Pope Pius VII (2468 bytes)
1: ...t 14]], [[1740]] - [[August 20]], [[1823]]) was [[Pope]] from [[March 14]], [[1800]] to [[August 20]], [...
2: [[image:Pope_Pius_VII.jpg|frame|'''Pope Pius VII''' ]]
4: ...ed as a compromise candidate. He was crowned Pius VII on [[March 21]], [[1800]].
6: ...unication|excommunicated]], he had Pius arrested. Pius did not return to Rome until [[1814]]. At the [[C...
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Pope Pius IV (3403 bytes)
1: ...rch 31]], [[1499]] - [[December 9]], [[1565]]), [[pope]] from 1559 to 1565, was born of humble parentage...
3: ... death of [[Pope Paul IV|Paul IV]] he was elected pope on December 28, 1559, and installed on the 6th Ja...
5: ...council of Trent]], which had been suspended by [[Pope Julius III|Julius III]], was opened for the third...
6: ...itations by France and Spain, the famous Creed of Pius IV., or [[Tridentine Creed]], remained the author...
8: ... of that year, and was succeeded by [[pope Pius V|Pius V]].

Pope Pius I (1144 bytes)
1: '''Pius I''' was [[pope]], perhaps from [[158]] to [[167]], though the Va...
3: ... This has led to speculation that both Hermas and Pius were freedmen.
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8: Predecessor=[[Pope Hyginus|Saint Hyginus]]|
9: Successor=[[Pope Anicetus|Saint Anicetus]]}}

Pope Pius IX (9200 bytes)
1: [[Image:Pix.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Blessed Pius IX<br>Supreme Pontiff ([[1846]]-[[1878]])]]
2: ..., [[1792]] - [[February 7]], [[1878]]) was [[Pope|pope]] for a record term of over 31 years, from [[June...
8: ...ti took the name Pius IX in memory of [[Pope Pius VII]], an early benefactor to him. He was crowned on ...
18: Pius IX abolished laws that required [[Judaism|Jews]] ...
20: ...ld not be raised by Jews, even their own parents. Pius steadfastly refused calls from numerous heads of ...

Pope Pius II (13390 bytes)
1: [[image:Pope_Pius_II.jpg|thumb|200px|Pope Pius II.]]
2: ...[[1464]]) was [[pope]] from [[1458]] to [[1464]]. Pius, "whose character reflects almost every tendency ...
4: ...rdinalate]] for which he had been designated by [[Pope Martin V|Martin V]]. Arriving at [[Basel]] after...
6: ...uncil elected Amadeus, duke of Savoy, as an [[antipope]], Aeneas, perceiving that the council's position...
8: ...d one of the first acts of Eugenius's successor [[Pope Nicholas V|Nicholas V]] was to make him bishop of...

Pope Pius X (4973 bytes)
1: ...tured in 1904, wearing the 1834 Triple Tiara of [[Pope Gregory XVI]]]]
3: ...ce the Counter-Reformation Pope [[Pope Pius V|St. Pius V]] to be named a [[saint]].
7: ...wing the death of the much loved and very elderly Pope Leo XIII, Sarto was elected to the See of Peter o...
9: ...ariano Rampolla]] ([[Papal Secretary of State]]). Pius X subsequently abolished the veto.
11: Pius' [[Papal Coronation|coronation]], using the tradi...

Pope Pius VI (7133 bytes)
1: ...mber 27]], [[1717]] - [[August 29]], [[1799]]), [[pope]] from [[1775]] to [[1799]], was born at [[Cesena...
3: [[Image:Popepiusvi.jpeg|thumb|right|Pius VI, portrait by Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787)]]
10: won him the esteem of [[Pope Benedict XIV]], who appointed him as one
13: of the [[apostolic chamber]] by [[Pope Clement XIII]]. Those who suffered
15: [[Pope Clement XIV]] to make him cardinal-priest of Sant...

Pope Pius V (5194 bytes)
1: ... the supreme inquisitorship. Under [[pope Pius IV|Pius IV]] he became bishop of [[Mondovi]] in [[Piedmon...
5: ...l diet of the empire at Augsburg (March 26, 1566) Pius saw a threatened invasion of his own supremacy an...
9: ...ose family had, after inquiry, been reinstated by Pius V), at Milan under Carlo Borromeo, and at Machim....
11: ...ement XI]] on May 24, 1712. He was succeeded by [[pope Gregory XIII|Gregory XIII]].
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Pope Pius XI (3014 bytes)
1: ...], [[1939]]. [[Image:PiusXIcrowned.jpg|thumb|Pope Pius XI Crowned]]He issued the encyclical [[Quas Prima...
3: ...se choice of the 1922 papal conclave to replace [[Pope Benedict XV]].
5: ...stically in the following years. As a consequence Pius issued the [[encyclical]] ''[[Non Abbiamo Bisogno...
7: ...h of the church. To manage these investments, the Pope appointed the lay-person [[Bernadino Nogara]], wh...
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Pope Pius VIII (1861 bytes)
1: [[Image:Popepiusviii.jpg|right|]]
2: ... 20]], [[1761]] - [[December 1]], [[1830]]) was [[Pope]] from [[1829]] to [[1830]].
6: ... the independence of the church from any regime). Pius accepted the situation on mixed marriages in [[Ge...
8: Because Pius VIII died after hardly two years in office, there wer...
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Pope Pius III (1895 bytes)
1: [[image:Pius_III.jpg|right]]
3: ... 9]], [[1439]] - [[October 18]], [[1503]]), was [[pope]] from [[September 22]] to [[October 18]], [[1503...
5: ...I|Paul II]] at the [[diet of Ratisbon]], and by [[Pope Sixtus IV|Sixtus IV]] to secure the restoration o...
7: ...ce of [[Pope Julius II|Cardinal Rovere]], elected pope on [[September 22]], [[1503]], his installation t...
9: See [[Pope John Paul I]] for another example of a short pont...

