Pope # |
Reignal Name |
Name |
Motto |
Historical Reference |
200 |
Innocent VI (1352-1362) |
Etienne Aubert |
From the Mountains of Pammachius |
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201 |
Blessed Urban V (1362-1370) |
Guglielmo De Grimoard |
Gallus Vice-comes
A french Viscount |
He was born of Noble French Family |
202 |
Gregory XI (1370-1378) |
Pierre Roger De Beaufort |
Novus de Virgine forti (News from the virgin fort) |
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Anti Pope Clement VII (1378-1394) |
Robert, Count of Geneva |
From an apostolic cross |
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Anti Pope Benedict XIII
(1394-1423) |
Peter De Luna |
The moon of Cosmedin |
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Anti Pope Clement VIII (1423-1429) |
Gil Sanchez Munoz |
A schismatic from Barcelona |
He was a Canon of Barcelona |
203 |
Urban VI (1378-1389) |
Bartolomeo Prignano |
De Inferno praegnanti (from hell in childbirth) |
He was a native to a place called Inferno near Naples |
204 |
Boniface IX (1389-1404) |
Pietro Tomacelli |
The block of Mixture |
His coat of Arms is a checker board pattern |
205 |
Innocent VII (1404-1406) |
Cosmo Migliorati |
From a better star |
His coat of arms has a shooting star on it |
206 |
Gregory XII (1406-1415) |
Angelo Correr |
Sailor fromt he black bridge |
He was Commendatrius of the Church of Nigripontis |
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Anti-Pope Alexander V (1409-1410) |
Pietro Philarges |
scourge of the Sun |
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Anti-Pope John XXIII (1410-1415) |
Baldassarre Cossa |
Stag of the Siren |
Baldassarre converted ot Christianity after he saw a stag with a cross between his horns. His family was originally from Naples, which has the emblem of the siren. |
207 |
Martin V (1417-1431) |
Oddone Colonna |
Crown with the Golden Veil |
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208 |
Eugene IV (1431-1447) |
Gabriele Condulmaro |
Celestinian of heavenly she-wolf |
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Anti-Pope Felix V (1439-1449) |
Amadeus Duke of Savoy |
Lover of the Cross |
|
209 |
Nicholas V (1447-1455) |
Tommaso Parentucelli |
of the moons temperance |
|
210 |
Callistus III (1455-1458) |
Alfonso Borgia |
Grazing Ox |
|
211 |
Pius II (1458-1464) |
Enea silvio de Piccolomini |
From a she-goat and a tavern |
He had been scretary to Cardinal Domenico Capranica and Cardinal Albergato before he was elected Pope |
212 |
Paul II (1464-1471) |
Pietro Barbo |
from a stag and a lion |
|
213 |
Sixtus IV (1471-1484) |
Francesco Della Rovere |
Minorite fisherman |
He was the son of Fisherman and a member of the Minor Friars |
214 |
Innocent VIII
(1484-1492) |
Giovanni Battista Cibo |
a forerunner from Sicily |
|
215 |
Alexander VI
(1492-1503) |
Rodrigo Borgia |
alban bull of the port |
He had a red bull on his coat of arms |
216 |
Pius III (1503) |
Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini |
from a little man |
|
217 |
Julius II (1503-1513) |
Giuliano Della Rovere |
the fruit of Jupiter will help |
On his coat of arms was an oak tree which was sacred to Jupiter. |
218 |
Leo X (1513-1521) |
Giovanni De Medici |
From a Politian gridiron |
|
219 |
Adrian VI (1522-1523) |
Adriano Florensz |
Florentine Lion |
his coat of arms has 2 lions on it |
220 |
Clement VII (1523-1534) |
Giulio De Medici |
flower of the Balls |
the Medici coat of arms were emblazoned with 6 medical balls. One of these balls, the largest of the 6, was emblazoned with the Florentine Lily |
221 |
Paul III (1534-1549) |
Alessandro Farnese |
The Hyacinth among physicians |
His coat of arms had 6 Hyacinths. |
222 |
Julius III (1550-1555) |
Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte |
Out of the Crown the mountain |
|
223 |
Marcellus II (1555) |
Marcello Cervini |
Fluffy Wheat |
His coat of arms showed a stag and ears of wheat |
224 |
Paul IV (1555-1559) |
Giovanni Pietro Caraffa |
of the faith of Peter |
|
225 |
Pius IV (1559-1565) |
Giovanni Angelo De Medici |
the drug, medicine of Asclepius |
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226 |
St. Pius V (1566-1572) |
Antonio Michele Ghisleri |
angel of the grove |
Michele relates to the archangel |
227 |
Gregory XIII
(1572-1585) |
Ugo Boncompagni |
Half body of the balls |
|
228 |
Sixtus V (1585-1590) |
Felice Pereti |
an axis int he midst of signs |
|
229 |
Urban vII (1590) |
Giovanni Battista Castagna |
on the dew of the heavens |
referring to the sap from the trees called dew from heaven |
230 |
Gregory XIV
(1590-1591) |
Niccolo Sfondrati |
of the antiquity of the city |
his father was a Senator of the ancient city of Milan. The word Senator is derived from the latin word Senex Meaning old man |
231 |
Innocent IX (1591) |
Giovanni antonio Facchinetti |
Pious City in War |
|
232 |
Clement VIII
(1592-1605) |
Ippolito Aldobrandini |
the Roman Cross |
|
233 |
Leo XI (1605) |
Alessandro Ottaviano De Medici |
Man of the surging waves |
he was a bishop of Palestina. the Romans attributed the origins of Palestrina to the seafaring hero Ulysses |
234 |
Paul V (1605-1621) |
Camillo Boghese |
the Corrupt Family |
He scandalized the Church when he appointed his nephew to the College of Cardinals, the word "Nepotism" may have originated during the reign of this pope |
235 |
Gregory XV (1621-1623) |
Alessandro Ludovisi |
Int he distrubrance of peace |
His reign corresponded witht he outbreak of the 30 years war |
236 |
Urban VIII (1623-1644) |
Maffeo Barberini |
Lily and Rose |
|
237 |
Innocent X (1644-1655) |
Giovanni Battista Castagna |
Joy of the Cross |
|
238 |
Alexander VII
(1655-1667) |
Fabio Chigi |
Guardian of the hills |
his crest is six hills with a star above them |
239 |
Clement IX (1667-1669) |
Giulio Rospigliosi |
Star of the Swans |
|
240 |
Clement X (1670-1676) |
Emilio Altieri |
from the Great River |
He was a native of Rome |
241 |
Blessed Innocent XI (1676-1689) |
Benedetto Odescalchi |
Insatiable Beast |
he had a lion on his coat of arms |
242 |
Alexander VIII
(1689-1691) |
Pietro Ottoboni |
Glorious Penitence |
his first name was Pietro. The apostle Peter repented after he had denied his master three times. |
243 |
Innocent XII (1691-1700) |
Antnio Pignatelli del Rastrello |
the rake at the door |
in Itallian Rastrello means Rake |