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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Felix I
The successor of Pope St. Dionysius, Felix died in 274. He is sometimes confused with a Roman martyr of the same name
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Pontian
He was exiled to the Sardinian mines in 235 and died there of privation
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01202c.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Agapetus I
Anti-Arian, instrumental in deposing a Monophysite bishop who had moreover abandoned his see, d. 536
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15764c.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Zosimus
Account of his pontificate focuses on his entanglement with the Pelagian controversy
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02427d.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Benedict II
A Roman, he was pope for a little less than eleven months, and died in 685. Account of his pontificate
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02658a.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Boniface I
Consecrated the same day as the antipope Eulalius. Both were ordered to leave Rome. Eulalius took over St. John Lateran on Holy Saturday, after which the...
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01514a.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Anicetus
Biography of this martyr, a contemporary of St. Polycarp and of the heretic Marcion
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15484b.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Vitalian
He tried to win over the Monothelites who then held sway in Constantinople, and was the reigning pope at the time of the Synod of Whitby. He died in 672
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14002a.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Simplicius
Reigned 468-483; date of birth unknown; died 10 March, 483
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13728b.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Sergius I
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06787a.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Gregory II
Also known as Gregory Junior, or Gregory the Younger, d. 731
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09157b.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Leo III
Biography of this pope, who died in 816
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14026a.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Siricius
Siricius condemned Jovinian, but this did not spare the pope from criticism by St. Jerome
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10318a.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Miltiades
Died in 314. An African, his name is also sometimes given as Miltiadea or Melchiades
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09640b.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Marcellus I
After a vacancy in office following the death of Pope St. Marcellinus, was elected to the papacy in 308. Fairly lengthy biographical article
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05009b.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Dionysius
Elected towards the end of a wave of persecution. Dionysius opposed the errors of the Sabellians and Marcionites, and died in 268
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15743b.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Zachary
Biography of this eighth-century pontiff, with special emphasis on his diplomacy and his relations with St. Boniface
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09272b.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Linus
Reigned about A.D. 64 or 67 to 76 or 79
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05378a.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Eleutherius
Native of Nicopolis, served as deacon in the Roman Church, d. about 189
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12130a.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Pius V
Biography of the sixteenth-century pontiff
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07593a.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Hyginus
Greek by birth, the successor of Pope Telesphorus. Died in about 142
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14477b.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Telesphorus
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08421a.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. John I
A Tuscan, was warmly received in Constantinople, but upon his return to Rome, was imprisoned by King Theodoric. Pope John died in prison in 526
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01285c.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Alexander I
Article on this pope, who died in 115 or 116. According to a tradition dating to the fifth century, Alexander was martyred, but it is possible that he has been...
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04613a.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Damasus I
Damasus, who had to contend with an antipope, condemned Apollinarianism, and persuaded St. Jerome to undertake the revision of the Latin Bible, died in 384
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09637d.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Marcellinus
Elected to the papacy in 296. He died in 304, probably of natural causes, since no early source calls him a martyr
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05615b.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Eusebius
Reigned for only four months, in 309 or 310, was deported, died in exile, is counted as a martyr
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https://catholicreadings.org/pope-saint-martin-i/
Pope St Martin I, Martyr - Feast Day - April 13 2026
Sep 11, 2025 - Pope St Martin I was the pope of the Catholic Church between July 21 649 AD and September 16 655 AD. He was born in the late 6th century in Todi, Tuscany,
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Gregory III
A Syrian, was elected the successor of Pope St. Gregory II by acclamation, d. 741
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14288a.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Stephen I
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01204c.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Agatho
Short article on St. Agatho the Wonderworker, a Sicilian believed to have been over 100 years old at the time of his election. He died in 681
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04012c.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Clement I
Lengthy article on Clement I, also called Clemens Romanus, the fourth pope and the first of the Apostolic Fathers
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12126b.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Pius I
He excommunicated Marcion, and died in about 154
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14031c.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Sixtus II
This is the St. Sixtus who is commemorated in the Eucharistic Prayer. Pope who was one of the first martyrs of the Valerian persecution, in 258
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https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13793a.htm
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Silverius
Son of Pope St. Hormisdas. Named pope while yet a subdeacon, to thwart the Monophysites. Exiled through a forgery of his political and religious enemies, died...
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What you should know about St. Augustine and the new Augustinian Pope
As the Church stands at a crossroads in a fractured world, an Augustinian pope has the unique challenge of calling the faithful to a more integrated life.
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Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica| National...
Apr 3, 2026 - After the proclamation of the Gospel of John’s account of Christ’s passion, the papal preacher, Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini, delivered a homily.
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Pope Leo XIV | St. Patrick's Guild
Shop books and media on Pope Leo XIV’s life and legacy. Thoughtful titles for study, reflection, and gifting that deepen understanding of Catholic history.
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Pope Leo meets Equatorial Guinea's dictator, quoting St Augustine's 'City of God' | The Catholic...
Pope Leo XIV arrived 21 April in Equatorial Guinea, the fourth and final country of his 11-day apostolic journey in Africa, where the pope met the country's...
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St John XXIII, Pope - Feast Day - October 11 2026
Mar 24, 2026 - Pope St John XXIII was born on November 25 1881 in Sotto il Monte, Bergamo Province, Lombardy Region, Italy, and given the name Giuseppe Angelo Roncalli.
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