Chronological Table
First Century
YEAR
1. St Peter, 66
2. St. Lin, son of Hercolanus, born at Volterra in Toscany, died in 78
3. St. Anaclet, or Clet, died in 91
4. St. Clement, son of Faustinas, born at Rome, died in 100
SECOND CENTURY.
5. St. Evanstas, born in Syria, died in 109
6. St. Alexander I. 119
7. St. Sixtus I. born at Rome, 127
8. St. Telesphore, 139
9. St. Hyginus, died in 142
10. St. Pius I. 157
11. St. Anacetus, 168
12. St. Soter, born at Fondi, 177
13. St. Eleutberius, died the last day of the year 192
14. St. Victor, 202
THIRD CENTURY.
15. St. Zephirinus, died in 219
16. St. Calixtus I. 14th October, 222
17. St. Urban I. 25th May,
18. St. Pontien, 28th Sept.
19. St. Antherus, 3rd Jan. 236
20. St. Fabian, 28th Jan.
21. St. Cornelius, 14th Sept. 253
22. St. Lucius, I. 4th or 5th March,
28. St. Stephen I. 2nd Aug. 257
24. St. Sixtus II. 6th Aug. 258
25. St. Dionysius, 26th Dec. 269
26. St. Felix I. 22nd Dec. 274
27. St. Eutychian, 7th or 8th Dec. 283
28. St. Caius, 22nd April, 296
29. St. Marcellinus, 24th Oct. 304
FOURTH CENTURY.
30. St. Marcellus, a Roman by birth, died 16th Jan.
31. St. Eusebius, 26th Sept.
32. St. Miltiades or Melchiades, died 10th or 11th Jan. 314
33. St. Sylvester I. born at Rome, died 31st Dec.
Pretended donation of Constantine.
Council of Nice, 1st oecumenical, in 325
34. St. Mark, died the 7th Oct. 336
35. St. Julius I. a Roman by birth, died 13th April, 352
36. St. Liberius, 24th April, 366
Felix II. antipope, 22nd Nov. 365
37. St Damasiuc, a Roman, 10th or 11th Dec. 384
Council of Constantinople 2nd oecum. 381.
38. St. Siricius, a Roman, died 25th Nov, 398
The first of whom we have an authentic decree
39. St. Anastasius I. a Roman, died in 401 or 402
FIFTH CENTURY.
40. St. Innocent I. died 12th March 417
41. St. Zosimus, born in Greece, died 26th Dec. 418
42. St. Boniface I. a Roman, son of the priest
Jocundus, died 4th Sept. 422
43. St. Celestine I. a Roman, 30th July, 432
Council of Ephesus, 3rd oecumen. in 431.
44. St. Sixtus III. a Roman, 18th Aug.
46. St. Leo I. or the Great, born at Rome, one of the doctors of the Latin Church, died 6th or 8th Nov. 461 Council of Chalcedon, 4th oecumen. 451. 46. St. Hilary, a Sardinian, died 21st Feb. 468
47. St. Simplicius, native of Tivoli, died 25th Feb. 483
48. St. Felix III. a Roman, 24th or 25th Feb. 492
49. St. Gelaaias, born at Rome, 19th Nov. 498
50. St. Anastasias II. 17th Nov. 498
SIXTH CENTURY.
51. Symmachas, born in Sardinia, died the 9th July 514
52. Hormisdas, born at Frusignone in Campania died 6th Aug. 523
53. St. John I. a Toscan, 18th May,
54. Felix IV. a Samnite, in
55. Boniface II. born at Rome, of Gothic origin, died 532
56. John II. called Mercnrins, born at Rome, died
57. Agapit, son of the priest Gordian, died the 22d of April 536
58. Sylverius, a native of Campania son of pope Hormisdas 538
59. Vigilias, son of the Consul John, elected pope
Nov. 537, before the death of Sylverius,
died at Syracuse, 10th Jan.
2nd Council of Constantinople, and
6th œcumenical, held in 553
60. Pelagias I. died 1st March,
61. John III. called Cateline, born at Rome, died 13th July 575
62. Benedict Bonosius, 30th July, 557
63. Pelagias II. died 8th Feb.
64. St. Gregory I. or the Great, born at Rome, one of the fathers or doctors of the Latin Cburch 12th March, 604
SEVENTH CENTURY.
