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67 popes and their real names, each with a cited source.
- 1073 papal electionThe 1073 papal election
- 1086 papal electionThe 1086 papal election
- 1185 papal electionThe 1185 papal election
- 1198 papal electionThe 1198 papal election
- 1227 papal electionThe 1227 papal election
- 1241 papal electionThe 1241 papal election
- 1243 papal electionThe 1243 papal election
- 1254 papal electionThe 1254 papal election
- 1261 papal electionThe 1261 papal election
- 1277 papal electionThe 1277 papal election
- AntipopeAn antipope
- Antipope Anacletus IIAnacletus II
- Antipope Benedict XBenedict X
- Antipope Benedict XIIIPedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor
- Antipope Callixtus IIICallixtus III
- Antipope Clement VIIRobert of Geneva
- Antipope Gregory VIIIGregory VIII
- Antipope Innocent IIILando Di Sezze
- Antipope John XXIIIBaldassarre Cossa
- Antipope Victor IVVictor IV
- Castello di SerenaPope John I
- certain GregoryAntipope Gregory VI
- chief shepherdPrinceps pastorum
- Death and funeral of Pope FrancisOn 21 April 2025
- December 1187 papal electionThe December 1187 papal election
- Diocese of RomeThe Diocese of Rome
- E supremiE supremi is a papal encyclical
- God is LoveDeus caritas est
- God's eternal wisdomAeterna Dei sapientia
- HolinessThe style His Holiness
- In the 40th YearQuadragesimo anno
- Most Merciful RedeemerMiserentissimus Redemptor
- mother and teacherMater et magistra
- October 1187 papal electionThe October 1187 papal election
- of chaste wedlockCasti connubii
- Of priestly celibacySacerdotalis caelibatus
- On Faith and ReligionQui pluribus
- PalliumThe pallium
- Papal fanonThe fanon
- Papal ferulaThe papal ferula
- Papal householdThe papal household or pontifical household
- Papal renunciationA papal renunciation
- Papal slippersThe Papal slippers
- Penance for sinsPaenitentiam agere
- pleasant memoryGrata recordatio
- Pope Adrian IIIPope Adrian III or Hadrian III
- Pope Adrian IVPope Adrian
- Pope Alexander VIRoderic de Borja y Llançol
- Pope Callixtus IIPope Callixtus II or Callistus II
- Pope FrancisJorge Mario Bergoglio
- Pope Gregory I and JudaismPope Gregory I
- Pope Honorius IVGiacomo Savelli
- Pope John Paul IAlbino Luciani
- Pope John Paul IIKarol Józef Wojtyła
- Pope Leo XIVRobert Francis Prevost
- Pope Lucius IIIUbaldo Allucingoli
- Pope MartinSeveral popes have been named Martin
- Pope Paul VIGiovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini
- Pope Pius IPius I
- Pope Urban IIIUberto Crivelli
- Pope-elect Celestine IITeobaldo Boccapecci or Boccapeconai
- Saint Peter in Chains1061 papal election
- Saved in HopeSpe salvi
- That you wonderMirari vos
- the development of peoplesPopulorum progressio
- To the Chair of PeterAd Petri Cathedram
- with a key1292–1294 papal election