Pope Benedict XII (2209 bytes)
1: ...''' (c.[[1280]]s - [[April 24]], [[1342]]), was [[pope]] from [[1334]] to [[1342]].
5: He succeeded [[Pope John XXII]] as Pope in [[1334]], but did not carry out the policy of ...
7: ... he rejected many of the ideas developed by John XXII and campaign against the [[Immaculate Conception]...
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10: Predecessor=[[Pope John XXII|John XXII]]|

Pope Clement XII (5920 bytes)
1: ...[[1652]] - [[Rome]], [[February 6]], [[1740]]) ([[pope]] 1730‑1740), a Florentine aristocrat, had ...
3: http://www.santasusanna.org/images/Pope_Clement_XII.jpg
5: Under [[Pope Benedict XIII|Benedict XIII]], the finances of the [[Papal States]] had been...
7: As a Corsini, with his mother a Strozzi, the new pope represented a family in the highest level of Flor...
9: ...he resigned his right of primogeniture and from [[Pope Innocent XI]] he purchased, according to the cust...

Pope Gregory XII (3617 bytes)
1: ...Antipope Benedict XIII|Benedict XIII]], the rival pope at [[Avignon]], renounce all claim to the [[Papac...
3: ...arful of being captured by the party of the rival pope.
5: ...appeared, Gregory's cardinals pronounced Benedict XIII and Alexander V schismatics, perjurers, and deva...
7: ...ouncil then set aside [[Antipope John XXIII|John XXIII]] (1415) and the Great Schism was ended.
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Pope Innocent XII (2886 bytes)
1: [[image:Pope_Innocent_XII.jpg|right|]]
3: ...]] at Florence and Vienna and in Poland; and by [[Pope Innocent XI|Innocent XI]] he was made cardinal in...
5: ...um decet Pontificem,'' issued in 1692, prohibited popes in all times from bestowing estates, offices, or...
7: ...[[September 27]], [[1700]] and was succeeded by [[Pope Clement XI|Clement XI]]
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Pope John XII (2382 bytes)
1: ... he would have only been 11 at the time he became pope.
3: ...when he assumed the papal tiara as successor to [[Pope Agapetus II|Agapetus II]], he adopted the apostol...
5: ...g in the mountains of [[Campania]], and elected [[Pope Leo VIII|Leo VIII]] in his stead.
7: ...vered showing affection to) and [[Pope Benedict V|Benedict V]] had mounted the papal chair.
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Pope Leo XII (3791 bytes)
1: ... 22]], [[1760]]- [[February 10]], [[1829]]) was [[Pope]] from [[1823]] to [[1829]]. Della Genga was bor...
3: [[Image:LeoXII.jpg|right]]
5: ...mes which he continued even after his election as pope.
7: ...f the active opposition of France, he was elected pope by the ''zelanti'' on the [[September 28|28th of ...
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Pope Pius XII (24042 bytes)
1: ...enerable'', a step on the road to sainthood, by [[Pope John Paul II]] in the [[1990s]].
3: ...t-align:center">[[Image:Piusxiib.jpg]]<br>'''Pius XII'''</div>
7: ...rded attorney, and was created a marchese by Pius XII.
9: .... Within a few months, on [[7 February]] [[1930]] Pope Pius appointed papal Secretary of State. During t...
15: ...any'''<br><small>''Cardinal Pacelli, representing Pope Pius XI, signs the "[[Reichskonkordat]]" with the...

Pope Benedict I (733 bytes)
1: ...rstand the history of the [[Papacy]] survive from Benedict's reign, and perhaps because of the disruption of...
3: {{Pope|
4: Predecessor=[[Pope John III|John III]]|
5: Successor=[[Pope Pelagius II|Pelagius II]]}}
9: [[Category:Popes|Benedict 01]]

Pope Benedict II (715 bytes)
1: ...[[pope]] from [[684]] to [[685]]. He succeeded [[Pope Leo II|Leo II]], but although chosen in [[683]] h...
5: {{Pope|
6: Predecessor=[[Pope Leo II|Saint Leo II]]|
7: Successor=[[Pope John V|John V]]}}
9: [[Category:Popes|Benedict 02]]

Pope Benedict IV (290 bytes)
1: ... succeeded [[Pope John IX]] and was followed by [[Pope Leo V]].
5: {{Pope|
6: Predecessor=[[Pope John IX|John IX]]|
7: Successor=[[Pope Leo V|Leo V]]}}
12: [[Category:Popes|Benedict 04]]

