The dates of the early popes are traditional, and inconsistently given by different sources; accurate dates begin in the third century, although it is not until the later sixth century that precise dates can be given for election and/or death.
|
Accession |
Death | |
| Peter (Symeon) | 40 | 64 |
| Linus |
66 |
78 |
|
Anacletus I (Anencletus) |
79 |
91 |
|
Clement I |
91 |
101 |
|
Evaristus |
100 |
109 |
|
Alexander I |
109 |
116 |
|
Sixtus I |
116 |
125 |
|
Telesphorus |
125 |
136 |
|
Hyginus |
138 |
142 |
|
Pius I |
142 |
155 |
|
Anicetus |
155 |
166 |
|
Soter |
166 |
175 |
|
Eleutherius (Eleutherus) |
175 |
189 |
|
Victor I |
189 |
198 |
|
Zephyrinus |
199 |
217 |
|
Callistus I (Calixtus) |
217 |
222 |
|
Hippolytus |
217 |
235 |
|
Urban I |
222 |
230 |
|
Pontian |
21 July 230 |
28 September 235 |
|
Anterus |
21 November 235 |
3 January 236 |
|
Fabian |
10 January 236 |
20 January 250 |
|
Cornelius |
March 251 |
June 253 |
|
Novatian |
March 251 |
c 258 |
|
Lucius I |
25 June 253 |
5 March 254 |
|
Stephen I |
12 May 254 |
2 August 257 |
|
Sixtus II |
August 257 |
6 August 258 |
|
Dionysius |
22 July 260 |
26 December 269 |
|
Felix I |
3 January 269 |
30 December 275 |
|
Eutychian |
4 January 275 |
7 December 283 |
|
Caius |
17 December 283 |
22 April 296 |
|
Marcellinus |
30 June 296 |
25 October 304 |
|
Marcellus I |
.November or December .308 |
16 January 308 |
|
Eusebius |
18 April 310 |
21 October 310 |
|
Miltiades |
2 July 311 |
10 January 314 |
|
Sylvester I |
31 January 314 |
31 December 335 |
|
Marcus |
18 January 336 |
7 October 336 |
|
Julius I |
6 February 337 |
12 April 352 |
|
Liberius |
17 May 352 |
24 September 366 |
|
Felix II |
355 |
22 November 365 |
|
Ursinus |
September 366 |
November 367 |
|
Damasus I |
1 October 366 |
11 December 384 |
|
Siricius |
December 384 |
26 November 399 |
|
Anastasius I |
27 November 399 |
19 December 401 |
|
Innocent I |
21 December 401 |
12 March 417 |
|
Zosimus |
18 March 417 |
26 December 418 |
|
Eulalius |
27 December 418 |
3 April 419 |
|
Boniface I |
28 December 418 |
4 September 422 |
|
Celestine I |
10 September 422 |
27 July 432 |
|
Sixtus III |
31 July 432 |
19 August 440 |
|
Leo I |
August or September 440 |
10 November 461 |
|
Hilarius |
19 November 461 |
29 February 468 |
|
Simplicius |
3 March 468 |
10 March 483 |
|
Felix III |
13 March 483 |
1 March 492 |
|
Gelasius I |
1 March 492 |
21 November 496 |
|
Anastasius II |
24 November 496 |
19 November 498 |
|
Symmachus |
22 November 498 |
19 July 514 |
|
Laurentius (1) |
22 November 498 |
February 499 |
|
Laurentius (2) |
501 |
506 |
|
Hormisdas |
20 July 514 |
6 August 523 |
|
John I |
13 August 523 |
18 May 526 |
|
Felix IV |
12 July 526 |
22 September 530 |
|
Boniface II |
22 September 530 |
17 October 532 |
|
Dioscurus |
22 September 530 |
14 October 530 |
|
John II |
2 January 533 |
8 May 535 |
|
Agapetus I |
13 May 535 |
22 April 536 |
|
Silverius |
8 June 536 |
11 November 537 |
|
Vigilius |
29 March 537 |
7 June 556 |
|
Pelagius I |
16 April 556 |
3 March 561 |
|
John III (Catelinus) |
17 July 561 |
13 July 575 |
|
Benedict I |
2 June 575 |
