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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
64
 Gregory I (the Great, St.) ca. 540
Rome 		3 Sep 590 12 Mar 604
Rome 		St. Peter's Great-grandson of Pope Felix III; Pope Agapetus I may also have been related to him.
65
 Sabinian Tuscany 604 Feb. 22, 606 zzz
66
 Boniface III Rome Feb. 19, 607 Nov. 12, 607
Rome 		zzz
67
 Boniface IV (St.) Valeria (Italy) 608 May 8, 615
Rome 		St. Peter's Converted the Pantheon into the church of S. Maria Rotonda (May 13, 609)
68
 Deusdedit (Adeodatus) zzz 615 618 zzz
69
 Boniface V Naples 619 Oct. 25, 625 zzz
70
 Honorius I Roman Campania Oct. 27, 625 Oct. 12, 638 zzz EB: mosaic portrait in Sant' Agnese, Rome
71
 Severinus Rome elected c. Oct. 15, 638/consecrated May 28, 640 Aug. 2, 640
Rome 		zzz
72
 John IV Dalmatia Dec. 24, 640 Oct. 12, 642
Rome 		zzz
73
 Theodore I Jerusalem 642 May 13, 649 zzz
74
 Martin I (St.) Pian S. Martino 649 Sep. 16, 655
Cherson (Crimea)		 zzz
75
 Eugene I (St.) Rome 654 Jun. 2, 657
Rome 		zzz
76
 Vitalian zzz 657 672 zzz
77
 Adeodatus II (St.?) Rome Apr. 11, 672 Jun. 17, 676 zzz
78
 Donus Rome August 676 Apr. 11, 678
Rome 		St. Peter's
79
 Agatho (St.) c. 577
Sicily 		June 678 Jan. 10, 681 zzz EB makes him 104 years old?
80
 Leo II Sicily c. December 681, consecrated Aug. 17, 682 Jul. 3, 683 zzz
81
 Benedict II Rome 683
consecrated Jun. 26, 684 		May 8, 685 zzz
82
 John V Syria? Jul. 23, 685 Aug. 2, 686
Rome 		zzz
83
 Conon zzz 686 687 zzz
84
 Sergius I Palermo Dec. 15, 687 c. Sep. 8, 701
Rome 		zzz
85
 John VI Greece? consecrated Oct. 3, 701 Jan. 11, 705
Rome 		zzz
86
 John VII Greece? Mar. 1, 705 Oct. 18, 707
Rome 		zzz EB: mosaic portrait of him from life, St. Peter's
87
 Sisinnius Syria c. Jan. 15, 708 Feb. 4, 708
Rome 		St. Peter's
88
 Constantine Syria 708 Apr. 9, 715
Rome 		zzz
89
 Gregory II (St.) 669
Rome 		715 Feb. 11, 731
Rome 		zzz
90
 Gregory III Syria 731 November 741 zzz
91
 Zachary zzz 741 752 zzz
92
 Stephen II Rome Mar. 23, 752 (not consecrated) Mar. 25, 752
Rome 		zzz not listed in the Liber Ponitficalis, and therefore the numbering of succeeding Stephens varies, supposedly because he wasn't consecrated; there have been other unconsecrated popes, however, with no numbering irregularity (e.g., Urban VII)
93
 Stephen III (or II) zzz Mar. 26, 752 Apr. 26, 757
Rome 		zzz
94
 Paul I (St.) Rome Apr. 26, 757 Jul. 27, 769?/Jun. 28, 767?
Rome 		zzz
95
 Stephen IV (or III) 720?
Sicily 		August 1, 768 (consecrated Aug. 7)?/Jul. 31, 769? Jan. 24, 772
Rome 		zzz
96
 Adrian I Rome Feb. 1, 772 Dec. 25, 795 zzz epitaph composed by Charlemagne is preserved in St. Peters (EB)
97
 Leo III (St.) Rome Dec. 26, 795 (consecrated Dec. 27) Jun. 12, 816 zzz
98
 Stephen V (or IV) Rome June 816 Jan. 24, 817
Rome 		zzz
99
 Paschal I Rome Jan. 26, 817 Feb. 11, 824
Rome 		zzz EB: S. Prassede and chapel of S. Zeno, S. Maria in Domnica; S. Cecilia; EB shows portrait from apse of S. Prassede
100
 Eugene II Rome 824 Aug. 27, 827
Rome 		zzz
101
 Valentine zzz 827 827 zzz
102
 Gregory IV Rome 827 Jan. 25, 844
Rome 		zzz
103
 Sergius II Rome (before Jun. 15) 844 Jan. 27, 847 zzz
104
 Leo IV (St.) Rome 847 Jul. 17, 855
Rome 		zzz
105
 Benedict III Rome July 855 Apr. 17, 858 zzz
106
 Nicholas I (the Great, St.) c. 819‑822
Rome 		April 858 Nov. 13, 867
Rome 		zzz
107
 Adrian II zzz Dec. 14, 867 Dec. 14, 872 zzz EB shows portrait in fresco at lower basilica of S. Clemente, Rome
108
 John VIII Rome Dec. 14, 872 Dec. 16, 882
Rome 		zzz
109
 Marinus I Tuscany December 882 May 15, 884
Rome 		zzz
110
 Adrian III, St. Rome? 884 Sep.?, 885
near Modena 		zzz
111
 Stephen VI (or V) Rome May 17, 885 (consecrated Jul. 15) murdered 891
Rome 		zzz
112
 Formosus c. 816
Rome?		 Oct. 6, 891 Apr. 4, 896 buried; thrown into the Tiber River; apparently fished back out and reburied?