65. Sabinian, died 22nd Feb. 606
66. Boniface III. 607
67. Boniface IV. native of Valeria, country of the Moors, 615
68. St. Dens Dedit, a Roman, 3rd Dec. 618
69. Boniface V. born at Naples, died 22d Oct. 626
70. Honoriua I. a native of Campania, son of the consul Petronius, died 12th Oct. 638 AN INTERREGNUM OF TWENTY MONTHS
71. Severinus, born at Rome, consecrated in May, died
72. John IV. of Dalmatia, 11th Oct. 642
73. Theodore I. born at Jerusalem, died 13th May, The first who received the title of sovereign pontiff. 649
74. St. Martin I. of Todi, 17th Sept. 654
75. St. Eugene I. a Roman, 1st Jan. 657
76. Vitalian, born at Segni, 27th Jan. 662
77. Adeodat, a Roman, in June, 676
78. Donus or Domnas, a Roman, 11th April, 678
79. Agathon, a Sicilian, 10th June, Third Council of Constantinople, the 6th oecumenical, held in 680 and 681. 682
80. St. Leo II. a Sicilian, died in 683 or 684
81. Benedict II. a Roman, died 7th May,
82. John V. a Syrian, 7th Aug. 687
83. Conon, born in Sicily, of Thracian origin, died Sept. 687
84. St. Sergius I. born at Palermo, of Antiochian 8th Sept. 701
EIGHTH CENTURY.
85. John VI. a Greek, died 9th Jan.
86. John VII. a Greek, 17th Oct. 707
87. St.Sinnius, a Syrian, 7th Feb. 708
88. Constantine, a Syrian, 9th April,
89. St. Gregory II. a Roman, died the 10th Feb. 731 Quarrel with the Emperor Leo the Isaurian.
90. Gregory III. a Syrian, 27th Nov. 741
Excommunication of the Iconoclastes
—Roman Republic.
91. Zachary, a Greek, 14th March, 752 Accession of Pepin the Short. Stephen elected pope in 752 died before being consecrated.
92. Stephen II. died 25th April, 757 Pretended sacred donation of Pepin, letters of St. Peter, &c.
93. Paul I. brother of the preceding, died 28th Jan. 767
94. Stephen III. a Sicilian, 1st Feb. 772
95. Adrian I. son of Theodale, duke of Rome, 25th Dec.
Charlemagne in Italy.
Second Council of Nice, 7th oecumenical, in 787.
96. Leo III. a Roman, 11th June, 816
Charlemagne crowned emperor in 800.
False decretals
NINTH CENTURY.
97. Stephen IV. installed 22d June 816, died 24th Jan. 817
98. Pascal I. a Roman, installed 25th Jan. 817, died May 824
99. Eugene II. born at Rome installed and died in Aug. 827
100. Valentine, born at Rome installed and died, 827
101. Gregory IV. installed at the close of 827, died in Jan. 844 Humiliation of the emperor Louis-le-Debonairre.
102. Sergius II. installed the 27th January 844, 27th Jan. 847
103. St. Louis IV, elected in 847, died 17th July,
Leonine City, pages 48, 50.
104. Benedict III. installed 29th Sept. 855, died 8th April 858
105. Nicholas I. a Roman, installed 24th April 858 died Nov. 867
106. Adrian II. a Roman, installed 14th Dec. 867, died in 872
4th Council of. Constantinople, the 8th
œcumenical, held in 869.
107. John VIII. installed the 14th December 872, died Dec. 888 Charles the Bold crowned emperor in 875, and Charles the Fat in 880.
108. Marinas, installed the end of December 882, died in May, 884
109. Adrian III. a Roman, installed in 884, died in Sept. 885
110. Stephen V. a Roman installed in Sept. 885, died 7th Aug. 891
111. Formosus, installed in Sept. 891, died in April 896
112. Boniface VI. installed and died in 896
113. Stephen VI. installed in 896, strangled 897
114. Romanus, born at Rome, installed 20th Aug. 897
115. Theodore II. installed and died in 898
116. John IX. a native of Tibar or Tivoli, died
TENTH CENTURY.
117. Benedict IV. elected in December, 900, died in October 903
118. Leo V. a native of Ardee, installed 28th Oct. 903, banished in Nov. 903
119. Christophas, a Roman, installed in November, 903, banished in Jane, 904
120. Sergios III. installed in 905, died in August, 911
121. Anastasias III. a Roman, installed Aug. 911, died Oct. 913
122. Landon, installed in 913, died April, 914
123. John X. installed the end of April, 914, died in prison 928 The lover of Theodora, the conqueror of the Saracens, dethroned by Marosia
124. Leo VI. installed Jan. 928, died the 3rd of February 929
125. Steshen VII. installed in March 929, died in Mar. 931
126. John XI. son of Marosia, and it is said of
Sergios III. born in 906, installed on 20th
March, 931, died in prison, in Jan. 936
127. Leo VII. inst. in Jan. 936, died in July, 939
128. Stephen VIII. inst. July, 939, died Nov. 942
129. Martin III. a Roman, installed March, 942, died Jan. 945
130. Agapit II. a Roman, installed March, 946, died end of 955
131. John XII. Octavian, born at Rome in 938, of the patrician Alberic, and afterwards patrician himself in 954, installed in Jan. 956; banished in 963 by the emperor Otho the Great, 963
132. Leo VIII. installed the 6th Dec. 963, died 17th March, 965
133. Benedict V. elected after the death of John XII.
May, 964 and died at Hamburg, the 5th of Jnly,
134. John XIII. called Poole Blanche, born at Rome, installed the 1st Oct. 965, died 6th Sept. 972
135. Benedict VI. installed at the end of 972, strangled in 974
136. Boniface, Francon, son of Femicio, Anti-pope, under tbe name of Boniface VIII. died in
137. Donas II. elected pope after the expulsion of
Francon or Boniface, died 25th Dec. 974
138. Benedict VII. a Roman, nephew of the patrician Alberic, installed in 975, died 10th of July 983
139. John XIV. installed by the emperor Otho II. in Nov. 983, banished by Francon or Boniface in the month of March following put to death 20th Aug 984 John XV. who died before the month of July is not counted: he is distinct from tbe following, to whom the name of John XV. remains.
