Papal heraldry

PAPAL HERALDRY - THE COATS OF ARMS OF THE POPES

Below the list of popes (and opponents) and, when known, their arms. In some cases also their assumed arms are/will be included when known. True papal heraldry only starts in the 14th century, but some older arms are known for 12th and 13th century popes. Most of these, however, are later attributed to the popes.

Popes with (attributed) heraldic arms

1. Innocent III (1198-1216)
2. Honorius III (1216-27)
3. Gregory IX (1227-41)
4. Celestine IV (1241)
5. Innocent IV (1243-54)
6. Alexander IV (1254-61)
7. Urban IV (1261-64)
8. Clement IV (1265-68)
9. Gregory X (1271-76)
10. Innocent V (1276)
11. Adrian V (1276)
12. John XXI (1276-77)
13. Nicholas III (1277-80)
14. Martin IV (1281-85)
15. Honorius IV (1285-87)
16. Nicholas IV (1288-92)
17. St. Celestine V (1294)
18. Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
19. Benedict XI (1303-04)
20. Clement V (1305-14)
21. John XXII (1316-34) Opposed by Nicholas V, antipope (1328-1330)
22. Benedict XII (1334-42)
23. Clement VI (1342-52)
24. Innocent VI (1352-62)
25. Urban V (1362-70)
26. Gregory XI (1370-78)
27. Urban VI (1378-89) Opposed by Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII"), antipope (1378-1394)
28. Boniface IX (1389-1404) Opposed by Robert of Geneva ("Clement VII") (1378-1394), Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1417) and Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), antipopes
29. Innocent VII (1404-06) Opposed by Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1414) and Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), antipopes
30. Gregory XII (1406-15) Opposed by Pedro de Luna ("Benedict XIII") (1394-1414), Baldassare Cossa ("John XXIII") (1400-1415), and Pietro Philarghi ("Alexander V") (1409-1410), antipopes
31. Martin V (1417-31)
32. Eugene IV (1431-47) Opposed by Amadeus of Savoy ("Felix V"), antipope (1439-1449)
33. Nicholas V (1447-55)
34. Callistus III (1455-58)
35. Pius II (1458-64)
36. Paul II (1464-71)
37. Sixtus IV (1471-84)
38. Innocent VIII (1484-92)
39. Alexander VI (1492-1503)
40. Pius III (1503)
41. Julius II (1503-13)
42. Leo X (1513-21)
43. Adrian VI (1522-23)
44. Clement VII (1523-34)
45. Paul III (1534-49)
46. Julius III (1550-55)
47. Marcellus II (1555)
48. Paul IV (1555-59)
49. Pius IV (1559-65)
50. St. Pius V (1566-72)
51. Gregory XIII (1572-85)
52. Sixtus V (1585-90)
53. Urban VII (1590)
54. Gregory XIV (1590-91)
55. Innocent IX (1591)
56. Clement VIII (1592-1605)
57. Leo XI (1605)
58. Paul V (1605-21)
59. Gregory XV (1621-23)
60. Urban VIII (1623-44)
61. Innocent X (1644-55)
62. Alexander VII (1655-67)
63. Clement IX (1667-69)
64. Clement X (1670-76)
65. Innocent XI (1676-89)
66. Alexander VIII (1689-91)
67. Innocent XII (1691-1700)
68. Clement XI (1700-21)
69. Innocent XIII (1721-24)
70. Benedict XIII (1724-30)
71. Clement XII (1730-40)
72. Benedict XIV (1740-58)
73. Clement XIII (1758-69)
74. Clement XIV (1769-74)
75. Pius VI (1775-99)
76. Pius VII (1800-23)
77. Leo XII (1823-29)
78. Pius VIII (1829-30)
79. Gregory XVI (1831-46)
80. Pius IX (1846-78)
81. Leo XIII (1878-1903)
82. St. Pius X (1903-14)
83. Benedict XV (1914-22)
84. Pius XI (1922-39)
85. Pius XII (1939-58)
86. John XXIII (1958-63)
87. Paul VI (1963-78)
88. John Paul I (1978)
89. John Paul II (1978-2005)
90. Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
91. Francis (2013-)

