Hermannus Contractus may have been the first historian to number the popes continuously. His list ends in 1049 with Leo IX as number 154. Several changes were made to the list during the 20th century. Christopher was considered a legitimate pope for a long time but was removed due to how he obtained the papacy.

2020年1月27日 · Here are the 18 popes of the Renaissance in order. 1. Pope Martin V (r. 1417–1431) Pope Martin V (Credit: Pisanello). The ‘Great Schism of 1378’ left the Church in a crisis and divided for 40 years. The election of Martin V as the sole Pope in Rome effectively ended this turmoil and reestablished the papacy in Rome.

Pope Sixtus IV (or Xystus IV, [1] Italian: Sisto IV; born Francesco della Rovere; 21 July 1414 – 12 August 1484) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 August 1471 until his death in 1484.

Pope Sixtus IV initiated a major drive to redesign and rebuild Rome, widening the streets and destroying the crumbling ruins, commissioning the Sistine Chapel, and summoning many artists from other Italian city-states. Pope Nicholas V founded the Vatican Library.

The “warrior Pope” had established the Papal States and the temporal power of the Pope that lasted until 1870. Maximilian announced his support of the Lateran Council in December, and this council went on until 1517, confirming Boniface’s theory that the Roman pontiff is supreme.

2015年9月22日 · 1455: Callistus III, the first Spanish pope and a Borgia, became pope two years after the fall of Constantinople. He called a crusade to take it back, but with little success. 1458: Pius II also called a crusade against the Turks. He led it in person – but died just as the ships for the crusade arrived.

2017年1月8日 · For the first time a “holy door” was opened in the basilica of St. John Lateran. Eugene IV (1431-1447) 209th Pope. He was extremely holy. He had a hatred of nepotism, infuriating powerful families and cardinals. The Medici ruled the Humanist movement in Florence.

2007年8月1日 · A period of renewed power for the papacy began in the year 1420, when Pope Martin V (r. 1417–31) moved the papal seat back to Rome, following its long “Babylonian Captivity,” when it was based at Avignon, France (1309–77), and after the Great Schism (1378–1417), when several “popes” simultaneously claimed the office.

2019年7月3日 · This table will let you see the progression and frequency of pontiffs through the Middle Ages, from its generally-accepted starting point in the 5th century into the 17th century. There are 187 medieval popes. Of them, only a handful are considered "important" by historians.

The Pope is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, and is, according to Catholic teaching, God's representative on Earth. The list of popes begins with St. Peter, one of the original Apostles of Jesus Christ.