113
 Boniface VI Rome April 896 Apr. 19, 896
Rome 		zzz
114
 Stephen VII (or VI) Rome May 896 strangled 896? July/August 897?
Rome 		zzz
115
 Romanus near Civitá Castellana (near Rome) August 897 November 897 zzz
116
 Theodore II Rome Dec. 897 murdered? Dec. 897
Rome 		zzz
117
 John IX Rome January 898 January 900 zzz
118
 Benedict IV Rome 900 July 903
Rome 		zzz
119
 Leo V Priapi? July 903 Sep. 903 zzz murdered, possibly by his successor Pope Sergius III
120
 Sergius III Rome consecrated Jan. 29, 904 Apr. 14, 911
Rome 		zzz
121
 Anastasius III Rome April or June 911 June or August 913
Rome 		zzz
122
 Lando Rome July or August 913 Feb. 914 zzz
123
 John X Tossignano (near Imola) 914 May or June 928
Rome 		zzz
124
 Leo VI Rome May 928 December 928?
Rome 		zzz
125
 Stephen VIII (or VII) Rome 929 assassinated? February 931
Rome 		zzz
126
 John XI 910?
Rome 		consecrated Feb./Mar. 931; deposed c. 935 Dec. 935?/Jan. 936?/
Lateran, Rome 		zzz
127
 Leo VII Rome 936 Jul. 13, 939
Rome 		zzz
128
 Stephen IX (or VIII) Rome elected Jul. 14, 939 October 942
Rome 		zzz
129
 Marinus II Rome 942 Apr./May 946
Rome 		zzz
130
 Agapitus II (Agapetus II) Rome May 10, 946 December 955 zzz
131
 John XII
Ottaviano 		937? Dec. 16, 955 May 14, 964 zzz EB: died in the arms of his mistress
132
 Leo VIII Rome 963 Mar. 1?, 965 zzz
133
 Benedict V
[Benedict the Grammarian]		 zzz 964 Jul. 4, 966
Hamburg 		zzz
134
 John XIII Rome Oct. 1, 965 Sep. 6, 972
Rome 		zzz
135
 Benedict VI Rome Jan. 19, 973 July 974
Rome
strangled possibly by order of antipope Boniface VII 		zzz
136
 Benedict VII Rome 974 Jul. 10, 983 zzz
137
 John XIV
Pietro Canepanova 		Pavia 983 Aug. 20, 984
Rome 		zzz
138
 John XV(or XVI) zzz August 985 March 996
Rome 		zzz
139
 Gregory V
Brun von Kärnten 		972
Carinthia 		consecrated May 3, 996 Feb. 18?, 999 zzz
140
 Silvester II
[Gerbert d'Aurillac]		 c. 945
Aurillac (France)		 consecrated Apr. 9, 999 May 12, 1003
Rome 		St. John Lateran an outstanding scholar
141
 John XVII (or XVI)
Secco 		Rome June 1003 Dec. 6, 1003 zzz
142
 John XVIII (or XVII)
Fasano 		Rome consecrated Jan. 1004 1009
Rome: S. Paolo fuori le Mura 		zzz
143
 Sergius IV Luna consecrated July 31, 1009 May 12, 1012 Rome: St. John Lateran
144
 Benedict VIII
Theophylact 		County of Tusculum 1012 Apr. 9, 1024 zzz
145
 John XIX (or XVIII)
Romano 		zzz 1024 1032 zzz
146
 Benedict IX
Theophylact 		zzz 1032‑1044 1055 or 1056
Grottaferrata 		zzz
147
 Silvester III (Sylvester III)
[Giovanni di Sabina]		 Rome Jan. 20, 1045 to Feb. 10, 1045 Mar. 3, 1046? zzz May be an antipope
148
 Benedict IX
Theophylact 		zzz April 1045 to May 1045: sold the Papacy to Gregory VI 1055 or 1056
Grottaferrata 		zzz
149
 Gregory VI
Giovanni Graziano 		zzz May 5, 1045 to Dec. 20, 1046 (abdicated) 1048
Cologne?		 zzz
150
 Clement II
Suidger of Bamberg 		zzz December 1046
consecrated Dec. 25, 1046 		Oct. 9, 1047
Aposella, near Pesaro 		zzz
151
 Benedict IX
Theophylact 		zzz Nov. 8, 1047 to Jul. 17, 1048 1055 or 1056
Grottaferrata 		zzz
152
 Damasus II
Poppo of Brixen 		Bavaria Jul. 17, 1048 Aug. 9, 1048
Palestrina 		zzz
153
 Leo IX (St.)
Bruno, Graf von Egisheim under Dagsburg 		Jun. 21, 1002
Eguisheim (Alsace)		 Feb. 12, 1049 Apr. 19, 1054
Rome 		zzz
154
 Victor II zzz 1055 Jul. 28, 1057 zzz
155
 Stephen X (or IX)
Frédéric de Lorraine 		c. 1000
Lorraine 		Aug. 2, 1057 Mar. 29, 1058
Florence 		zzz
156
 Nicholas II
Gérard de Bourgogne 		Lorraine c. Dec. 1058?/1059?
Siena 		Aug. 27, 1061
Florence 		zzz
157
 Alexander II
[Anselmo da Baggio/da Lucca]		 Baggio (near Milan) 1061 April 10, 1073 (Greeley)/Apr. 21, 1075 death but papacy ending 1073 (EB) zzz

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