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FIRST CENTURY.

YEAR

1. St Peter, 66

2. St. Lin, son of Hercolanus,
born at Volterra in Toscany, died in 78

3. St. Anaclet, or Clet, died in 91

4. St. Clement, son of Faustinas, born at Rome, died in 100


SECOND CENTURY.

5. St. Evanstas, born in Syria, died in 109

6. St. Alexander I. 119

7. St. Sixtus I. born at Rome, 127

8. St. Telesphore, 139

9. St. Hyginus, died in 142

10. St. Pius I. 157

11. St. Anacetus, 168

12. St. Soter, born at Fondi, 177

13. St. Eleutberius, died the last day of the year 192

14. St. Victor, 202


THIRD CENTURY.

15. St. Zephirinus, died in 219

16. St. Calixtus I. 14th October, 222

17. St. Urban I. 25th May, 230

18. St. Pontien, 28th Sept. 235

19. St. Antherus, 3rd Jan. 236

20. St. Fabian, 28th Jan. 250

21. St. Cornelius, 14th Sept. 253

22. St. Lucius, I. 4th or 5th March, 255

28. St. Stephen I. 2nd Aug. 257

24. St. Sixtus II. 6th Aug. 258

25. St. Dionysius, 26th Dec. 269

26. St. Felix I. 22nd Dec. 274

27. St. Eutychian, 7th or 8th Dec. 283

28. St. Caius, 22nd April, 296

29. St. Marcellinus, 24th Oct. 304


FOURTH CENTURY.

30. St. Marcellus, a Roman by birth, died 16th Jan. 310

31. St. Eusebius, 26th Sept. 310

32. St. Miltiades or Melchiades, died 10th or 11th Jan. 314

33. St. Sylvester I. born at Rome, died 31st Dec. 335
Pretended donation of Constantine.
Council of Nice, 1st oecumenical, in 325

34. St. Mark, died the 7th Oct. 336

35. St. Julius I. a Roman by birth, died 13th April, 352

36. St. Liberius, 24th April, 366
Felix II. antipope, 22nd Nov. 365
37. St Damasiuc, a Roman, 10th or 11th Dec. 384
Council of Constantinople 2nd oecum. 381.
38. St. Siricius, a Roman, died 25th Nov, 398
The first of whom we have an authentic decree
39. St. Anastasius I. a Roman, died in 401 or 402


FIFTH CENTURY.

40. St. Innocent I. died 12th March 417

41. St. Zosimus, born in Greece, died 26th Dec. 418

42. St. Boniface I. a Roman, son of the priest
Jocundus, died 4th Sept. 422
43. St. Celestine I. a Roman, 30th July, 432
Council of Ephesus, 3rd oecumen. in 431.
44. St. Sixtus III. a Roman, 18th Aug. 440

46. St. Leo I. or the Great, born at Rome, one of
the doctors of the Latin Church,
died 6th or 8th Nov. 461
Council of Chalcedon, 4th oecumen. 451.
46. St. Hilary, a Sardinian, died 21st Feb. 468

47. St. Simplicius, native of Tivoli, died 25th Feb. 483

48. St. Felix III. a Roman, 24th or 25th Feb. 492

49. St. Gelaaias, born at Rome, 19th Nov. 498

50. St. Anastasias II. 17th Nov. 498


SIXTH CENTURY.

51. Symmachas, born in Sardinia, died the 9th July 514

52. Hormisdas, born at Frusignone in Campania died 6th Aug. 523

53. St. John I. a Toscan, 18th May, 525

54. Felix IV. a Samnite, in 530

55. Boniface II. born at Rome, of Gothic origin, died 532

56. John II. called Mercnrins, born at Rome, died 535

57. Agapit, son of the priest Gordian, died the 22d of April 536

58. Sylverius, a native of Campania son of pope Hormisdas 538

59. Vigilias, son of the Consul John, elected pope
Nov. 537, before the death of Sylverius,
died at Syracuse, 10th Jan. 555
2nd Council of Constantinople, and
6th oecumenical, held in 553

60. Pelagias I. died 1st March, 560

61. John III. called Cateline, born at Rome, died 13th July 575

62. Benedict Bonosius, 30th July, 557

63. Pelagias II. died 8th Feb. 590

64. St. Gregory I. or the Great, born at Rome, one
of the fathers or doctors of the Latin Cburch
12th March, 604


SEVENTH CENTURY.