30 July 579 |
|
Pelagius II |
26 November 579 |
7 February 590 |
|
Gregory I |
3 February 590 |
12 March 604 |
|
Sabinian |
13 September 604 |
22 February 606 |
|
Boniface III |
19 February 607 |
12 November 607 |
|
Boniface IV |
15 September 608 |
8 May 615 |
|
Desudedit |
19 October 615 |
8 November 618 |
|
Boniface V |
23 December 619 |
25 October 625 |
|
Honorius I |
27 October 625 |
12 October 638 |
|
Severinus |
28 May 640 |
2 August 640 |
|
John IV |
24 December 640 |
12 October 642 |
|
Theodore I |
24 November 642 |
14 May 649 |
|
Martin I |
5 July 649 |
17 June 653 |
|
Eugenius I |
10 August 654 |
2 June 657 |
|
Vitalian |
30 July 657 |
27 January 672 |
|
Adeodatus |
11 April 672 |
17 June 676 |
|
Donus |
2 November .676 |
11 April 678 |
|
Agatho |
27 June 678 |
10 January 681 |
|
Leo II |
17 August 682 |
3 July 683 |
|
Benedict II |
26 June 684 |
8 May 685 |
|
John V |
23 July 685 |
2 August 686 |
|
Conon |
21 October 686 |
21 September 687 |
|
Theodore II |
after 21 September 687 |
after 15 December 687 |
|
Paschal I |
after 21 September 687 |
October to December 692 |
|
Sergius I |
15 December 687 |
8 September 701 |
|
John VI |
30 October 701 |
11 January 705 |
|
John VII |
1 March 705 |
18 October 708 |
|
Sisinnius |
15 January 708 |
4 February 708 |
|
Constantine I |
25 March 708 |
9 April 715 |
|
Gregory II |
19 May 715 |
11 February 731 |
|
Gregory III |
11 February 731 |
29 November 741 |
|
Zacharias |
10 December 741 |
15 March 752 |
|
Stephen II |
22×26 March 752 |
26 April 757 |
|
Paul I |
26 April 757 |
28 June 767 |
|
Constantine II |
28 June 767 |
6 August 768 |
|
Philip |
31 July 768 |
31 July 768 |
|
Stephen III |
1 August 768 |
24 January 772 |
|
Adrian I |
1 February 772 |
25 December 795 |
|
Leo III |
26 December 795 |
12 June 816 |
|
Stephen IV |
22 June 816 |
24 January 817 |
|
Paschal I |
25 January 817 |
11 February 824 |
|
Eugenius II |
5 June 824 |
27 August 827 |
|
Valentine |
August 827 |
September 827 |
|
Gregory IV |
December 827 |
25 January 844 |
|
John VIII |
January 844 |
January 844 |
|
Sergius II |
January 844 |
27 January 847 |
|
Leo IV |
10 April 847 |
17 July 855 |
|
Benedict III |
17 July 855 |
17 April 858 |
|
Anastasius III |
August 855 |
24 September 855 |
|
Nicholas I |
24 April 858 |
13 November 867 |
|
Adrian II |
14 December 867 |
14 December 872 |
|
John VIII |
14 December 872 |
15 December 882 |
|
Marinus I |
16 December 882 |
15 May 884 |
|
Adrian III |
17 May 884 |
September 885 |
|
Stephen V |
September 885 |
14 September 891 |
|
Formosus |
6 October 891 |
4 April 896 |
|
Boniface VI |
April 896 |
April 896 |
|
Stephen VI |
May 896 |
August 897 |
|
Romanus |
early August 897 |
November 897 |
|
Theodore II |
November 897 |
November 897 |
|
John IX |
January 898 |
January 900 |
|
Benedict IV |
May or June 900 |
August 903 |
|
Leo V |
August 903 |
September 903 |
|
Christopher |
September 903 |
January 904 |
|
Sergius III |
29 January 904 |
14 April 911 |
|
Anastasius III |
June 911 |
August 913 |
|
Lando |
August 913 |
March 914 |
|
John X |
March 914 |
May 928 |
|
Leo VI |
May 928 |
December 928 |
|