140. John XV. a Roman, son of the priest Leo, installed in July, 906; banished by the consul Creseentius in 987, restored by Otho III. died 996
141. Gregory V. Brunon, son of Duke Otho, and grandson of the Emperor Otho I. installed 3d May, banished by Creseentius in 997
142. John XVI. Philagathus, a Greek, installed by Cresentius in 997, put to death by order of Gregory V. who died 9th Feb. 999, 998
143. Sylvester II. Gerbert, born in Auvergne, archbishop of Rheims, afterwards of Ravenna, installed Pope, 2d April, 999, died the 11th May, 1003
ELEVENTH CENTURY.
144. John XVII. Siccon or Secco, installed 9th Jan. 1003, died 1st Oct. 1003
145. John XVIII. Phasian, born at Rome of the priest Orso, installed 26th Dec. 1003, abdicated the end of May 1009, and died 18th July, 1009
146. Sergius IV. Petrus Bucca Porci, Peter Groin, installed in 1009, died in 1112
147. Benedict VIII. John of Tusculum, died in 1024 Coronation of Henry II. emperor in 1013.
148. John XIX. a Roman, of Tusculum, brother of the preceding, formerly consul, duke, senator: installed pope in Aug. 1024; banished by the Romans; restored by the emperor Conrade, died in 1033
149. Benedict IX. Theophylacte, of Tusculum, nephew of the two preceding, installed in 1033; banished and restored in 1038; banished again in 1044, and restored in 1047; retired in 1048
150. Sylvester III. John, bishop of Sabine, pope in 1044, 1045, 1046
151. Gregory VI. John Gratian, pope in 1044, 1045, 1046
Benedict IX. Sylvester III. and Gregory VI.
all three, popes at the same time,
were deposed by the emperor Henry III.
152. Clement II. Suidger, a Saxon (bishop of Bamberg) installed pope the 35th Dec. 1046, died 9th Oct. 1047
Return of Benedict IX.
153. Damasius II. Poppon, bishop of Brixen, Installed pope the 17th July, 1048, at the moment of the retiring of Benedict, died 8th Aug. same year, 1048
154. St. Leo IX. Brunon, son of Hugues, count of Egesbeim in Alsace, born in 1002, installed pope in Feb. 1049 died the 10th April 1054 The Greek schism is completed under this pontificate.
155. Victor II. Gebehard, son of Hardulg, count of Calw in Swabia, installed the 13th April, 1055, died, in Tuscany, the 29th July, 1057
156. Stephen IX. Frederick, son of Gothelon, duke of
Basse-Lorraine, installed the 3d Aug. died March 1058
157. Benedict X. John, bishop of Veletri, elected pope
30th March, 1058, resigned the 18th Jan.
158. Nicholas II. Gerard, born in Burgundy, installed the
18th Jan. 1059, died the 21st or 22d July, 1061
Election of the popes by the cardinals.
Quarrel respecting investitures.
159. Alexander II. Anselm Badage, a Milanese, installed the 30th Sept. 1061, died the 21st April, 1073 Cadaloo or Honorius II. antipope
160. Gregory VII. or Hildebrand, born near Soane in Tuscany, elected pope the 22d April, 1073, died 25th May 1085
Quarrels with all the sovereigns.—Excommunication
and deposition of the Emperor Henry IV.
Donation of the Countess Matilda
Gaibert or Clement III. antipope.
Between Gregory VII. and Victor III. the
Holy See is vacant one year.
161. Victor III. Didier, sprang from the house of the dukes of Capua, elected the 34th May, 1086, died Sept. 1087
162. Urban II. Otton or Odon, born at Rheims, bishop of
Ostia, elected pope 12th March, 1088, died 1099
Excommunication of Philip king of France.
First crusade in 1095.
Death of the antipope Guihert 1100.
TWELFTH CENTURY.
163. Pascal II. Rainier, born at Bleda, in the diocese of
Viterbo, elected pope the 13th Aug. 1099, died June 1118
Degradation of the emperor Henry IV.—
Quarrels’s of the pope with Henry V.
Albert, Theodoric, Maginulfe, antipopes
after Guibert.
