Top Celebrity Names Starting With Pope

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   Pope Benedict XVI

   Age 85 Male
   

   Bishop, Writer, Pope

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   Benedict XVI is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church, which includes the Latin Church and the twenty-two sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches. In the Catholic Church, Benedict as Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter.… read more

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   Pope John Paul II

   1920 - 2005 Male
   

   Second, Communist, Bishop

   
   

   Blessed Pope John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojtyła, reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the second-longest serving Pope in history and the first non-Italian since 1523. John Paul II was acclaimed as one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. Some say he was instrumental in ending communist party control of his native Poland and eventually all of Europe. Conversely, he denounced the excesses of capitalism.… read more

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   Pope Pius XII

   1876 - 1958 Male
   

   Pope of the Roman Catholic Church From 1939 To 1958

   
   

   The Venerable Pope Pius XII, born Eugenio Marìa Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, reigned as Pope, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958.

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   Pope Paul VI

   1897 - 1978 Male
   

   Italian Pope

   
   

   Paul VI, born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it. He fostered improved ecumenical relations with Orthodox and Protestants, which resulted in many historic meetings and agreements. Montini served in the Vatican's Secretariat of State from 1922 to 1954.… read more

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   Pope Pius IX

   1792 - 1878 Male
   

   Pope, Archbishop, Bishop

   
   

   Blessed Pope Pius IX, born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was the longest-reigning elected Pope in the history of the Catholic Church, serving from 16 June 1846 until his death, a period of nearly 32 years. During his pontificate, he convened the First Vatican Council in 1869, which decreed papal infallibility. The Pope defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, meaning that Mary was conceived without original sin.… read more

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   Pope Benedict XV

   1854 - 1922 Male
   

   Catholic Pope

   
   

   Pope Benedict XV, born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, reigned as Pope from 3 September 1914 to 22 January 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I and its political, social and humanitarian consequences in Europe. Between 1846 and 1903, the Church experienced its two longest pontificates in history up to that point. Together Pius IX and Leo XIII ruled for 57 years.… read more

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   Pope Pius X

   1835 - 1914 Male
   

   Catholic Pope and Saint

   
   

   Saint Pope Pius X, born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the 257th Pope of the Catholic Church, serving from 1903 to 1914. He was the first pope since Pope Pius V to be canonized. Pius X rejected modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, promoting traditional devotional practices and orthodox theology. His most important reform was to publish the first Code of Canon Law, which collected the laws of the Church into one volume for the first time.… read more

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   Pope Pius XI

   1857 - 1939 Male
   

   Pope of the Roman Catholic Church

   
   

   Pope Pius XI, born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was Pope from 6 February 1922, and sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state on 11 February 1929 until his death on 10 February 1939. He issued numerous encyclicals including Quadragesimo Anno highlighting capitalistic greed of international finance, social justice issues and Quas Primas establishing the feast of Christ the King. He took as his papal motto "Christ's peace in Christ's kingdom".… read more

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   Pope Gregory I

   540 AD - 604 AD Male
   

   Pope Pope

   
   
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    Pope Alexander VI

    1431 - 1503 Male
    

    Pope, Bishop, Archbishop

    
    

    Pope Alexander VI, born Roderic Llançol i de Borja was pope from 1492 until his death on 18 August 1503. He is one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, and his Italianized surname Borgia became a byword for the debased standards of the Papacy of that era, most notoriously the Banquet of Chestnuts in 1501.… read more

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    Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria

    1923 - 2012 Male
    

    Patriarch, Evangelist, Monk

    
    

    Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria is the 117th Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Apostolic See of Saint Mark the Evangelist of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. He is the head of The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria. A graduate of Cairo University and the Coptic Orthodox Seminary, Nazeer Gayed became a monk under the name Fr.… read more

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    Pope Honorius II

    1130 Male
    

    Intellectual, Rival, Campaigner

    
    

    See also, Antipope Honorius II, otherwise known as Peter Cadalus. Pope Honorius II, born Lamberto Scannabecchi, was pope from December 21, 1124, to February 13, 1130. Although from a humble background, his obvious intellect and outstanding abilities saw him promoted through the ecclesiastical hierarchy. Attached to the Frangipani family of Rome, his election as Pope was contested by a rival candidate, Celestine II, and force was used to guarantee his election.… read more

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    Pope Gregory VII

    1085 Male
    

    Pope, Emperor, Canon

    
    

    Pope St. Gregory VII, born Hildebrand of Sovana, was Pope from 22 April 1073 until his death. One of the great reforming popes, he is perhaps best known for the part he played in the Investiture Controversy, his dispute with Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV that affirmed the primacy of papal authority and the new canon law governing the election of the pope by the College of Cardinals.… read more