Pope Benedict V (845 bytes)
1: ...e, had him deposed after only a month, and the ex-pope was carried off to [[Hamburg]] where he became a ...
8: {{Pope|
9: Predecessor=[[Pope Leo VIII|Leo VIII]]|
10: Successor=[[Pope John XIII|John XIII]]}}
17: [[Category:Popes|Benedict 05]]

Pope Benedict XI (1884 bytes)
1: ...the Lateran Palace itself, still, upon being made pope, he released [[Philip the Fair]] of [[France]] fr...
3: ... successor, [[Pope Clement V|Clement V]], and the popes who succeeded him were completely under the infl...
5: Benedict XI was the author of a volume of sermons and comm...
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12: Predecessor=[[Pope Boniface VIII|Boniface VIII]]|

Pope Benedict VI (661 bytes)
1: ...izens of [[Rome]] renewed their outrages, and the pope himself was strangled by order of Crescentius, th...
6: {{Pope|
7: Predecessor=[[Pope John XIII|John XIII]]|
8: Successor=[[Pope Benedict VII|Benedict VII]]}}
14: [[Category:Popes|Benedict 06]]

Pope Benedict XV (4533 bytes)
1: [[Image:Pope benedict15.jpg|thumb|200px|Pope Benedict XV]]
3: ... [[1914]] to [[1922]]; he succeeded [[Pope Pius X|Pope Saint Pius X]].
6: [[Image:BenedictXV.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Benedict XV - Supreme Pontiff (1914-1922)]]
9: ...s association with Rampolla, the architect of Leo XIII's relatively liberal foreign policy and Pius X's...
12: ...1914, Chiesa was elected Pope, taking the name of Benedict XV.

Pope Benedict IX (3021 bytes)
1: ...culum, and nephew of [[Pope Benedict VIII]] and [[Pope John XIX]]. His father obtained the Papal chair f...
3: ...y only that he must have been one of the youngest popes.
5: ...ster III]], sometimes considered an [[antipope]]. Benedict's forces returned in April and expelled his rival...
7: ...amasus II|Damasus II]] finally succeeded Clement. Benedict refused to appear on charges of [[simony]] in 104...
9: ...ottaferrata. Other sources say he died in 1085. [[Pope Leo IX]] may have lifted the ban on him. Another ...

Pope Benedict VII (1111 bytes)
1: [[Pope]] '''Benedict VII''' (died [[983]]) belonged to the [[noble]] [...
3: Benedict's date of birth is not known with certainty; the ...
5: ...apacy as a compromise candidate, to replace [[Antipope Boniface VII]]. Boniface was [[excommunicate]]d a...
7: Benedict promoted [[monasticism]] and ecclesiastical refor...
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Pope Benedict XIV (2687 bytes)
1: ...age:PopebenedictXIV.gif|frame|right|Scholar Pope, Benedict XIV]]
3: ..., [[1675]] - [[Rome]], [[May 3]], [[1758]]) was [[pope]] from [[1740]] to [[1758]].
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18: Predecessor=[[Pope Clement XII|Clement XII]]|
19: Successor=[[Pope Clement XIII|Clement XIII]]}}

Pope Benedict III (1330 bytes)
1: ...II, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis II]]'s envoys forced Benedict to handle Anastasius and adherents leniently.
2: ...elped to weaken the hold of the emperors upon the popes, especially upon their elections.
4: Benedict intervened in the conflict between the sons of Lo...
6: ..., the future [[Alfred the Great]] visited Rome in Benedict's reign.
8: ...sually placed between the reign of [[Leo IV]] and Benedict.

Pope Benedict XIII (1317 bytes)
1: [[Image:PopebenedictXIII.jpg|100px|right]]
2: ''For Pedro de Luna, see [[Antipope Benedict XIII]].''
4: ...e]], and the last member of that family to become Pope.
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7: Predecessor=[[Pope Innocent XIII|Innocent XIII]]|

Pope Benedict VIII (869 bytes)
1: ...enedict VI|Benedict VI]], was opposed by an [[antipope]] Gregory, who compelled him to flee from [[Rome]...
3: {{Pope|
4: Predecessor=[[Pope Sergius IV|Sergius IV]]|
5: Successor=[[Pope John XIX|John XIX]]}}
10: [[fi:Benedictus VIII]]

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