Pope Pius XII (24042 bytes)
1: ...enerable'', a step on the road to sainthood, by [[Pope John Paul II]] in the [[1990s]].
3: ...; text-align:center">[[Image:Piusxiib.jpg]]<br>'''Pius XII'''</div>
7: ... regarded attorney, and was created a marchese by Pius XII.
9: ...hin a few months, on [[7 February]] [[1930]] Pope Pius appointed papal Secretary of State. During the 19...
15: ...'<br><small>''Cardinal Pacelli, representing Pope Pius XI, signs the "[[Reichskonkordat]]" with the gove...

Pope Gregory VII (21122 bytes)
1: ... to the [[pope|papacy]] in [[1073]], and remained pope until his death.
3: One of the great reforming popes, Gregory is perhaps best known for the part he p...
6: ... studies. He returned to Rome with [[Pope Leo IX| Pope Leo&nbsp;IX]]. Under him, Hildebrand first began ...
8: ...a rival pope in the person of [[Pope Nicholas II| Pope Nicholas&nbsp;II]] whose tenure was distinguished...
10: ...p;II died as was succeeded by [[Pope Alexander II|Pope Alexander&nbsp;II]], Hilebrand loomed larger and ...

Pope Leo VII (505 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leo_VII.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Pope Leo VII]]
3: ...ed by [[Pope John XI|John XI]], and followed by [[Pope Stephen IX|Stephen IX]].
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6: Predecessor=[[Pope John XI|John XI]]|
7: Successor=[[Pope Stephen IX|Stephen IX]]}}

Pope Innocent VII (5975 bytes)
1: ...tern Schism]] while there was a rival pope, [[Antipope Benedict XIII|Benedict XIII]] (1394-1423), at [[A...
3: ...is teacher Lignano sponsored him at Rome, where [[Pope Urban VI|Urban VI]] took him into the Curia, sent...
5: ...ere were present in Rome delegates from the rival pope at Avignon, Benedict XIII. The Roman cardinals a...
7: ... would not reach any accommodation with the rival pope in Avignon that would compromise Ladislas' claims...
9: ...bot of Perugia, struck down under the eyes of the Pope.

Pope Stephen VII (2042 bytes)
1: '''Stephen VII''', was [[Pope]] from May [[896]] to July or August [[897]].
3: He had been made [[bishop]] of [[Anagni]] by [[Pope Formosus]]. The circumstances of his election are...
5: ...e during the pontificate of [[Pope John VIII|John VIII]]. The corpse was found guilty, stripped of its ...
10: ...ambiguity in numbering the Popes Stephen -- see [[Pope Stephen II]] for the explanation.
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Pope Urban VII (1054 bytes)
1: ...on, making his the [[List of 10 shortest-reigning Popes|shortest papal reign]] in history.
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6: Predecessor=[[Pope Sixtus V|Sixtus V]]|
7: Successor=[[Pope Gregory XIV|Gregory XIV]]}}
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Pope John VII (818 bytes)
1: ... [[pope]] from [[705]] to [[707]], successor of [[Pope John VI|John VI]], was also of [[Greece|Greek]] n...
3: ...ica|basilica of St Peter]]. He was succeeded by [[Pope Sisinnius|Sisinnius]].
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6: Predecessor=[[Pope John VI|John VI]]|
7: Successor=[[Pope Sisinnius|Sisinnius]]}}

Pope Clement VII (4986 bytes)
1: ...e [[antipope]] (1378-1394) see [[Antipope Clement VII]].''
3: [[Image:clement7.JPG|thumb|Pope Clement VII]]
5: ...[1478]] &ndash; [[September 25]], [[1534]]) was [[pope]] from [[1523]] to [[1534]].
6: ... part in determining the unexpected election of [[Pope Adrian VI]], to whom he succeeded in the next con...
14: ...month [[siege]] the city capitulated, and Clement VII installed his illegitimate son [[Alessandro_de%27...

Pope Alexander VII (6190 bytes)
1: ...uary 13]], [[1599]] - [[May 22]], [[1667]]) was [[pope]] from [[April 7]], [[1655]] until his death in [...
3: ...llustrious banking family and a great-nephew of [[Pope Paul V]], he was privately tutored and eventually...
5: ...Indeed, in the first year of his reign, Alexander VII lived simply and forbade his relations even to vi...
9: ...ay, 1655, she was confirmed in her baptism by the Pope, in whom she found a generous friend and benefact...
11: ...ween France and the papacy, which resulted in the Pope's temporary loss of Avignon and his forced accept...

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