User:Loyola~enwiki/Popes/

The need for this has been highlighted in http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Catholicism&action=edit&section=32. I will run with this. My judgements are human and those who think it axiomatic that a pope should automatically rank as top will be offended. To start with for many popes (particularly early popes) there is so little information that they well never go beyond stub status. This makes it impossible to effectively judge their contribution and importance.

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 * 97/99 to 105/107
 * Evaristus (Aristus) Saint Evaristus
 * Evaristus, Episcopus Romanus
 * Aristus
 * Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day 26 October
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 * 105/107 to 115/116
 * Alexander I Saint Alexander
 * Alexander, Episcopus Romanus
 * Alexander
 * Rome
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 * 115/116 to 125
 * Sixtus I Saint Sixtus
 * Xystus, Episcopus Romanus
 * Rome or Greece
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 * 125 to 136/138
 * Telesphorus Saint Telesphorus
 * Telesphorus, Episcopus Romanus
 * Greece
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 * 136/138 to 140/142
 * Hyginus Saint Hyginus
 * Hyginus, Episcopus Romanus
 * Greece
 * Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day 11 January
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 * 140/142 to 155
 * Pius I Saint Pius
 * Pius, Episcopus Romanus
 * Aquileia, Friuli, Italy
 * Martyred by sword; feast day 11 July
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 * 155 to 166
 * Anicetus Saint Anicetus
 * Anicetus, Episcopus Romanus
 * Emesa, Syria
 * Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day 17 April
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 * c.166 to 174/175
 * Soter Saint Soter
 * Soterius, Episcopus Romanus
 * Fondi, Latium, Italy
 * Traditionally martyred; feast day 22 April
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 * 174/175 to 189
 * Eleuterus Saint Eleutherus
 * Eleutherius, Episcopus Romanus
 * Nicopoli, Epyrus
 * Traditionally martyred; feast day 6 May
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 * 189 to 198/199
 * Victor I Saint Victor
 * Victor, Episcopus Romanus
 * Northern Africa
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 * 199 to 217
 * Zephyrinus Saint Zephyrin
 * Zephyrinus, Episcopus Romanus
 * Rome
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 * c.217 to 222/223
 * Callixtus I Saint Callixtus
 * Callistus, Episcopus Romanus
 * Martyred; feast day 14 October
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 * 222/223 to 230
 * Urban I Saint Urban
 * Urbanus, Episcopus Romanus
 * Rome
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 * 21 July 230 to 28 September 235
 * Pontian Saint Pontian
 * Pontianus, Episcopus Romanus
 * Rome
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 * 235 to 3 January 236
 * Anterus Saint Anterus
 * Anterus, Episcopus Romanus
 * Greece
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 * 10 January 236 to 20 January 250
 * Fabian Saint Fabian
 * Fabianus, Episcopus Romanus
 * Rome
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 * Rome
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 * 21 July 230 to 28 September 235
 * Pontian Saint Pontian
 * Pontianus, Episcopus Romanus
 * Rome
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 * 235 to 3 January 236
 * Anterus Saint Anterus
 * Anterus, Episcopus Romanus
 * Greece
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 * 10 January 236 to 20 January 250
 * Fabian Saint Fabian
 * Fabianus, Episcopus Romanus
 * Rome
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 * 10 January 236 to 20 January 250
 * Fabian Saint Fabian
 * Fabianus, Episcopus Romanus
 * Rome
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List of historical antipopes
The list of Popes and Antipopes in the Annuario Pontificio does not include Natalius (perhaps because of the uncertainty of the evidence) nor Antipope Clement VIII. It may be that the following of the latter was considered insufficiently significant, like that of "Benedict XIV", who is mentioned along with him in the Catholic Encyclopedia article on Pope Martin V.

As for Sylvester III, sometimes listed as an Antipope, the Holy See's Annuario Pontificio classifies him as a Pope, not an Antipope. In line with its above-quoted remark on the obscurities about the canon law of the time and the historical facts, especially in the mid-eleventh century (see the second paragraph of this article), it makes no judgement on the legitimacy of his takeover of the position of Pope in 1045. The Catholic Encyclopedia places him in its List of Popes, though with the annotation: "Considered by some to be an antipope".