Stephen VII |
January 929 |
February 931 |
|
John XI |
February or March 931 |
December 935×1.936 |
|
Leo VII |
3 January 936 |
13 July 939 |
|
Stephen IX |
14 July 939 |
late October 942 |
|
Marinus II |
30 October 942 |
early May 946 |
|
Agapetus II |
10 May 946 |
December 955 |
|
John XII (Octavianus) |
16 December 955 |
4 December 963 |
|
Leo VIII |
4 December 963 |
1 March 965 |
|
Benedict V |
22 May 964 |
23 June 966 |
|
John XIII |
1 October 965 |
6 September 972 |
|
Benedict VI |
19 January 973 |
July 974 |
|
Boniface VII (1) (Franco) |
June 974 |
July 974 |
|
Benedict VII |
October 974 |
10 July 983 |
|
John XIV (Peter Canepanova) |
December 983 |
20 August 984 |
|
Boniface VII (2) |
August 984 |
20 July 985 |
|
John XV |
August 985 |
April 996 |
|
Gregory V (Bruno) |
3 May 996 |
18 February 999 |
|
John XVI (Johannes Philagathos) |
February 997 |
May 998 |
|
Sylvester II (Gerbert) |
2 April 999 |
12 May 1003 |
|
John XVII (Johannes Sicco) |
16 May 1003 |
6 November 1003 |
|
John XVIII (Johannes Fasanus) |
25 December 1003 |
July 1009 |
|
Sergius IV (Pietro Bucca Porci) |
31 July 1009 |
12 May 1012 |
|
Benedict VIII (Theophylact) |
17 May 1012 |
9 April 1024 |
|
Gregory VI |
May 1012 |
December 1012 |
|
John XIX (Romanus) |
19 April 1024 |
20 October 1032 |
|
Benedict IX (1) (Theophylact) |
21 October 1032 |
September 1044 |
|
Sylvester III |
20 January 1045 |
10 March 1045 |
|
Benedict IX (2) |
10 March 1045 |
1 May 1045 |
|
Gregory VI (John Gratian) |
1 May 1045 |
20 December 1046 |
|
Clement II (Suidger) |
24 December 1046 |
9 October 1047 |
|
Benedict IX (3) |
8 November 1047 |
16 July 1048 |
|
Damasus II (Poppo) |
December 1047 |
9 August 1048 |
|
Leo IX (Bruno of Toul) |
December 1049 |
19 April 1054 |
|
Victor II (Gebhard of Hirschberg) |
late 1054 |
28 July 1057 |
|
Stephen X (Frederick of Lorraine) |
2 August 1057 |
29 March 1058 |
|
Benedict X (John of Tusculum) |
4×5 April 1058 |
24 January 1059 |
|
Nicholas II (Gerhard of Burgundy) |
late December 1058 |
22 July 1061 |
|
Alexander II (Anselmo da Baggio) |
29×30 September 1061 |
21 April 1073 |
|
Honorius II (Peter Cadalus) |
28 October 1061 |
late 1072 |
|
Gregory VII (Hildebrand) |
22 April 1073 |
25 May 1085 |
|
Clement III (Guibert of Ravenna) |
25 June 1080 |
September 1100 |
|
Victor III (Desiderius) |
24 May 1086 |
16 September 1087 |
|
Urban II (Odo of Chatillon) |
12 March 1088 |
29 July 1099 |
|
Paschal II (Raniero da Bieda) |
13 August 1099 |
21 January 1118 |
|
Theodoric |
September 1100 |
January 1101 |
|
Albert |
February 1102 |
March 1102 |
|
Sylvester IV
(Maginulf) |
18 November 1105 |
13 April 1111 |
|
Gelasius II (John Coniolo) |
24 January 1118 |
29 January 1119 |
|
Gregory VIII (Maurice of Braga) |
8 March 1118 |
April 1121 |
|
Calixtus II (Guy of Burgundy) |
2 February 1119 |
13 December 1124 |
|
Honorius II (Lamberto dei Fagnani) |
16 December 1124 |
13×4 February 1130 |
|
Celestine II (Teobaldo) |
15×6 December 1124 |
1125 |
|
Innocent II (Gregory Papareschi) |
14 February 1130 |
24 September 1143 |
|
Anacletus II (Pietro) |
14 February 1130 |
25 January 1138 |
|
