Pope Pius XII
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Pope Pius XII
PersonPope Pius XII was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958. His pontificate spanned World War II, the Holocaust, and the first years of the Cold War. He is the most recent…

Pope Pius XI
PersonPope Pius XI was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 until his death in February 1939. He was also the first sovereign of Vatican City upon its creation on 11 February 1929.

Pope Leo XIII
PersonPope Leo XIII (Italian: Leone XIII; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 1878 until his death in 1903. He had the fourth-longest reign and third-longest verified…

Pope Innocent XI
PersonPope Innocent XI (Latin: Innocentius XI; Italian: Innocenzo XI; 16 May 1611 – 12 August 1689), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21 September 1676 until his death on 12 August…

Giacomo Lercaro
Person…from 1947 to 1952, and Archbishop of Bologna from 1952 to 1968. Pope Pius XII made him a cardinal in 1953.

Pope Pius V
PersonPope Pius V, OP, born Antonio Ghislieri, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 7 January 1566 to his death, in May 1572.

Pope Pius I
PersonPius I was the bishop of Rome from c. 140 to his death c. 154, according to the Annuario Pontificio. His dates are listed as 142 or 146 to 157 or 161, respectively. He is considered to have opposed both the Valentinians and Gnostics…

Pope Pius IV
PersonPope Pius IV (Italian: Pio IV; 31 March 1499 – 9 December 1565), born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 December 1559 to his death, in December 1565. Pope Paul III appointed…

Pope Gregory XII
PersonPope Gregory XII, born Angelo Corraro, Corario, or Correr, was head of the Catholic Church from 30 November 1406 to 4 July 1415. Reigning during the Western Schism, he was opposed by the Avignon claimant Benedict XIII and the Pisan…

Pope Pius III
PersonPope Pius III (Italian: Pio III, Latin: Pius Tertius; 9 May 1439 – 18 October 1503), born Francesco Todeschini, then Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 22 September…

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