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    Pope Leo XIII

    1810 - 1903 Male
    

    Pope

    
    

    Pope Leo XIII, born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903. He was the oldest pope (reigning until the age of 93), and had the third longest pontificate, behind his immediate predecessor Pius IX and John Paul II.… read more

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    Pope Leo X

    1475 - 1521 Male
    

    Pope, Priest, Ruler

    
    

    Pope Leo X, born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, was the Pope from 1513 to his death in 1521. He was the last non-priest to be elected Pope. He is known for granting indulgences for those who donated to reconstruct St. Peter's Basilica and his challenging of Martin Luther's 95 Theses. He was the second son of Lorenzo de' Medici, the most famous ruler of the Florentine Republic, and Clarice Orsini.… read more

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    Pope Innocent III

    1161 - 1216 Male
    

    Pope, R. 1198–1216: Height of Mediaeval Church's Power

    
    

    Pope Innocent III should not be confused with Antipope Innocent III.

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    Pope Boniface VIII

    1235 - 1303 Male
    

    Pope, Bishop, Priest

    
    

    Pope Boniface VIII, born Benedetto Gaetani, was Pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303. Today, he is probably best remembered for his feuds with Dante, who placed him in the Eighth Circle of Hell in his Divina Commedia among the simonists.… read more

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    Pope John XXIII

    1881 - 1963 Male
    

    Pope

    
    

    Blessed Pope John XXIII, born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, headed the Catholic Church and ruled Vatican City from 1958 until his death. Pope John was elected on 28 October 1958. He called the Second Vatican Council but did not live to see it to completion. He died in 1963, only four-and-a-half years after his election, and two months after the completion of his final encyclical, Pacem in Terris. He was beatified, along with Pope Pius IX, on 3 September 2000.… read more

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    Pope John Paul I

    1912 - 1978 Male
    

    Catholic Pope

    
    

    His Holiness John Paul I, born Albino Luciani, reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and as Sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal history, resulting in the most recent Year of Three Popes. John Paul I was the first Pope to be born in the 20th century and the last Pope to die in it.… read more

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    Pope Leo I

    400 AD - 461 AD Male
    

    Bishop, Doctor, Archbishop

    
    

    Pope Leo I, also known as Leo the Great was the Bishop of Rome—the Pope—of the Catholic Church from 29 September 440 to his death on 10 November 461. He was an Italian aristocrat, and was the first pope of the Catholic Church to have been called "the Great". He is perhaps best known for having met Attila the Hun in 452 and persuading him to turn back from his invasion of Italy.… read more

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    Pope Julius II

    1443 - 1513 Male
    

    Pope

    
    

    Pope Julius II, nicknamed "The Fearsome Pope" (Il Papa Terribile) and "The Warrior Pope" (Il Papa Guerriero), born Giuliano della Rovere, was Pope from 1503 to 1513. His papacy was marked by an active foreign policy, ambitious building projects, and patronage for the arts.… read more

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    Pope Sylvester II

    1003 Male
    

    Pope, Teacher, End

    
    

    Pope Sylvester II (c. 946 – 12 May 1003), born Gerbert d'Aurillac, was a prolific scholar, teacher, and Pope. He endorsed and promoted study of Arab/Greco-Roman arithmetic, mathematics, and astronomy, reintroducing to Europe the abacus and armillary sphere, which had been lost to Europe since the end of the Greco-Roman era. He was the first French Pope, reigning from 999 until his death.… read more

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    Pope Paul III

    1468 - 1549 Male
    

    Pope, Priest, Bishop

    
    

    Pope Paul III, born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church following the Protestant Reformation.… read more

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    Pope Clement I

    4712 BC Male
    

    Pope, Bishop, Archbishop

    
    

    Pope Clement I, also known as Saint Clement of Rome, is listed from an early date as a Bishop of Rome. He was the first Apostolic Father of the Church. Few details are known about Clement's life. According to Tertullian, Clement was consecrated by Saint Peter, and he is known to have been a leading member of the church in Rome in the late 1st century. Early church lists place him as the second or third bishop of Rome after Saint Peter.… read more

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    Pope Pius II

    1405 - 1464 Male
    

    Pope, Writer, Bishop

    
    

    Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Piccolomini was Pope from 19 August 1458 until his death in 1464. Pius II was born at Corsignano in the Sienese territory of a noble but decayed family. His longest and most enduring work is the story of his life, the Commentaries, which is the only autobiography ever written by a reigning Pope.… read more