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The Popes: 2. From 514 to 1003


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The papacy has been in existence for nearly 2000 years, throughout which it has been almost constantly involved in European affairs. Some of these activities are acknowledged as being beneficial, some were destructive, but at one stage or other the papacy pervaded all aspects of European life.

This is a chronological list of the Popes; the dates given are the periods of said rule. 'Antipopes' have been indented.

514 - 523 Hormisdas, St.
523 - 526 John I, St.
526 - 530 Felix IV (III), St.
530 Dioscorus
530 - 532 Boniface II
533 - 535 John II
535 - 536 Agapitus I, St.
536 - 537 Silverius, St.
537 - 555 Vigilius
556 - 561 Pelagius I
561 - 574 John III
575 - 579 Benedict I
579 - 590 Pelagius II
590 - 604 Gregory I, St.
604 - 606 Sabinian
607 Boniface III
608 - 615 Boniface IV, St.
615 - 618 Deusdedit (also Adeodatus I), St.
619 - 625 Boniface V
625 - 638 Honorius I
640 Severinus
640 - 642 John IV
642 - 649 Theodore I
649 - 653 Martin I, St.
654 - 657 Eugene I, St.
657 - 672 Vitalian, St.
672 - 676 Adeodatus II
676 - 678 Donus
678 - 681 Agatho, St.
682 - 683 Leo II, St.
684 - 685 Benedict II, St.
685 - 686 John V
686 - 687 Conon
687 Theodore
687 Paschal
687 - 701 Sergius I, St.
701 - 705 John VI
705 - 707 John VII
708 Sisinnius
708 - 715 Constantine
715 - 731 Gregory II, St.
731 - 741 Gregory III, St.
741 - 752 Zacharias, St.
752 Stephen (II)
752 - 757 Stephen II (III)
757 - 767 Paul I, St.
767 - 768 Constantine
768 Philip
768 - 772 Stephen III (IV)
772 - 795 Hadrian I
795 - 816 Leo III, St.
816 - 817 Stephen IV (V)
817 - 824 Paschal I, St.
824 - 827 Eugene II
827 Valentine
827 - 844 Gregory IV
844 John
844 - 847 Sergius II
847 - 855 Leo IV, St.
855 - 858 Benedict III
855 Anastasius Bibliothecarius
858 - 867 Nicholas I, St.
867 - 872 Hadrian II
872 - 882 John VIII
882 - 884 Marinus I
884 - 885 Hadrian III, St.
885 - 891 Stephen V (VI)
891 - 896 Formosus
896 Boniface VI
896 - 897 Stephen VI (VII)
897 Romanus
897 Theodore II
898 - 900 John IX
900 - 903 Benedict IV
903 Leo V
903 - 904 Christopher
904 - 911 Sergius III
911 - 913 Anastasius III
913 - 914 Lando
914 - 928 John X
928 Leo VI
928 - 931 Stephen VII (VIII)
931 - 935 John XI
936 - 939 Leo VII
939 - 942 Stephen VIII (IX)
942 - 946 Marinus II
946 - 955 Agapitus II
955 - 964 John XII
963 - 965 Leo VIII
964 Benedict V
965 - 972 John XIII
973 - 974 Benedict VI
974 Boniface VII
974 - 983 Benedict VII
983 - 984 John XIV
984 - 985 Boniface VII (2nd time)
985 - 996 John XV
996 - 999 Gregory V
997 - 998 John XVI
999 - 1003 Silvester II

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