Pre-heraldic popes

1. St. Peter (32-67)
2. St. Linus (67-76)
3. St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
4. St. Clement I (88-97)
5. St. Evaristus (97-105)
6. St. Alexander I (105-115)
7. St. Sixtus I (115-125) also called Xystus I
8. St. Telesphorus (125-136)
9. St. Hyginus (136-140)
10. St. Pius I (140-155)
11. St. Anicetus (155-166)
12. St. Soter (166-175)
13. St. Eleutherius (175-189)
14. St. Victor I (189-199)
15. St. Zephyrinus (199-217)
16. St. Callistus I (217-22) Callistus and the following three popes were opposed by St. Hippolytus, antipope (217-236)
17. St. Urban I (222-30)
18. St. Pontain (230-35)
19. St. Anterus (235-36)
20. St. Fabian (236-50)
21. St. Cornelius (251-53) Opposed by Novatian, antipope (251)
22. St. Lucius I (253-54)
23. St. Stephen I (254-257)
24. St. Sixtus II (257-258)
25. St. Dionysius (260-268)
26. St. Felix I (269-274)
27. St. Eutychian (275-283)
28. St. Caius (283-296) Also called Gaius
29. St. Marcellinus (296-304)
30. St. Marcellus I (308-309)
31. St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
32. St. Miltiades (311-14)
33. St. Sylvester I (314-35)
34. St. Marcus (336)
35. St. Julius I (337-52)
36. Liberius (352-66) Opposed by Felix II, antipope (355-365)
37. St. Damasus I (366-83) Opposed by Ursicinus, antipope (366-367)
38. St. Siricius (384-99)
39. St. Anastasius I (399-401)
40. St. Innocent I (401-17)
41. St. Zosimus (417-18)
42. St. Boniface I (418-22) Opposed by Eulalius, antipope (418-419)
43. St. Celestine I (422-32)
44. St. Sixtus III (432-40)
45. St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
46. St. Hilarius (461-68)
47. St. Simplicius (468-83)
48. St. Felix III (II) (483-92)
49. St. Gelasius I (492-96)
50. Anastasius II (496-98)
51. St. Symmachus (498-514) Opposed by Laurentius, antipope (498-501)
52. St. Hormisdas (514-23)
53. St. John I (523-26)
54. St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)
55. Boniface II (530-32) Opposed by Dioscorus, antipope (530)
56. John II (533-35)
57. St. Agapetus I (535-36)
58. St. Silverius (536-37)
59. Vigilius (537-55)
60. Pelagius I (556-61)
61. John III (561-74)
62. Benedict I (575-79)
63. Pelagius II (579-90)
64. St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
65. Sabinian (604-606)
66. Boniface III (607)
67. St. Boniface IV (608-15)
68. St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
69. Boniface V (619-25)
70. Honorius I (625-38)
71. Severinus (640)
72. John IV (640-42)
73. Theodore I (642-49)
74. St. Martin I (649-55)
75. St. Eugene I (655-57)
76. St. Vitalian (657-72)
77. Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
78. Donus (676-78)
79. St. Agatho (678-81)
80. St. Leo II (682-83)
81. St. Benedict II (684-85)
82. John V (685-86)
83. Conon (686-87)
84. St. Sergius I (687-701) Opposed by Theodore and Paschal, antipopes (687)
85. John VI (701-05)
86. John VII (705-07)
87. Sisinnius (708)
88. Constantine (708-15)
89. St. Gregory II (715-31)
90. St. Gregory III (731-41)
91. St. Zachary (741-52)
92. Stephen II (752) Because he died before being consecrated, many lists omit him
93. Stephen III (752-57)
94. St. Paul I (757-67)
