Our Holy Father The Pope
I - St. PETER 11 - St. ANICETUS  21 - St. CORNELIUS 31 - St. EUSEBIUS  41 - St. ZOSIMAS 
2 - St. LINUS 12 - St. SOTER 22 - St. LUCIUS 1  32 - St. MILTIADES 42 - BONIFACE I 
3 - St. CLETUS 13 - St. ELEUTHERIUS 23 - St. STEPHEN 1 33 - St. SYLVESTER I 43 - St. CELESTINE 1
4 - St. CLEMENT 14 - St. VICTOR 24 - St. SIXTUS 11 34 - St. MARK 44 - St. SIXTUS III
5 - St. EVARISTUS 15 - St. ZEPHYRINUS 25 - St. DENIS 35 - St, JULIUS I 45 - St. LEO 1
6 - St. ALEXANDER I 16 - St. CALIXTUS 26 - St. FELIX 1 36 - St. LIBERIUS 46 - St. HILARY
7 - St. SIXTUS l 17 - St. URBAN 1 27 - St. EUTYCHIAN 37 - St. DAMASUS I 47 - St. SIMPI.ICIUS
8 - St. TELESPHORUS 18 - St. PONTIAN 28 - St. CAIUS 38 - St. SIRICUS 48 - St. FELIX III
9 - St. HYGINUS 19 - St. ANTERUS 29 - St. MARCELLINUS 39 - St. ANASTASIUS I 49 - St. GELASIUS
10 - St. PlUS I 20 - St. FABIAN 30 - St. MARCELLUS I 40 - St. INNOCENT I 50 - ANASTASIUS II
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I - St. PETER
Born in Bethsaida, Galilee. Received from Jesus Christ the supreme pontifical power to be transmitted to his successors. Instituted the first ecclesiastical code and the recitation of the "Our Father". Having been arrested, he insisted on being crucified head downwards. Died 29 June 67.  (more detail)

 
 
 
2 - St. LINUS
Born in Volterra. Elected in 67, he died on the 23rd September 76. He is buried near St. Peter: He created the first fifteen bishops. He forbade women to enter a church with uncovered heads. During his pontificate the evangelists Luke and Mark were martyred.  (more detail)
 
 
 
 
3 - St. CLETUS
Roman. Elected in 76, he died in 88, a martyr. He drew Up the rules for the consecration of bishops. In the area of the Vatican, near the tomb of St. Peter, he had an oratory built for the burial of martyrs. He was also responsible for rules governing ecclesiastical dress.  (more detail)
 
 
 
 
 
4 - St. CLEMENT
Roman. Elected in 88, he died in 97, a martyr. Banished to Pontus by the Emperor Trajan, he was thrown into the sea with an anchor round his neck. He restored the sacrament of confirmation according to the rite of St. Peter, To his time is attributed the use of "amen" in religious Ceremonies.  (more detail)
 
 
 
 
5 - St. EVARISTUS
Greek. Elected in 97, he died in 105. Given the increase in the number of christians, he divided the city into parishes. He founded the first seven diaconates entrusted to senior priests, and this is considered to be the origin of the present College of Cardinals.   (more detail)
 
 
 
 
6 - St. ALEXANDER I
Roman. A disciple of Plutarch, he was elected in 105 and died in 115. To him are attributed the restitution of the use of holy Water in Churches and houses and the prescription that hosts to be consecrated be made from unleavened bread.   (more detail)
 
 
 
 
 
 
7 - St. SIXTUS I
Roman. Elected in 115, he died in 125. He is buried in the acropolis of Alatfi (Frosinone). He ordered that the corporal be of linen and that sacred vessels be handled only by consecrated ministers. He decreed that the Trysaghion be sung before mass. (more detail) 
 
 
 
 
8 - St. TELESPHORUS
Greek. Elected in 125, he died in 136, a martyr. He composed the "Gloria in Excelsis Deo' and instituted the seven week fast before Easter. He decreed that each priest should celebrate three masses on Christmas night. He inserted new prayers into the mass. (more detail) 
 
 
 
 
9 - St. HYGINUS
Athenian. Elected in 136, he died in 140, a martyr. He determined the different prerogarives of the clergy and defined the grades of the ecclesiastical hierarchy. H