65. Sabinian, died 22nd Feb. 606

66. Boniface III. 607

67. Boniface IV. native of Valeria, country of the Moors, 615

68. St. Dens Dedit, a Roman, 3rd Dec. 618

69. Boniface V. born at Naples, died 22d Oct. 626

70. Honoriua I. a native of Campania, son of the
consul Petronius, died 12th Oct. 638
AN INTERREGNUM OF TWENTY MONTHS

71. Severinus, born at Rome, consecrated in May, died 640

72. John IV. of Dalmatia, 11th Oct. 642

73. Theodore I. born at Jerusalem, died 13th May,
The first who received the title of sovereign
pontiff. 649

74. St. Martin I. of Todi, 17th Sept. 654

75. St. Eugene I. a Roman, 1st Jan. 657

76. Vitalian, born at Segni, 27th Jan. 662

77. Adeodat, a Roman, in June, 676

78. Donus or Domnas, a Roman, 11th April, 678

79. Agathon, a Sicilian, 10th June,
Third Council of Constantinople, the 6th
oecumenical, held in 680 and 681. 682

80. St. Leo II. a Sicilian, died in 683 or 684

81. Benedict II. a Roman, died 7th May, 685

82. John V. a Syrian, 7th Aug. 687

83. Conon, born in Sicily, of Thracian origin, died Sept. 687

84. St. Sergius I. born at Palermo, of Antiochian 8th Sept. 701


EIGHTH CENTURY.

85. John VI. a Greek, died 9th Jan. 705

86. John VII. a Greek, 17th Oct. 707

87. St.Sinnius, a Syrian, 7th Feb. 708

88. Constantine, a Syrian, 9th April, 715

89. St. Gregory II. a Roman, died the 10th Feb. 731
Quarrel with the Emperor Leo the Isaurian.

90. Gregory III. a Syrian, 27th Nov. 741
Excommunication of the Iconoclastes
—Roman Republic.

91. Zachary, a Greek, 14th March, 752
Accession of Pepin the Short.
Stephen elected pope in 752
died before being consecrated.

92. Stephen II. died 25th April, 757
Pretended sacred donation of Pepin,
letters of St. Peter, &c.

93. Paul I. brother of the preceding, died 28th Jan. 767

94. Stephen III. a Sicilian, 1st Feb. 772

95. Adrian I. son of Theodale, duke of Rome, 25th Dec. 795
Charlemagne in Italy.
Second Council of Nice, 7th oecumenical, in 787.

96. Leo III. a Roman, 11th June, 816
Charlemagne crowned emperor in 800.
False decretals


NINTH CENTURY.

97. Stephen IV. installed 22d June 816, died 24th Jan. 817

98. Pascal I. a Roman, installed 25th Jan. 817, died May 824

99. Eugene II. born at Rome installed and died in Aug. 827

100. Valentine, born at Rome installed and died, 827

101. Gregory IV. installed at the close of 827, died in Jan. 844
Humiliation of the emperor Louis-le-Debonairre.

102. Sergius II. installed the 27th January 844, 27th Jan. 847

103. St. Louis IV, elected in 847, died 17th July, 855
Leonine City, pages 48, 50.

104. Benedict III. installed 29th Sept. 855, died 8th April 858

105. Nicholas I. a Roman, installed 24th April 858 died Nov. 867

106. Adrian II. a Roman, installed 14th Dec. 867, died in 872
4th Council of. Constantinople, the 8th
oecumenical, held in 869.

107. John VIII. installed the 14th December 872, died Dec. 888
Charles the Bold crowned emperor in 875,
and Charles the Fat in 880.

108. Marinas, installed the end of December 882, died in May, 884

109. Adrian III. a Roman, installed in 884, died in Sept. 885

110. Stephen V. a Roman installed in Sept. 885, died 7th Aug. 891

111. Formosus, installed in Sept. 891, died in April 896

112. Boniface VI. installed and died in 896

113. Stephen VI. installed in 896, strangled 897

114. Romanus, born at Rome, installed 20th Aug. 897

115. Theodore II. installed and died in 898

116. John IX. a native of Tibar or Tivoli, died 900



TENTH CENTURY.

117. Benedict IV. elected in December, 900, died in October 903

118. Leo V. a native of Ardee, installed 28th Oct. 903,
banished in Nov. 903

119. Christophas, a Roman, installed in November, 903,
banished in Jane, 904

120. Sergios III. installed in 905, died in August, 911

121. Anastasias III. a Roman, installed Aug. 911, died Oct. 913

122. Landon, installed in 913, died April, 914

123. John X. installed the end of April, 914, died in prison 928
The lover of Theodora, the conqueror of
the Saracens, dethroned by Marosia

124. Leo VI. installed Jan. 928, died the 3rd of February 929

125. Steshen VII. installed in March 929, died in Mar. 931

126. John XI. son of Marosia, and it is said of< in
November the same year, died 6th of Nov. 1406

210. Gregory XII. Ange Corrario, Venetian, car-
dinal, elected the 30th Nov. 1406, to suc-
ceed Innocent VII. ; abdicated the 4th
July 1415, died at the age of ninety-
two the 18th Oct. at Rimini, 1417

Council of Pisa in 1409; it deposes Gre-
gory XII. and Benedict XIII.; it elects
Alexander V.

