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Also Known As Goffredo Castiglioni
Born Milan • Italy
Died November 10, 1241
Title / Office pope (1241-1241)
Gregory VII excommunicating Henry IV
St. Gregory VII
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St. Gregory the Great
St. Gregory the Great
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Innocent III
Innocent III
pope
John XXIII
St. John XXIII
pope
Photograph of Pope Pius IX
Pius IX
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Pius XII
Pius XII
pope
Boniface VIII
Boniface VIII
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Paul III
Paul III
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Leo X
Leo X
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Pope Paul VI stands behind microphones with both arms raised, wearing white papal robes and glasses, during a public appearance in Geneva.
St. Paul VI
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Pope Leo XIII seated in formal papal robes and cape, wearing a cross necklace, facing forward, in a black and white portrait from 1878.
Leo XIII
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Medallion depicting Pope Julius II
Julius II
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Pope Innocent IV
Innocent IV
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Alexander III
Alexander III
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Montúfar, Antonio: Saint Francis of Assisi Appearing Before Pope Nicholas V, with Donors
Nicholas V
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Pius V
St. Pius V
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Gregory IX consecrating the chapel of St. Gregory, detail of a fresco, 13th century; in the lower church of Sacro Speco, Subiaco, Italy
Gregory IX
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Pius II
Pius II
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Pius X, 1903
St. Pius X
pope
St. Celestine V
St. Celestine V
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