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The Samnium Museum
The Samnium Museum
The Samnium Museum
The Samnium Museum
The Samnium Museum
The Samnium Museum
The Samnium Museum
The Samnium Museum
The Samnium Museum
The Samnium Museum
The Samnium Museum
The Samnium Museum
The Samnium Museum
The Samnium Museum
The Samnium Museum
Phone:
+39 0824 21818

Address:
Piazza Snta Sofia, 82100, Benevento, Italy

This chronological list of popes corresponds to that given in the Annuario Pontificio under the heading I Sommi Pontefici Romani , excluding those that are explicitly indicated as antipopes. Published every year by the Roman Curia, the Annuario Pontificio attaches no consecutive numbers to the popes, stating that it is impossible to decide which side represented at various times the legitimate succession, in particular regarding Pope Leo VIII, Pope Benedict V and some mid-11th-century popes. The 2001 edition of the Annuario Pontificio introduced almost 200 corrections to its existing biographies of the popes, from St Peter to John Paul II. The corrections concerned dates, especially in the first two centuries, birthplaces and the family name of one pope.The term pope is used in several Churches to denote their high spiritual leaders . This title in English usage usually refers to the head of the Catholic Church. The Catholic pope uses various titles by tradition, including Summus Pontifex, Pontifex Maximus, and Servus servorum Dei. Each title has been added by unique historical events and unlike other papal prerogatives, is not incapable of modification.Hermannus Contractus may have been the first historian to number the popes continuously. His list ends in 1049 with Pope Leo IX as number 154. Several changes were made to the list during the 20th century. Antipope Christopher was considered legitimate for a long time. Pope-elect Stephen was considered legitimate under the name Stephen II until the 1961 edition, when his name was erased. Although these changes are no longer controversial, a number of modern lists still include this first Pope Stephen II. It is probable that this is because they are based on the 1913 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia, which is in the public domain. A significant number of these popes have been recognized as saints, including 48 out of the first 50 consecutive popes, and others are in the sainthood process. Of the first 31 popes, 28 died as martyrs .
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