Our Holy Father The POPE
51 - St. SYMMACHUS 61 - JOHN Ill  71 - SEVERINUS 81 - St. BENEDICT II  91 - St. ZACHARY 
52 - St. HORMIDAS 62 - BENEDICT 1 72 - JOHN IV 82 - JOHN V 92 - STEPHEN II
53 - St. JOHN I 63 - PELAGIUS II 73 - THEODORE I 83 - CONON 93 - St. PAUL I
54 - St. FEI.IX  IV 64 - St. GREGORY I  74 - St. MARTIN I 84 - St. SERGIUS I 94 - STEPHEN III
55 - St. BONIFACE II 65 - SABINIAN  75 - St. EUGENE I 85 - JOHN VI 95 - ADRIAN I
56 - St. JOIIN II 66 - BONIFACE III  76 - St. VITALIAN 86 - JOHN VII 96 - St. LEO III
57 - St. AGAP1TUS 67 - St. BONIFACE IV 77 - DEUSDEDIT II 87 - SISINNIUS 97 - St. STEPHEN IV
58 - St. SILVERIUS 68 - St. DEUSDEDIT I 78 - DONUS  88 - CONSTANTINE 98 - St. PASCAL I
59 - VIGILIUS 69 - BONIFACE V  79 - St. AGATHO 89 - St. GREGORY II 99 - EUGENE II
60 - PELAGIUS 1 70 - HONORIUS 1 80 - St. LEO II 90 - St. GREGORY III  100 - VALENTINE
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

51 - St. SYMMACHUS
Born in Sardinia, he was elected on the 22nd November 498 and died on the 19th July 514. He consolidated Church property referring to it as permanem benefices for the use of the clergy. He ransomed all the slaves giving them their desired freedom, To him is attributed the first construction of the Vatican Palace. (more detail)

 
 
 
52 - St. HORMIDAS
Born in Frosinone (Rome). he was elected on the 20th July 514 and died on the 6th August 523. During his pontificate St. Benedict founded the Beneditine Order and the celebrated Abbey of Monte cassino, destroyed by bombs in 1944. He decreed that Bishopric should not be bestowed in privilege. (more detail)
 
 
 
53 - St. JOHN I
Born in Populonia, he was elected on the 13th August 523 and died on the 18th May 526. He crowned the Emperor Justinian. He died in prison in Ravenna having been imprisoned by the barbaric King Theodoric, invader of Italy. He was the first Pope to go to Constantinople.  (more detail)
 
 
 
54 - St. FEI.IX IV
Born in Benevento. he was elected on the 12th July 526 and died on the 22nd September 530. Arbitrarily nominated pope by Theodoric for his own ends, he showed such loyalty towards the interests of the Church that the King of the Goth repudiated him and had him exiled. Liberty of cult was restored to the Christians on his death. (more detail)
 
 
55 - St. BONIFACE II
Born in Rome, he was elected on the 22nd September 530 and died on the 17th October 532. Of Gothic origin. he was considered a "barbarous foreigner". As a result a rival faction elected Pope Dioscoros. The ensuing struggle ceased only on the death of Dioscoros. He had the monastery of Montecassino built on a temple of Apollo.  (more detail)
 
 
56 - St. JOHN II
Born in Rome, he was elected or the 2nd January 533 and died on the 8th May 535. He was the first Pope to change his name since Mercurius was the name of a pagan god. Through an edict of Atalaric the pope was recognised as the head of the bishops of the whole world.  (more detail)
 
 
 
57 - St. AGAPITUS
Born in Rome, he was elected on the 13th May 535 and died on the 22nd April 536. He was induced by the King of the Goths to go to Constantinople to check the Emperor Justinian's ambitions in Italy. He was poisoned there by the Emperor's wife Theodora, who was of the eutichian faith.  (more detail)
 
 
 
58 - St. SILVERIUS
Born in Frosinone, he was elected on the 1st June 536 and died a martyr on the llth November 537. The Byzantine armies of Justinian, under the command of Belisarius.