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Chronological list of Popes
1st–5th centuries
1st century
2nd century
3rd century
4th century
Numerical order | Pontificate | Portrait | Name English · Regnal |
Personal name | Place of birth | Notes |
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30 | 308–309 | St Marcellus I MARCELLUS |
Italia | Banished from Rome under Maxentius (309). | ||
31 | 18 April – 17 August 309 or 310 | St Eusebius EUSEBIUS |
Sardinia | Banished by the emperor Maxentius and died in exile. | ||
32 | 2 July 311 – 10 January 314 (2 years, 192 days) |
St Miltiades (Melchiades) MILTIADES |
Africa | First pope after the end of the persecution of Christians through the Edict of Milan (313 AD) issued by Constantine the Great. Presided over the Lateran council of 313. | ||
33 | 31 January 314 – 31 December 335 (21 years, 334 days) |
St Sylvester I SILVESTER |
Sant'Angelo a Scala, Avellino | Feast day 31 December. Also revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 2 January. First Council of Nicaea (325). Under him was built: the Basilica of St. John Lateran, Santa Croce in Gerusalemme and Old St. Peter's Basilica. Donation of Constantine. | ||
34 | 18 January 336 – 7 October 336 (263 days) |
St Mark MARCUS |
Rome | Feast day 7 October | ||
35 | 6 February 337 – 12 April 352 (15 years, 66 days) |
St Julius I IULIUS |
Rome | Arian controversy. Credited with splitting the birth of Christ into two distinct celebrations: The Epiphany stayed on the traditional date, and the Nativity was added on 25 December. | ||
36 | 17 May 352 – 24 September 366 (14 years, 130 days) |
Liberius LIBERIUS |
Rome | Earliest pope not yet canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. Revered as a saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 27 August. | ||
37 | 1 October 366 – 11 December 384 (18 years, 71 days) |
St Damasus I DAMASUS |
Idanha-a-Velha, Portugal | Patron of Jerome, commissioned the Vulgate translation of the Bible. Council of Rome (382). | ||
38 | 11 December 384 – 26 November 399 (14 years, 350 days) |
St Siricius Papa SIRICIUS |
Rome | |||
39 | 27 November 399 – 19 December 401 (2 years, 22 days) |
St Anastasius I Papa ANASTASIUS |
Rome | Instructed priests to stand and bow their head as they read from the Gospels. |
5th century
6th–15th centuries
6th century
7th Century
8th century
9th century
10th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th–20th centuries
16th century
17th century
18th Century
Footnotes
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