95. Stephen IV (767-72) Opposed by Constantine II (767) and Philip (768), antipopes (767)
96. Adrian I (772-95)
97. St. Leo III (795-816)
98. Stephen V (816-17)
99. St. Paschal I (817-24)
100. Eugene II (824-27)
101. Valentine (827)
102. Gregory IV (827-44)
103. Sergius II (844-47) Opposed by John, antipope (855)
104. St. Leo IV (847-55)
105. Benedict III (855-58) Opposed by Anastasius, antipope (855)
106. St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
107. Adrian II (867-72)
108. John VIII (872-82)
109. Marinus I (882-84)
110. St. Adrian III (884-85)
111. Stephen VI (885-91)
112. Formosus (891-96)
113. Boniface VI (896)
114. Stephen VII (896-97)
115. Romanus (897)
116. Theodore II (897)
117. John IX (898-900)
118. Benedict IV (900-03)
119. Leo V (903) Opposed by Christopher, antipope (903-904)
120. Sergius III (904-11)
121. Anastasius III (911-13)
122. Lando (913-14)
123. John X (914-28)
124. Leo VI (928)
125. Stephen VIII (929-31)
126. John XI (931-35)
127. Leo VII (936-39)
128. Stephen IX (939-42)
129. Marinus II (942-46)
130. Agapetus II (946-55)
131. John XII (955-63)
132. Leo VIII (963-64)
133. Benedict V (964)
134. John XIII (965-72)
135. Benedict VI (973-74)
136. Benedict VII (974-83) Benedict and John XIV were opposed by Boniface VII, antipope (974; 984-985)
137. John XIV (983-84)
138. John XV (985-96)
139. Gregory V (996-99) Opposed by John XVI, antipope (997-998)
140. Sylvester II (999-1003)
141. John XVII (1003)
142. John XVIII (1003-09)
143. Sergius IV (1009-12)
144. Benedict VIII (1012-24) Opposed by Gregory, antipope (1012)
145. John XIX (1024-32)
146. Benedict IX (1032-45) was twice deposed and restored
147. Sylvester III (1045)
148. Benedict IX (1045)
149. Gregory VI (1045-46)
150. Clement II (1046-47)
151. Benedict IX (1047-48)
152. Damasus II (1048)
153. St. Leo IX (1049-54)
154. Victor II (1055-57)
155. Stephen X (1057-58)
156. Nicholas II (1058-61) Opposed by Benedict X, antipope (1058)
157. Alexander II (1061-73) Opposed by Honorius II, antipope (1061-1072)
158. St. Gregory VII (1073-85) Gregory and the following three popes were opposed by Guibert ("Clement III"), antipope (1080-1100)
159. Victor III (1086-87)
160. Urban II (1088-99)
161. Paschal II (1099-1118) Opposed by Theodoric (1100), Aleric (1102) and Maginulf ("Sylvester IV", 1105-1111), antipopes (1100)
162. Gelasius II (1118-19) Opposed by Burdin ("Gregory VIII"), antipope (1118)
163. Callistus II (1119-24)
164. Honorius II (1124-30) Opposed by Celestine II, antipope (1124)
165. Innocent II (1130-43) Opposed by Anacletus II (1130-1138) and Gregory Conti ("Victor IV") (1138), antipopes (1138)
166. Celestine II (1143-44)
167. Lucius II (1144-45)
168. Eugene III (1145-53)
169. Anastasius IV (1153-54)
170. Adrian IV (1154-59)
171. Alexander III (1159-81) Opposed by Octavius ("Victor IV") (1159-1164), Pascal III (1165-1168), Callistus III (1168-1177) and Innocent III (1178-1180), antipopes
172. Lucius III (1181-85)
173. Urban III (1185-87)
174. Gregory VIII (1187)
175. Clement III (1187-91)
176. Celestine III (1191-98)

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