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List of Popes Flashcards

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Benidict XVI Dates

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2005-2013

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Benidict XVI Notes

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Oldest to become pope since Pope Clement XII in 1730. Elevated the Tridentine Mass to a more prominent position. First pope to renounce the Papacy on his own initiative since Pope Celestine V in 1294,[12] retaining regnal name with title of pope emeritus.[13]

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Benidict XVI Motto

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Cooperators of the truth

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John Paul II Dates

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1978-2005

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John Paul II Notes

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First Polish pope, first non-Italian pope in 455 years and first pope to travel to Canada. Canonized more saints than all predecessors. Traveled extensively. Third longest reign after Pius IX and St Peter. Beatified by Pope Benedict XVI.

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John Paul II Motto

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Totally yours

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John Paul I Dates

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Aug 1978-Sept 1978

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John Paul I Notes

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First pope to use ‘the First’ in regnal name. First pope with two names, for his two immediate predecessors.

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John Paul I Motto

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Humility

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Paul VI Dates

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1963-1978

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Paul VI Notes

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The last pope to be crowned with the Papal Tiara. First pope to travel to the United States. Concluded Second Vatican Council.

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Paul VI Motto

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With Him on the mount

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John XXIII Dates

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1958-1953

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John XXIII Notes

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Opened Second Vatican Council; sometimes called “Good Pope John”.

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John XXIII Motto

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Obedience and peace

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Pius XII Dates

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1938-19958

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Pius XII Notes

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Invoked papal infallibility in encyclical Munificentissimus Deus.

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Pius XII Motto

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The work of justice [shall be] peace

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Pius XI Dates

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1922-1938

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Pius XI Notes

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Signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy, establishing the Vatican City as a sovereign state. Created the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

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Benedict XV Dates

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1914-1922

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Benedict XV Notes

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Credited for intervening for peace during World War I. Remembered by Pope Benedict XVI as “prophet of peace”.

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Pius X Dates

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1903-1914

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Pius X Notes

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Encouraged and expanded reception of Holy Communion, and combatted Modernistic theology. Most recent pope to be canonized.

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Leo XIII Dates

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1878-1903

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Leo XIII Notes

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Issued the encyclical on social teaching, Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor) and supported Christian democracy as against communism; the fourth-longest reigning pope after Pius IX, St Peter and John Paul II.

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Pius IX Dates

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1846-1878

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Pius IX Notes

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Opened First Vatican Council; lost the Papal States to Italy. Longest serving pope in history (see note on St Peter.)

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Gregory XVI Dates

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1831-1846

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Gregory XVI Notes

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Member of the Camaldolese Order. The last non-bishop to be elected.

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Pius VIII Dates

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1829-1830

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Pius VIII Notes

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Accepted Louis Philippe I as King of the French.

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Leo VII Dates

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1823-1829

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Leo VII Notes

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Placed the Catholic educational system under the control of the Jesuits through Quod divina sapientia, 1824.

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Pius VII Dates

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1800-1823

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Pius VII Notes

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Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. Present at Napoleon’s coronation as Emperor of the French. Temporarily expelled from the Papal States by the French between 1809 and 1814.

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Pius VI Dates

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1775-1799

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Pius VI Notes

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Condemned the French Revolution and was expelled from the Papal States by French troops from 1798 until his death.

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Clement XIV Dates

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1769-1774

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Clement XIV Notes

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Member of the Conventual Franciscan Order. Suppressed the Jesuit Order.

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Clement VIII Dates

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1758-1769

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Clement VII Notes

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Provided the famous fig leaves on male statues in the Vatican. Defended the Society of Jesus in Apostolicum pascendi, 1765.

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Innocent XII Dates

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1691-1700

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Innocent XII Notes

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Issued Romanum decet Pontificem, 1692.

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Urban VIII Dates

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1623-1644

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Urban VIII Notes

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Trial against Galileo Galilei.

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Gregory XV Dates

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1621-1623

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Gregory XV Notes

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Established the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, 1622.

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Paul V Dates

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1605-1621

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Paul V Notes

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Known for building projects, including the facade of St Peter’s Basilica.