Victor IV (Gregorio Conti) |
15 March 1138 |
29 May 1138 |
|
Celestine II (Guido di Castello) |
26 September 1143 |
8 March 1144 |
|
Lucius II (Gherardo Caccianemici) |
12 March 1144 |
15 February 1145 |
|
Eugenius III (Bernado Paganelli) |
15 February 1145 |
8 July 1153 |
|
Anastasius IV (Corrado della Subarra) |
12 July 1153 |
3 December 1154 |
|
Adrian IV (Nicholas Breakspear) |
4 December 1154 |
1 September 1159 |
|
Alexander III (Orlando Bandinelli) |
7 September 1159 |
30 August 1181 |
|
Victor IV (Ottovanio di Monticelli) |
7 September 1159 |
20 April 1164 |
|
Paschal III (Guido of Crema) |
2 April 1164 |
September 1168 |
|
Calixtus III (John of Struma) |
September 1168 |
29 August 1178 |
|
Innocent III (Lando da Sessa) |
29 September 1179 |
January 1180 |
|
Lucius III (Ubaldo Allucingoli) |
1 September 1181 |
25 November 1185 |
|
Urban III (Uberto Crivelli) |
25 November 1185 |
20 October 1187 |
|
Gregory VIII (Alberto del Morra) |
21 October 1187 |
17 December 1187 |
|
Clement III (Paolo Scolari) |
19 December 1187 |
late March 1191 |
|
Celestine III (Giacinto Boboni-Orsini) |
30 March 1191 |
8 January 1198 |
|
Innocent III (Lotario di Segni) |
8 January 1198 |
16 July 1216 |
|
Honorius III (Cencio Savelli) |
18 July 1216 |
18 March 1227 |
|
Gregory IX (Ugolino di Segni) |
19 March 1227 |
22 August 1241 |
|
Celestine IV (Goffredo Castiglione) |
25 October 1241 |
10 November 1243 |
|
Innocent IV (Sinibaldo de’ Fieschi) |
25 June 1243 |
7 December 1254 |
|
Alexander IV (Rinaldo di Segni) |
12 December 1254 |
25 May 1261 |
|
Urban IV ((Jacques Pantaleon) |
29 August 1261 |
2 October 1265 |
|
lement IV (Guy le Gros Foulques) |
5 February 1265 |
29 November 1268 |
|
Gregory X (Tebaldo Visconti) |
1 September 1271 |
10 January 1276 |
|
Innocent V (Pierre de Champagni) |
21 January 1276 |
22 June 1276 |
|
Adrian V (Ottobono Fieschi) |
11 July 1276 |
18 August 1276 |
|
John XXI (Pietro Rebuli-Giuliani) |
8 September 1276 |
20 May 1277 |
|
Nicholas III (Giovanni Gaetano Orsini) |
25 November 1277 |
22 August 1281 |
|
Martin IV (Simon Monpitie) |
22 February 1281 |
28 March 1285 |
|
Honorius IV (Giacomo Savelli) |
2 April 1285 |
3 April 1287 |
|
Nicholas IV (Girolamo Masci) |
15×22 February 1288 |
4 April 1292 |
|
Celestine V (Pietro Angelari da Murrone) |
5 July 1294 |
13 December 1294 |
|
Boniface VIII (Benedetto Gaetani) |
24 December 1294 |
12 October 1303 |
|
Benedict XI (Niccolo Boccasini) |
22 October 1303 |
7 July 1304 |
|
Clement V (Raymond Bertrand de Got |
5 June 1305 |
20 April 1314 |
|
John XXII (Jacques Dueze) |
7 August 1316 |
4 December 1334 |
|
Nicholas V (Pietro di Corbara) |
12 May 1328 |
25 July 1330 |
|
Benedict XII (Jacques Fournier) |
20 December 1334 |
25 April 1342 |
|
Clement VI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort) |
7 May 1342 |
6 December 1352 |
|
Innocent VI (Etienne Aubert) |
18 December 1352 |
12 September 1362 |
|
Urban V (William de Grimord) |
28 September 1362 |
19 December 1370 |
|
Gregory XI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort) |
30 December 1370 |
27 March 1378 |
|
Urban VI (Bartolemeo Prignano) |