164. Gelasius II. John of Gaôte, elected pope the 25th Jan.
1118, died at Cloni 29th Jan. 1119
Bourdin or Gregory VIII. antipope
165. Calixtus II. Gui, born at Quingey, of a count of Burgundy, archbishop of Vienne, elected pope the 1. Feb. 1119, died Dec. 1194 End of quarrel about investitures. First council of the Lateran, 9th œcumenical, in 1123
166. Honorius II. Lambert, born at Fagnano, installed the 21st of Dec. 1124, died 14th Feb.
167. Innocent II. Gregorie of the house of the Papi, elected 15th Feb. 1130, died the 24th Sept. 1143
Quarrells with the king of France, Louis
the Young, &c.
Peter of Leon, antipope under the name of
Anaclet, and after him, Gregory or Victor IV.
Second council of the Lateran, tenth
œcumenical, in 1139.
168. Celestine II. Gui, a Tuscan, elected 26th
Sept. 1143, died 9th March 1144
169. Lucius II. Gerard, born at Bologna, installed the 12th March, 1144, died the 25th Feb. Arnauld of Brescia.
170. Eugenius III. Bernard, born at Pisa, elected
7th of Feb. 1145, died the 7th of July 1153
Crusade of 1147.
Decree of Gratian published in 1152.
171. Anastasius IV. Conrade, born at Rome, elected the
9th July 1153, died 2d December, 1154
172. Adrian IV. born at St. Albans in England, elected
3rd Dec. 1154, died 1st September 1159
Disputes with the emperor Frederick Barbarossa
173. Alexander III. Roland, of Sienna, of the house of
Bandinclli, elected 7th of Sept. died 30th of Aug. 1181
Octavian or Victor III. Pascal III. Ca-
lixtus III. and Innocent III. antipopes.
Lombard-league against Frederick Barba-
rossa.—Alexandria; Thomas a Becket
&c.—3rd Council of the Lateran, 11th
oecumenical, in 1179.
174. Lucius III. Ubalde, born at Lucca, elected the
1st September 1181, died the 24th Nov.
175. Urbanlll. Hubert Crivelli, elected 25th of Nov. 1185, died at Ferrara, 19th October. 1187
176. Gregory VIII. Albert, born at Beneventum, elected
20th Oct. 1187, died 17th December 1187
177. Clement III. Paul or Paulin Scolaro, born at Rome, elected 19th December 1187, died 27th March, 1191 Crusade in 1189.
178. Celestine III. Hyacinth Bobocard, born in 1108, elected pope 30th March 1191, died 8th of Jan. 1198
THIRTEENTH CENTURY.
179. Innocent III. Lothaire, of the house of the counts of Segni, born in i 160, elected pope 8th Jan. 1198, consecrated 23d Feb. following, died 16th July, 1216
Disputes with the Venetians, with the
king of France Philip Augustus, with
John king of England, with the emperor
Otho IV. &c.
Crusade of 1203; taking of Constantinople
by the crusaders.
Crusade against the Albigeoses; Inquisition;
Twelfth Council of Lateran, twelfth œcumenical,
in 1215.
180. Honorius III. Cencio Savelli, a Roman, elected at
Perugia, 18th July 1216, consecrated
24th of same month, died 18th March, 1227
181. Gregory IX. Ugolin, of the family of the counts of Segni, a native of Anagni, bishop of Ostia, elected and installed pope the 19th March, 1227, died when nearly one hundred years old, 21st Aug. 1224 The emperor Frederick II. four times excommunicated. Body of decretals compiled by Raymond de Pennafort.
182. Celestine IV. Geoflrey de Castiglione, a noble Milanese, a Cistertian monk, bishop of Sabine, elected pope at the end of Oct. 1241, died Nov. 1241
Between Celestine IV. and Innocent IV.
the Holy See is vacant for 19 months.
183. Innocent IV. Sinibald de Fiesqne, a noble
Genoese, elected pope at Anagni, 25th
Jane, 1243, consecrated 29th of the same,
died at Naples, 7th Dec. 1254
Council of Lyons, 13th œcumenical, in 1245.
The emperor Frederick II. deposed:—
Conferences of Louis IX. and Innocent
at Clusi: Crusade against Conrade IV.
and Manfred the son of Frederick.
184. Alexander IV. Reinald, of the family of the counts of Segni, bishop of Ostia, elected pope the 12th Dec. 1254, died at Viterbo, 25th May, 1261
Excommunication of Manfred: Negociation with
Louis IX. and Charles of Anjou, respecting the
kingdom of Naples
185. Urban IV. Jacques-Pantaleon Court-Palais, born at Troyes in Champagne, archdeacon of Liege, bishop of Verdan, patriarch of Jerusalem, elected pope at Viterbo, 29th Aug. 1261, consecrated 4th Sept. following, died 2d Aug. 1264
186. Clement IV. Gui de Foulques, born at Saint- Gilles-le-Rhone, bishop of Puy, archbishop of Narbonne, cardinal, bishop of Sabine, elected pope at Perguia, the 5th Feb. 1265, crowned 26th of same month at Viterbo, where he died the 29th Nov. 1268
Charles of Anjou called to the throne of
Naples: Death of Concradine the 28th
Oct. 1268: Pragmatic Sanction of Saint
Louis
The Holy See remains vacant from the
29th Nov. 1268 to the 1st Sept. 1271.
