement I 4. St Sixtus I 5. St Eleutherius 6. St Zephyrinus 7. St Callistus I 8. St Cornelius 9. St Sixtus II 10. St Marcellus I 11. St Miltiades 12. St Sylvester I 13. Liberius 14. Damsus I 15. Siricius 16. St Leo I 17. St Simplicius 18. St Gelasius 19. Anastasius II 20. Boniface II 39. Stephen VI 40. Leo V 41. Sergius III 42, Lando 43. John XII 44. Benedict V 45. Leo VIII 46. John XIII 47. Benedict V 48. John XV 49. Gregory V 50. Sylvester II 51, Benedict IX 52. Gregory VI 53. Clement II 54. Damasus II 55. St Leo IX 56. Victor II 57. Stephen IX 58. Nicholas II 59. Alexander II 60. St Gregory VII 61. Victor III 62. Callistus II 63. Honorius II 64. Eugene III 65. Adrian IV 66. Celestine III 67. Innocent III 68. Honorius III 69. Gregory IX 70. Innocent IV 71. Urban IV 72. Innocent V 73. John XXI 74. Martin IV 75. St Celestine V 76. Boniface VIII 77. Benedict XI 78. Clement V 79. John XXIIMedieval popes 81. John II 22. Gregory I 23. St Deusdedit 24. Honorius I 25. Theodore I 26. St Martin I 27. St Sergius I 28. John VI 29. Sisinnius 30. Constantine 31. St Gregory II 32. St Gregory III 33. Stephen II 34. St Paul I 35. Leo III 36. St Nicholas I 37. John VIII 38. Formosus 80. Benedict XII 81. Clement VI 82. Innocent VI 83. Urban V 84. Gregory XIPopes and Protestantism 85. Urban VI 86. Boniface IX 87. Innocent VII 88. Gregory XII 89. Martin V 90. Eugene IV 91. Nicholas V 92. Callistus III 93. Pius II 94. Paul II 95. Sixtus IV 96. Innocent VIII 97. Alexander VI 98. Julius II 99. Leo X 100. Adrian VI 101. Clement VII 102. Paul III 103. Julius III 104. Marcellus II 105. Paul IV 106. Pius IV 107. St Pius V 108. Gregory XIII 109. Sixtus V 110. Urban VII 111. Gregory XIV 112. Clement VIII 113. Leo XI 114. Paul V 115. Gregory XV 116. Urban VIII 117. Innocent X 118. Alexander VII 119. Clement IX 120. Clement X 121. Innocent XI 122. Alexander VIII 123. Innocent XII 124. Clement XI 125. Benedict XIII 126. Clement XII 127. Benedict XIV 128. Clement XIII 129. Clement XIV 130. Pius VIModern popes 131. Pius VII 132. Leo XII 133. Gregory XVI 134. Pius IX 135. Leo XIII 136. Pius X 137. Benedict XV 138. Pius XI 139. Pius XII 140. St John XXIII 141. St Paul VI 142. John Paul I 143. St John Paul II 144. Benedict XVI 145. Francis 146. Leo XIV

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