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Also Known As bishop of Rome

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Vatican City: St. Peter's Basilica
St. Gregory the Great
The crowning of Charlemagne
Expulsion of Pope Gregory VII and excommunication of King Henry IV
Innocent III: one of the youngest popes to ascend the throne
St. Peter's Basilica
The globe-trotting Pope John Paul II
Certifying the pope's death
The pope as the supreme authority in Roman Catholic societal hierarchy
St. Peter's Basilica
How is a pope elected?
Who was St. Peter the Apostle?
History of the Avignon papacy
The Western Schism and the Roman Catholic Church
How Pope Francis guided the Roman Catholic Church?
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St. Gregory the Great
pope
Cesare Borgia
Cesare Borgia
Italian noble
Alexander III
Alexander III
pope
Choiseul, Étienne-François de Choiseul, duc de
Étienne-François de Choiseul, duke de Choiseul
French foreign minister
Pelagius I
Pelagius I
pope
Innocent II, detail from a mosaic, 12th century; in the apse of the basilica of Sta. Maria in Trastevere, Rome
Innocent II
pope
Saint Sergius I
pope
Saint Symmachus
pope
Saint Hippolytus of Rome
antipope
Liberius
Liberius
pope
Paschal II
pope
Benedict IX
pope
Giovanni de' Medici
Giovanni de’ Medici
Italian leader
Sergius III
pope
Anacletus
antipope
Blessed Victor III
pope
Sergius II
pope
Fesch, detail of a lithograph by the de Becquet brothers after a drawing by Fischer
Joseph Fesch
French cardinal
Myron C. Taylor
American financier and diplomat
Benedict
antipope

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Holy week. Easter. Valladolid. Procession of Nazarenos carry a cross during the Semana Santa (Holy week before Easter) in Valladolid, Spain. Good Friday
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