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Born	Dalmatia
Died	October 12, 642 • Rome
Title / Office	pope (640-642)

John Paul II

St. John Paul II

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St. Peter the Apostle

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Gregory VII excommunicating Henry IV

St. Gregory VII

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Pope Francis

Francis

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St. Gregory the Great

St. Gregory the Great

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Innocent III

Innocent III

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John XXIII

St. John XXIII

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Photograph of Pope Pius IX

Pius IX

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Pius XII

Pius XII

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Pope Leo XIV

Leo XIV

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Boniface VIII

Boniface VIII

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Paul III

Paul III

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Leo X

Leo X

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Sylvester II, detail from the ivory vessel used at the consecration of Otto III, 996; in the Domschatzkammer des Aachener Domes, Aachen, Ger.

Sylvester II

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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 Benedict XVI, wearing white papal robes and a gold cross, raises his right hand in blessing while smiling at a crowd in Rome, Italy.

Benedict XVI

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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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Pope Leo IX

St. Leo IX

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Holy week. Easter. Valladolid. Procession of Nazarenos carry a cross during the Semana Santa (Holy week before Easter) in Valladolid, Spain. Good Friday

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