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Clement VIII Dates

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1592-1605

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Clement VIII Notes

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Convened the Congregatio de Auxiliis which addressed doctrinal disputes between the Dominicans and Jesuits regarding free will and divine grace.[11]

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Pius V Dates

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1566-1572

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Pius V Notes

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Member of the Dominican Order. Excommunicated Elizabeth I of England, 1570. Victory of Lepanto 1571.

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Pius IV Dates

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1559-1565

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Pius IV Notes

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Reopened the Council of Trent, 1562, it concluded its proceedings in 1563.

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Paul III Dates

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1534-1549

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Paul III Notes

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Opened the Council of Trent in 1545. His illegitimate son became the first Duke of Parma.

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Clement VII Dates

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1523-1534

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Clement VII Notes

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Cousin of Leo X. Rome plundered by imperial troops (“Sacco di Roma”), 1527. He forbade the divorce of Henry VIII and crowned Charles V Emperor at Bologna in 1530. His niece Catherine de’ Medici was married to the future Henry II of France.

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Leo X Dates

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1513-1521

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Leo X Notes

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Son of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Excommunicated Martin Luther. Extended the Spanish Inquisition into Portugal.

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Julius II Dates

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1503-1513

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Julius II Notes

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Nephew of Sixtus IV; Convened the Fifth Council of the Lateran, 1512. Took effective control of the whole territory of the Papal States for the first time. Commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Proposed plans for rebuilding of St Peter’s Basilica

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Sixtus IV Dates

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1471-1484

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Sixtus IV Notes

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Member of the Franciscan Order. Commissioned the Sistine Chapel. Authorized an Inquisition targeting converted (Jewish) Christians in Spain, at the request of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand.

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Honorius III Dates

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1216-1227

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Honorius III Notes

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Initiated the Fifth Crusade.

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Innocent III Dates

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1198-1216

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Innocent III Notes

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Convened the Fourth Council of the Lateran, 1215. Initiated the Fourth Crusade. Initiated the medieval Inquisition in Spain and Portugal.

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Gregory VIII Dates

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1187-1187

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Gregory VIII Notes

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Canon Regular Premostratense. Proposed the Third Crusade

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Urban II Dates

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1088-1099

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Urban II Notes

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Started the First Crusade. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict.

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Leo IX Dates

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1949-1054

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Leo IX Dates

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In 1054, mutual excommunications of Leo IX and Patriarch of Constantinople Michael I Cerularius began the East_West Schism. The anathematizations were rescinded by Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras in 1965.[9]

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Leo III Dates

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795-816

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Leo III Notes

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Crowned Charlemagne Imperator Augustus on Christmas Day, 800, thereby initiating what would become the office of Holy Roman Emperor requiring the imprimatur of the pope for its legitimacy

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Gregory I Dates

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590-604

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Gregory I Notes

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First to formally employ the titles “Servus servorum Dei” and “Pontifex Maximus”. Feast day 3 September. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 12 March.

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Leo I Dates

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440-461

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Leo I Notes

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Convinced Attila the Hun to turn back his invasion of Italy. Wrote the Tome which was instrumental in the Council of Chalcedon and in defining the hypostatic union. Feast day 10 November. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 18 February.

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Damasus I Dates

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366-384

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Damasus I Notes

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Patron of Jerome, commissioned the Vulgate translation of the Bible. Council of Rome, 382.

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Peter Dates

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33-64/67

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Peter Notes

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Apostle of Jesus from whom he received the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, according to Matthew 16:18_19 . Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day (Feast of Saints Peter and Paul) 29 June, (Chair of Saint Peter) 22 February. Recognized by the Catholic Church as the first Bishop of Rome (Pope) appointed by Christ. Also revered as saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 29 June.[4]

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Linus Dates

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64/67-76/79

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Linus Notes

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Feast day 23 September. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 7 June.

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Anacletus Dates

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76/79-88/92

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Anacletus Notes

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Martyred; feast day 26 April. Once erroneously split into Cletus and Anacletus[5]

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Clement I Dates

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88/92-97

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Clement I Notes

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Feast day 23 November. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 25 November.

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Evaristus Dates

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97/99-105/107

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Evaristus Notes

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Feast day 26 October.

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