187. Gregory X. Thealde or Thibaud, of the family of the Visconti of Placentia, canon of Lyons, archbishop of Liege, elected pope 1st Sept. 1271 consecrated 27th Nov. of same year, died at Arezzo, the 10th Jan. 1276
Coronation and excommunication of the emperors Rhodolph of Hapsburg, &c. Second Council of Lyons, 14th oœcumenical in 1274.
188. Innocent V. Peter de Tarantaise, a Dominican, cardinal, bishop of Ostia, elected pope at Arezzo, 21st Feb. 1276, crowned at Rome, 23d of the same, died 22d June, 1276
189. Adrian V. Ottoboni, a Genoese, cardinal deacon, elected pope 11th July, 1276, died 1276
190. John XXI. Pierre, a Portuguese, cardinal, bishop of Tusculum, elected pope at Viterbo 13th Sept. 1276, crowned 20th of the same; died 16th or 17th May, 1277
191. Nicholas III. John Gaétan, a Roman, of the
Orsini family, cardinal deacon, elected pope
at Viterbo, 25th Nov. 1277, after a vacancy
of six months, crowned at Rome 36th Dec.
the same year, died 22d Aug.
192. Martin IV. Simon de Brion, cardinal priest, elected pope at Viterbo, 22d Feb. 1281, crowned at Orvicto, 23d March, same year, died the 28th March,
Sicilian vespers in 1282
193. Honorius IV. James Savelli, a noble Roman, cardinal deacon, elected pope at Perugia, 2d April, 1285, consecrated at Rome, 4th of May following, died 3d April, 1287
194. Nicholas IV. Jerome, a native of Ascoli, brother minor, cardinal, bishop of Palestrina, elected pope in 1288, died 4th April, 1292
Vacancy of two years.
195. St. Celestine V. Peter Mouron, a native of Isernia in the kingdom of Naples, elected pope at Perugia, 5th July 1294, consecrated 24th Aug. following, abdicated 13th Dec. of the same year, and died 19th May, 1296
196. Boniface VIII. Cajatan, a native of Anagni, cardinal legate, elected pope 24th December 1294, consecrated 2d January, 1295, died October 1303 Proscription of the family of Colonna.
Quarrels with the king of France, Philip
the Fair.
FOURTEENTH CENTURY.
197. Benedict XI. Nicholas Bocasin, of Treviso, the son of a shepherd; ninth general of the Dominicans, cardinal bishop of Ostia, elected pope 22d Oct. 1303, and crowned the 37th, died at Perugia the 6th or 7th of July, 1304
A vacancy of eleven months
198. Clement V. Bertrand de Gotte, born at Villandran in the diocese of Bourdeaux, bishop of Comminges, elected pope at Perngia the 5th of June, 1305, crowned at Lyons the 14th Nov. of same year, died at Roquemaur near Avignon, the 20th April, 1314
The Holy See transferred to Avignon,
suppression of the Templars.—Excommunication
of the Venetians.—Clementines,
Council of Vienna, 15th œcumenical, in
1311.
From Clement V. to John XXII. an in-
terregnum of two years.
199. John XX, James d’Euse, born at Cahors, cardinal, bishop of Porto, elected pope at Lyons the 7th of Aug. 1316, died 4th Dec. 1334
Excommunication of the emperor Louis of
Bavaria.
Peter de Corbieres, a Franciscan, anti-
pope under the name of Nicholas V.
Treasures of John XXII.—His 4 extravagants.
200. Benedict XII. James Fournier, born at Laver-dun, in the county of Foix, cardinal, elected pope 20th Dec. 1334, crowned at Avignon 8th January 1335, died 25th Apr. 1342
Pragmatic Sanction of the Germans
201. Clement VI. Peter Roger, born in the diocese of Limoges, a monk of the Chaiae—Dieu, archbishop of Rouen, cardinal, elected pope 7th May, 1342 and crowned the 19th, died at Villeneuve, near Avignon, 6th Dec. 1352
Anathemas against Louis of Bavaria.—
Joan II. queen of Naples, sells Avignon
to the pope, &c.
202. Innocent VI. Stephen d’Albert, born in the diocese of Limoges, bishop of Noyou, in Clermont, cardinal, bishop of Ostia, elected pope, 18th Dec. 1352, and crowned the 30th died at Avignon the 12th Sept. 1362
Cessions of the emperor Charles IV. and
beginning of the sovereignty of
the popes in 1355.
203. Urban V. William, son of Orimond, lord of
Grisac in Gevaudan, a Benedictine, elect-
ed pope in Sept. 1362, and crowned the 6th
of November, died 19th December,
He was compelled to return from Rome
to Avignon
204. Gregory XI. Peter Roger, born in the diocese of Limoges, nephew of Clement VI. cardinal, elected pope the 30th Dec. 1370, crowned the 5th Jan. 1371, died at Rome the 27th March, 1378
After the death of Gregory XI. in 1278,
the schism of Avignon; and, of the West.