211. Alexander V. Peter Philarge, born in the Isle
of Candia, bishop of Vicenza and Novara,
archbishop of Milan, cardinal, elected pope,
in the Council of Pisa, the 26th June, 1409,
crowned 7th July, the same year,
died at Bologna, May, 1410

212. John XXIII. Balthasar. Cossa, bora at Naples,
of a noble family, cardinal deacon,
elected at Bologna by sixteen cardinals, the
17th May; 1410, to succeed Alexander V.
is deposed by the Council of Constance,
29th May, 1415, died 22d of Nov. 1419

Council of Constance, from the 5th Nov.
1414, to the 22d April, 1418; 16th oecu-
menical

213. Martin V. Otho Colonna, a Roman, cardinal
deacon, elected pope at the Council of Con-
stance, the 11th Nov. 1417, crowned the
2l3th: he entered Rome the 22d Sept. 1420,
died the 21st Feb. 1431

214. Clement VIII. Gilles de Mugnos, canon of Bar-
celona, elected by two cardinals in 1424, to
succeed Benedict XIII. or Peter de Lune,
abdicates the 26th July, 1429

216. Eugene IV. Gabriel Condolmere, a Venetian,
cardinal, bishop of Sienna, elected in the
month of March 1431, to succeed Martin V.
crowned the 11th of the same month;
declares for the Orsini against the Colon-
lias; is deposed by the Council of Basle,
22d of June, 1439, died the 23d of Feb. 1440

Council of Basle, from the 23d of July,

1431, to the month of May 1043, the 17th
oecumenical Council of Florence, from the 26th Feb.

1439, to the 26th April, 1442, 18th oecu-
menical

Pragmatic Sanction of Charles VIII. in
1439

216. Felix V. Amadeus VIII. duke of Savoy, elected
pope by the Council of Basle, the 6th of Nov.
1439, crowned the 24th of July, 1440,
renounced the pontificate the 9th April, 1449

217. Nicholas V. Thomas de Sarzane, a Tuscan,
cardinal, bishop of Bologna, elected 6th
Nov. 1447, to succeed Eugene IV. and
crowned pope the 18th of the same month,
died the 24th March, 1455

End of the schism in the West in 1449.

Taking of Constantinople by the Turks
in 1453

218. Calixtus, III. Alphonso Borgia, born in 1377
at Valencia in Spain, cardinal, archbishop
of Valencia, elected pope the 8th April,
1455, and crowned the 20th, died 8th Aug. 1458

219. Plus II. Piccolomini, born in 1405 near Sienna,
an author under the name of Eneae Sylvias,
cardinal, bishop of. Sienna, elected pope in 1468,
died at Ancona, in July, 1464

Bull ‘Execrabiiis.’—Abrogation of the
Pragmatic of Louis XI.—Letter of Pius II.
to Mahomet II.

220. Paul II. Peter Barbo, born at Venice in 1417,
cardinal of St. Mark, elected pope the 31st
Aug. 1464, crowned the 16th of Sept. the
same year, died the 28th July, 1471

221. Sixtes IV. Francisco d’Albeacola de la Rovere,
born in 1413 at Celles near Savona, a
Franciscan, cardinal, elected pope 9th Aug.
1471; died the 13th Aug. 1484

Conspiracy of the Pazzi against the Me-
dici at Florence in 1478

222. Innocent VIII. John Baptist Cibo, a noble
Genoese, of Greek extraction, born in 1432,
cardinal, elected pope the 29th Aug. 1484,
crowned 12th Sept. same year,
died the 26th July, 1492

222. Alexander VI. Rodrigo Borgia, born at Valencia
in Spain in 1431, cardinal, archbishop
of Valencia, elected pope llth Aug. 1492,
crowned the 26th: died the 18th Aug. 1503

He betrayed Charles VIII. Louis XII.


SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

224. Pius III. Peter Piccolomini, nephew of Pius
II. cardinal of Sienna, elected pope the 22d
Sept. 1603, crowned the 8th Oct. same year,
died the 18th of same month. 1503

225. Julius II. Julian de la Rovere, born in 1441
near Savona, nephew of Sixtus IV. bishop
of Carpentras, Albano, Ostia, Bologna, and
Avignon, cardinal, elected pope 1st of Nov.
1503, and crowned the 19th, died the 21st Feb. 1513

League of Cambray.—Louis XII. excommunicated &c.

Fifth Council of the Lateran, 19th oecumenical,
in 1512, 1517.

226. Leo X. John de Medicis, son of Lorenzo,
born at Florence in 1447, cardinal deacon,
elected pope the 11th of March 1513, died 1st Dec. 1521

Excommunication of Luther.—Concordat
with Francis the I. in 1516

227. Adrian VI. Adrian Florent, born in 1459,
cardinal, bishop of Tortosa, elected pope
the 9th of January, 1522 died Sept. 1523

228. Clement VII., natural and posthumous son of Julian
de Medicis, born at Florence in
1478, archbishop of Florence, cardinal, elected
pope 19th Nov. 1523, and crowned the 25th; died Sept 1534

Holy league against Charles V.—Excommunication
of the king of England, Henry VIII.

229. Paul III. Alexander Famese, born at Rome
in 1466, bishop of Ostia, dean of the sacred
college, elected pope the 13th Octo. 1534,
crowned the 7th of Nov. died 10th Nov. 1549

Bull “In coena Domini,”
Council of Trent, from 1545 to 4th Dec.
1563, and last oecumenical.

230. Julius III. John Maria del Monte, born at
Rome, the 10th Sept. 1487, bishop of Pales-
trina, archbishop of Siponte, cardinal, elected
pope the 8th of February 1550, and crowned
the 20th; died the 23rd of March, 1555

Excommunication of the king of France,
Henry II.

231. Marcellus II. Marcel Servin, born at Monte
Pulciano, cardinal, elected pope 9th of April,
crowned the 26th, and died the 30th same month 1555

232. Paul IV. John Peter Caraffa, a noble Venetian,
born in 1476, cardinal, elected pope
25th May 1555, crowned the 26th; died 18th Aug. 1559

The enemy of Spain.—Excommunication
of Elizabeth, Queen of England

233. Pius IV. John Angelo de Medicis, born at
Milan in 1499, cardinal, elected pope the
26th Dec. 1559, and crowned the 6th of Jan.
1550; died the 9th Dec. 1565

Proscribes the nephews of his predecessors

234. Pius V. Michael Ghisleri, a Ligurian, born the
17th Jan. 1504, a Dominican, cardinal, elect-
ed pope the 7th Jan. 1556, and crowned the
17th ; died the 1st of May, 1572

Canonized by Clement XI. in 1712
Pius renews the bull: “In coena Domini.”
He bestows on Cosmo de Medecis the title
of Grand Duke of Tuscany

235. Gregory XIII. Hugues Buon-Compagno,
born at Bologna in 1502, bishop of Vesti,
cardinal, elected pope 13th of May 1572,
and crowned the 25th; died 10th of April, 1585

Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s-day the
24th of Aug. 1572.—The league

236. Sixtus V. Felix Peretti, born at Montalto,
in the Marche of Ancona, the 12th Dec.
1521, a herdsman, Cordelier, bishop of St.
Agatha, cardinal, elected pope the 24th of
April, 1585, died 27th Aug. 1590

Anathemas against Elizabeth, against
Henry IV. king of Navarre, &c.—Henry
III. assassinated by James Clement.—
The power of Philip II. king of Spain,
detestable to Sixtus Quintus

237. Urban VII. John Baptist Castagna, born at
Rome in 1521, son of a Genoese gentleman,
archbishop of Rossano, cardinal, elected
pope the 15th Sept. 1520, died the 27th of Sept. 1590

238. Gregory XIV. Nicholas Sfondrate, born at
Cremona in 1535, bishop of Cremona, cardinal,
elected pope the 3rd Dec. 1590, and
crowned the 8th; died the 15th October 1591

239. Innocent IX. John Anthony Facchinetti, born
at Bologna in 1519, bishop of Nicastro in
Calabria, elected pope the 29th Oct. 1591,
crowned the 3rd Nov. died the 30th Dec. 1591

240. Clement VIII. Hippolytus Aldobrandiri, born
at Fano in 1536, cardinal, elected pope
the 30th of Jan. 1593, crowned eight days
after, died in the month of March 1605

Abjuration and absolution of Henry IV.

Pithou’s Treatise on the Liberties of the
Gallican Church, published in 1594


SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

241. Leo XI. Alexander Octavian de Medicis,
born at Florence in 1535, cardinal, elected
pope 1st of April

END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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