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The Popes
with their Places of Birth, Death and Burial

The Confessio Petri in St. Peter's:
directly below this grillwork lies the tomb of the apostle.
Pope Born Acceded Died Buried Other Links
1
 Peter (the Apostle, St.) Judea zzz Rome, ca. 64? ca. 67? Rome: Peter's (Grotte Vaticane)
2
Linus Tuscany? c. 67 76? 79? zzz
3
 Cletus or Anacletus (St.) zzz 76 or 79 88 or 91 zzz
4
Clement I (St.) Rome? 88 or 92 97 or 101 zzz
5
Evaristus (St.) Antioch? c. 97 c. 107 zzz
6
Alexander I (St.) zzz 105 (or 109) 115 (or 119) zzz source: Eusebius
7
 Sixtus I (St.) Rome? c. 115 c. 125
Rome?		 zzz
8
Telesphorus (St.) Calabria? c. 125 c. 136
Rome 		zzz
9
Hyginus (St.) Greece? c. 136 c. 140 zzz
10
 Pius I (St.) Aquileia c. 140 155 zzz
11
Anicetus (St.) Syria? c. 155 c. 166 zzz The meetingplace of Christians over the tombs of the popes, now Peter's, apparently founded by him
12
Soter (St.) Fondi c. 166 c. 175 zzz
13
Eleutherius (St.) Nicopolis (Epirus) c. 175 May 24, 189
Rome 		zzz
14
Victor I (St.) zzz zzz zzz zzz
15
Zephyrinus (St.) zzz zzz zzz zzz
16
 Callistus I or Calixtus I (St.) zzz 217? 222 Via Aurelia
17
Urban I (St.) Rome? 222 230
Rome 		Rome: Catacomb of Calixtus
18
Pontianus (St.) zzz 230
abdicated Sep. 28, 235 		c. 236?
Sardinia 		zzz EB: "the inscription of the date of his resignation is noted as the first specific date in papal history"; epitaph found in Catacomb of St. Calixtus
19
Anterus (St.) Greece Nov. 21?, 235 Jan. 3, 236 zzz
20
Fabian (St.) zzz 236 Jan. 20, 250 Catacomb of St. Sebastian
21
Cornelius (St.) zzz 251 253 zzz
22
Lucius I (St.) zzz Jun. 25, 253 March 254 zzz
23
Stephen I (St.) Rome consecrated May 12?, 254 Aug. 2, 257 zzz EB shows fresco portrait by Botticelli in Sistine Chapel
24
Sixtus II (St.) Greece? August 257 Aug. 6, 258
Catacomb of Praetextatus/Rome 		Rome: Catacomb of Calixtus
25
Dionysius (St.) zzz Jul. 22, 259 Dec. 26, 268
Rome 		zzz
26
Felix I (St.) zzz 269 Dec. 30, 274 Catacomb of St. Callistus
27
Eutychianus (St.) Tuscany 275 Dec. 7, 283
Rome 		zzz EB: fragments of his original Greek epitaph were discovered in the Catacombs of Callistus, Rome
28
Caius or Gaius (St.) Dalmatia? 283 Apr. 22?, 296 zzz EB: epitaph found in the Catacomb of Calixtus
29
Marcellinus (St.) Rome? 291? 296? Oct. 304 zzz
30
Marcellus I (St.) Rome May or June 308 Jan. 16, 309
not Rome 		Rome
31
Eusebius (St.) zzz Apr. 18, 309 or 310 Aug. 17, 309 or 310
Sicily 		Catacombs of Callistus
32
Miltiades or Melchiades (St.) Africa? 311 Jan. 10, 314 zzz

The [image ALT: zzz] cross indicates that Dante puts that Pope among the blessed in Heaven: click on it to find out exactly where and why, and the company he's in.

Page updated: 18 Apr 98