205. Urban VI. Bartholomew Piegnano, a Neapolitan, elected pope at Rome the 9th of April 1378, crowned the 18th, died the 18th Oct. 1389
206. Clement VII. Robert, of the house of the counts of Geneva, canon of Paris, bishop of Therouane and Cambray, cardinal legate, elected pope at Fondi the 21st Sept. 1358, acknowledged in France, England, died 16th Sept. 1394
207. Boniface IX. Peter or Perrin Tomacelli, called the cardinal of Naples, elected by fourteen cardinals the 2d Nov. 1289, to succeed Urban VI.; died 1404
208. Benedict XIII. Peter de Lune, a Spaniard, born in 1325, cardinal deacon, elected the 28th Sept. 1394, to succeed Clement VII. died at Rimini the 18th Oct. 1417
France withdrew from obedience to
either pontiff
FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
209. Innocent VII. Cosma de Megliorati, born at
Sulmone, cardinal, elected the 17th October,
1404, to succeed Boniface IX. crowned in
November the same year, died 6th of Nov. 1406
210. Gregory XII. Ange Corrario, Venetian, cardinal, elected the 30th Nov. 1406, to succeed Innocent VII.; abdicated the 4th July 1415, died at the age of ninety-two the 18th Oct. at Rimini, 1417
Council of Pisa in 1409; it deposes Gre-
gory XII. and Benedict XIII.; it elects
Alexander V.
211. Alexander V. Peter Philarge, born in the Isle of Candia, bishop of Vicenza and Novara, archbishop of Milan, cardinal, elected pope, in the Council of Pisa, the 26th June, 1409, crowned 7th July, the same year, died at Bologna, May,
212. John XXIII. Balthasar. Cossa, bora at Naples, of a noble family, cardinal deacon, elected at Bologna by sixteen cardinals, the 17th May; 1410, to succeed Alexander V. is deposed by the Council of Constance, 29th May, 1415, died 22d of Nov. 1419
Council of Constance, from the 5th Nov.
1414, to the 22d April, 1418; 16th œcu-
menical
213. Martin V. Otho Colonna, a Roman, cardinal deacon, elected pope at the Council of Constance, the 11th Nov. 1417, crowned the 2l3th: he entered Rome the 22d Sept. 1420, died the 21st Feb. 1431
214. Clement VIII. Gilles de Mugnos, canon of Barcelona, elected by two cardinals in 1424, to succeed Benedict XIII. or Peter de Lune, abdicates the 26th July, 1429
216. Eugene IV. Gabriel Condolmere, a Venetian, cardinal, bishop of Sienna, elected in the month of March 1431, to succeed Martin V.
crowned the 11th of the same month;
declares for the Orsini against the Colon-
lias; is deposed by the Council of Basle,
22d of June, 1439, died the 23d of Feb.
Council of Basle, from the 23d of July,
1431, to the month of May 1043, the 17th
œcumenical Council of Florence, from the 26th Feb.
1439, to the 26th April, 1442, 18th œcu-
menical
Pragmatic Sanction of Charles VIII. in
1439
216. Felix V. Amadeus VIII. duke of Savoy, elected pope by the Council of Basle, the 6th of Nov. 1439, crowned the 24th of July, 1440, renounced the pontificate the 9th April, 1449
217. Nicholas V. Thomas de Sarzane, a Tuscan, cardinal, bishop of Bologna, elected 6th
Nov. 1447, to succeed Eugene IV. and
crowned pope the 18th of the same month,
died the 24th March,
End of the schism in the West in 1449.
Taking of Constantinople by the Turks
in 1453
218. Calixtus, III. Alphonso Borgia, born in 1377 at Valencia in Spain, cardinal, archbishop of Valencia, elected pope the 8th April, 1455, and crowned the 20th, died 8th Aug. 1458
219. Plus II. Piccolomini, born in 1405 near Sienna, an author under the name of Eneae Sylvias, cardinal, bishop of. Sienna, elected pope in 1468, died at Ancona, in July, 1464
Bull ‘Execrabiiis.’—Abrogation of the
Pragmatic of Louis XI.—Letter of Pius II.
to Mahomet II.
220. Paul II. Peter Barbo, born at Venice in 1417, cardinal of St. Mark, elected pope the 31st Aug. 1464, crowned the 16th of Sept. the same year, died the 28th July, 1471
221. Sixtes IV. Francisco d’Albeacola de la Rovere, born in 1413 at Celles near Savona, a Franciscan, cardinal, elected pope 9th Aug. 1471; died the 13th Aug. 1484
Conspiracy of the Pazzi against the Me-
dici at Florence in 1478
222. Innocent VIII. John Baptist Cibo, a noble Genoese, of Greek extraction, born in 1432, cardinal, elected pope the 29th Aug. 1484, crowned 12th Sept. same year, died the 26th July, 1492
222. Alexander VI. Rodrigo Borgia, born at Valencia in Spain in 1431, cardinal, archbishop of Valencia, elected pope llth Aug. 1492, crowned the 26th: died the 18th Aug. 1503
He betrayed Charles VIII. Louis XII.
SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
224. Pius III. Peter Piccolomini, nephew of Pius II. cardinal of Sienna, elected pope the 22d Sept. 1603, crowned the 8th Oct. same year, died the 18th of same month. 1503
225. Julius II. Julian de la Rovere, born in 1441 near Savona, nephew of Sixtus IV. bishop of Carpentras, Albano, Ostia, Bologna, and Avignon, cardinal, elected pope 1st of Nov. 1503, and crowned the 19th, died the 21st Feb. 1513
League of Cambray.—Louis XII. excommunicated &c.
Fifth Council of the Lateran, 19th œcumenical,
in 1512, 1517.
226. Leo X. John de Medicis, son of Lorenzo, born at Florence in 1447, cardinal deacon, elected pope the 11th of March 1513, died 1st Dec. 1521
Excommunication of Luther.—Concordat
with Francis the I. in 1516
227. Adrian VI. Adrian Florent, born in 1459, cardinal, bishop of Tortosa, elected pope the 9th of January, 1522 died Sept. 1523
228. Clement VII., natural and posthumous son of Julian de Medicis, born at Florence in 1478, archbishop of Florence, cardinal, elected pope 19th Nov. 1523, and crowned the 25th; died Sept 1534
Holy league against Charles V.—Excommunication
of the king of England, Henry VIII.
229. Paul III. Alexander Famese, born at Rome in 1466, bishop of Ostia, dean of the sacred college, elected pope the 13th Octo. 1534, crowned the 7th of Nov. died 10th Nov. 1549
Bull “In cœna Domini,”
Council of Trent, from 1545 to 4th Dec.
1563, and last œcumenical.
230. Julius III. John Maria del Monte, born at
Rome, the 10th Sept. 1487, bishop of Pales-
trina, archbishop of Siponte, cardinal, elected
pope the 8th of February 1550, and crowned
the 20th; died the 23rd of March,
Excommunication of the king of France,
Henry II.
231. Marcellus II. Marcel Servin, born at Monte Pulciano, cardinal, elected pope 9th of April, crowned the 26th, and died the 30th same month 1555
232. Paul IV. John Peter Caraffa, a noble Venetian, born in 1476, cardinal, elected pope 25th May 1555, crowned the 26th; died 18th Aug. 1559
The enemy of Spain.—Excommunication
of Elizabeth, Queen of England
233. Pius IV. John Angelo de Medicis, born at
Milan in 1499, cardinal, elected pope the
26th Dec. 1559, and crowned the 6th of Jan.
1550; died the 9th Dec.
Proscribes the nephews of his predecessors
234. Pius V. Michael Ghisleri, a Ligurian, born the 17th Jan. 1504, a Dominican, cardinal, elected pope the 7th Jan. 1556, and crowned the 17th; died the 1st of May, 1572
Canonized by Clement XI. in 1712
Pius renews the bull: “In cœna Domini.”
He bestows on Cosmo de Medecis the title
of Grand Duke of Tuscany
235. Gregory XIII. Hugues Buon-Compagno, born at Bologna in 1502, bishop of Vesti, cardinal, elected pope 13th of May 1572, and crowned the 25th; died 10th of April,
Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s-day the
24th of Aug. 1572.
—The league
236. Sixtus V. Felix Peretti, born at Montalto, in the Marche of Ancona, the 12th Dec.
1521, a herdsman, Cordelier, bishop of St.
Agatha, cardinal, elected pope the 24th of
April, 1585, died 27th Aug.
Anathemas against Elizabeth, against
Henry IV. king of Navarre, &c.—Henry
III. assassinated by James Clement.—
The power of Philip II. king of Spain,
detestable to Sixtus Quintus
237. Urban VII. John Baptist Castagna, born at Rome in 1521, son of a Genoese gentleman, archbishop of Rossano, cardinal, elected pope the 15th Sept. 1520, died the 27th of Sept. 1590
238. Gregory XIV. Nicholas Sfondrate, born at Cremona in 1535, bishop of Cremona, cardinal, elected pope the 3rd Dec. 1590, and crowned the 8th; died the 15th October 1591
239. Innocent IX. John Anthony Facchinetti, born at Bologna in 1519, bishop of Nicastro in Calabria, elected pope the 29th Oct. 1591, crowned the 3rd Nov. died the 30th Dec. 1591
240. Clement VIII. Hippolytus Aldobrandiri, born at Fano in 1536, cardinal, elected pope the 30th of Jan. 1593, crowned eight days after, died in the month of March
Abjuration and absolution of Henry IV.
