

HISTORY OF THE PAPACY List

St Peter
33 to 64/67 - Apostle of Jesus from whom he received the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven, according to Matthew 16:18 and 19 . Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day (Feast of Saints Peter and Paul) 29 June, (Chair of Saint Peter) 22 February. Recognized by the Catholic Church as the first Bishop of Rome (Pope) appointed by Christ. Also revered as saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 29 June

St Linus
64/67? to 76/79?

St Anacletus (Cletus)
76/79? to 88/92

St Clement I
88/92 to 97

St Evaristus
97/99 to 105/107

St Alexander I
107 – 115

St Sixtus I
115/116 – 125

St Telesphorus
125 – 136/138

St Hyginus
136/138 – 140/142

St Pius I
140/142 – 155

St Anicetus
155 – 20 April 168

St Soter
168 – 174

St Eleuterus
174 – 24 May 189

St Victor I
189 – 198/199

St Zephyrinus
199–20 December 217

St Callixtus I
c. 217 – 222

St Urban I
222 – 23 May 230

St Pontian
21 July 230 – 28 September 235 (5 years, 69 days)

St Anterus
21 November 235 – 3 January 236 (43 days)

St Fabian
10 January 236 – 20 January 250 (14 years, 10 days)

St Cornelius
6/11 March 251 – June 253 (2 years+)

St Lucius I
25 June 253 – 5 March 254 (256 days)

St Stephen I
12 May 254 – 2 August 257 (3 years, 82 days)

St Sixtus II
31 August 257 – 6 August 258 (341 days)

St Dionysius
22 July 259 – 26 December 268 (9 years, 157 days)

St Felix I
5 January 269 – 30 December 274 (5 years, 890 days)

St Eutychian
4 January 275 – 7 December 283 (8 years, 337 days)

St Caius
17 December 283 – 22 April 296 (12 years, 127 days)

St Marcellinus
30 June 296 – 1 April 304 (7 years, 276 days)

St Marcellus I
308–309

St Eusebius
18 April – 17 August 309 or 310

St Miltiades
2 July 311 – 10 January 314 (2 years, 192 days)

St Sylvester I
31 January 314 – 31 December 335 (21 years, 334 days)

St Mark
18 January 336 – 7 October 336 (263 days)

St Julius I
6 February 337 – 12 April 352 (15 years, 66 days)

Liberius
17 May 352 – 24 September 366 (14 years, 130 days)

St Damasus I
1 October 366 – 11 December 384 (18 years, 71 days)

St Siricius
11 December 384 – 26 November 399 (14 years, 350 days)

St Anastasius I
27 November 399 – 19 December 401 (2 years, 22 days)

St Innocent I
22 December 401 – 12 March 417 (15 years, 80 days)

St Zosimus
18 March 417 – 26 December 418 (1 years, 283 days)

St Boniface I
28 December 418 – 4 September 422 (3 years, 250 days)

St Celestine I
10 September 422 – 27 July 432 (9 years, 321 days)

St Sixtus III
31 July 432 – 18 August 440 (8 years, 18 days)

St Leo I (Leo the Great)
29 September 440 – 10 November 461 (21 years, 43 days)

St Hilarius
19 November 461 – 29 February 468 (6 years, 102 days)

St Simplicius
3 March 468 – 10 March 483 (15 years, 7 days)

St Felix III (Felix II)
13 March 483 – 1 March 492 (8 years, 354 days)

St Gelasius I
1 March 492 – 21 November 496 (4 years, 265 days)

Anastasius II
24 November 496 – 19 November 498 (1 years, 360 days)

St Symmachus
22 November 498 – 19 July 514 (15 years, 239 days)

St Hormisdas
20 July 514 – 19 July 523 (8 years, 364 days)

St John I
13 August 523 – 18 May 526 (2 years, 278 days)

St Felix IV (Felix III)
13 July 526 – 22 September 530 (4 years, 71 days)

Boniface II
22 September 530 – 17 October 532 (2 years, 25 days)

John II
2 January 533 – 8 May 535 (2 years, 126 days)

St Agapetus I
13 May 535 – 22 April 536 (346 days)

St Silverius
1 June 536 – 11 November 537 (1 years, 163 days)

Vigilius
29 March 537 – 7 June 555 (18 years, 70 days)

Pelagius I
16 April 556 – 4 March 561 (4 years, 322 days)

John III
17 July 561 – 13 July 574 (12 years, 361 days)

Benedict I
2 June 575 – 30 July 579 (4 years, 58 days)

Pelagius II
26 November 579 – 7 February 590 (10 years, 73 days)

St Gregory I (Gregory the Great)
3 September 590 – 12 March 604 (13 years, 191 days)

Sabinian
13 September 604 – 22 February 606 (1 years, 162 days)

Boniface III
19 February 607 – 12 November 607 (267 days)

St Boniface IV
25 August 608 – 8 May 615 (6 years, 256 days)

St Adeodatus I (Deusdedit)
19 October 615 – 8 November 618 (3 years, 20 days)

Boniface V
23 December 619 – 25 October 625 (5 years, 306 days)

Honorius I
27 October 625 – 12 October 638 (12 years, 350 days)

Severinus
28 May 640 – 2 August 640 (66 days)

John IV
24 December 640 – 12 October 642 (1 years, 292 days)

Theodore I
24 November 642 – 14 May 649 (6 years, 171 days)

St Martin I
21 July 649 – 16 September 655 (6 years, 57 days)

St Eugene I
10 August 654 – 1 June 657 (2 years, 295 days)

St Vitalian
30 July 657 – 27 January 672 (14 years, 181 days)

Adeodatus II
11 April 672 – 17 June 676 (4 years, 67 days)

Donus
2 November 676 – 11 April 678 (1 years, 160 days)

St Agatho
27 June 678 – 10 January 681 (2 years, 197 days)

St Leo II
17 August 682 – 28 June 683 (315 days)

St Benedict II
26 June 684 – 8 May 685 (317 days)

John V
12 July 685 – 2 August 686 (1 years, 21 days)

Conon
21 October 686 – 22 September 687 (335 days)

St Sergius I
15 December 687 – 8 September 701 (13 years, 267 days)

John VI
30 October 701 – 11 January 705 (3 years, 73 days)

John VII
1 March 705 – 18 October 707 (2 years, 231 days)

Sisinnius
15 January 708 – 4 February 708 (21 days)

Constantine
25 March 708 – 9 April 715 (7 years, 15 days)

St Gregory II
19 May 715 – 11 February 731 (15 years, 268 days)

St Gregory III
18 March 731 – 28 November 741 (10 years, 255 days)

St Zachary
3 December 741 – 22 March 752 (10 years, 110 days)

Pope-elect Stephen
23 March 752 – 25 March 752 (Never took office as pope)

Stephen II (Stephen III)
26 March 752 – 26 April 757 (5 years, 31 days)

St Paul I
29 May 757 – 28 June 767 (10 years, 30 days)

Stephen III (Stephen IV)
7 August 768 – 24 January 772 (3 years, 170 days)

Adrian I
1 February 772 – 26 December 795 (23 years, 328 days)

St Leo III
26 December 795 – 12 June 816 (20 years, 169 days)

Stephen IV (Stephen V)
12 June 816 – 24 January 817 (226 days)

St Paschal I
25 January 817 – 11 February 824 (7 years, 17 days)

Eugene II
8 May 824 – August 27 827 (3 years, 111 days)