Pithou’s Treatise on the Liberties of the
Gallican Church, published in 1594
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
241. Leo XI. Alexander Octavian de Medicis, born at Florence in 1535, cardinal, elected pope 1st of April, and died 27th of April,
242. Paul V. Camillus Borghese, born at Rome, cardinal, elected pope 16th May 1605, and crowned the 29th, died 28th January 1621
Excommunication of the Venetians.—
Troubles excited in England.—Bull “In
Cœna Domini,” &c.
243. Gregory XV. Alexander Ludovisi, born 9th Jan. 1554 at Bologna, archbishop of this city, cardinal, elected pope 9th Feb. 1621, died 1623
244. Urban VIII. Maffeus Barberini, of an ancient Florentine family, archbishop of Nazareth, cardinal, elected pope 6th Aug. 1623, and crowned the 29th Sept. died 29th July, 1644
Excommunication of the Duke of Parma
245. Innocent X. J. B. Pamphili, born at Rome 7th May 1574, cardinal in 1629, elected pope 15th Sept 1644, and crowned 29th, died 7th Jan. 1655
Destruction of Castro.—Refusal of bulls
to the Portuguese bishops nominated by
John of Braganza.—The Duke of Guise
invited to Naples and betrayed.—Bull
against the Peace of Munster
246. Alexander VII. Fabio Chigi, born at Sienna, the 15th of Feb. 1599, legate, nuncio, cardinal in 1652, elected pope the 7th of April, 1655, died the 22d of May 1667
Formulary.—The embassador of Louis
XIV. insulted at Rome, See.
247. Clement IX. Julius Rospigliosi, born at Pistoi in 1600 cardinal in 1657, elected pope the 20th June, 1667 died the 9th Dec. 1669
248 Clement X. J. B. Emile Altieri, born at Rome in 1590, cardinal in 1669, elected pope the 27th April, 1670, died the 22d July, 1676
249. Innocent XI. Benedict Odescalchi, born at Como in 1611, cardinal in 1647, elected pope the 21st Sept. 1676, died 12th Aug. 1689
The Four Articles of 1682
250. Alexander VIII. Peter Ottoboni, born at Venice the 19th April 1610, bishop of Brescia, of Frescati, a cardinal in 1652, elected pope the 6th October 1689, died the 1st of Feb. 1691
251. Innocent XII. Anthony Pignatelli, born at
Naples the 13th March 1615, archbishop
of Naples, cardinal, elected pope the 13th
July 1691, and crowned the 15th of the
same, died the 27th Sept.
Refusal of bulls of Investiture
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
252. Clement XI. John Francis Albani, born at Pesaro the 22d July 1649, cardinal in 1690, elected pope the 23d November 1700, and consecrated the 30th, died the 19th March, 1721
Bull ‘Vineam Domini’ in 1705.—Bull
‘Unigenitus’ in 1713.—Quarrels with Vic-
tor Amadeus, king of Sicily
253. Innocent XIII. Michael Angelo Conti, Segni, born at Rome the 15th May 1655, bishop of Viterbo, cardinal in 1707, elected pope the 8th May 1721, and crowned the 18th; died the 7th Mar. 1724
254. Benedict XIII. Peter Francis Orsini, born the 2d Feb. 1649, a Dominican, cardinal, archbishop of Beneventum, elected pope the 29th May, 1724, and crowned the 4th
June; died the 21st Feb.
Legend of Gregory VII.
255. Clement XII. Lorenzo Corsini, born at Rome the 7th April, cardinal in 1706, bishop of Frescati, elected pope the 12th July,
1780, and crowned the 16th, died 6th Feb.
256. Benedict XIV. Prosper Lambertini, born at
Bologna, the 81st March 1675, cardinal in
1728, archbishop of Bologna, elected pope
the 17th Aug. 1740, died the 3d of May, 1758
Esteemed by all Europe
257. Clement XIII. Charles Rezzonico, a noble Venetian, born the 7th of March 1693, cardinal in 1737, bishop of Padua, elected pope the 6th July 1758, and crowned the 16th; died the 2d February, 1769
Affair of Malagrida in Portugal.—Quarrels
with the Duke of Parma
258. Clement XIV. Vincent Antoine Ganganelli, born the 31st October 1705, at St. Archangelo near Ripaini, Cordelier, cardinal in 1765, elected pope the 19th May, 1769, crowned the 4th of June, of same year, died the 22d Sept. 1774
Abrogation of the bull ‘In cœna Domini.’
—Suppression of the Jesuits
259. Pius VI. John Angelo Braschi, born at Cesena the 27th Dec. 1717, cardinal in 1773, elected pope the 15th Feb. 1775, crowned the 22d of the same month, died 29th Aug. 1799
N.B. In the above Chronological Table of thee Popes, the names of Clement VII. Benedict XIII. Clement VIII. and Felix V. be found twice: the latter however are considered as the true successors of St. Peter; this distinction is refused, or but partially allowed, to the first Clement VII. to Peter de Lune, to Gilles de Jugnos, and to Amadeus Duke of Savoy.
END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.