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1. Pope John I
   Pope John I
   
   Pope Saint John I was Pope from 523 to 526. He was a native of Tuscany , and was very old and frail by the time he was elected to the papacy....
    (523–526)
2. Pope John II
   Pope John II
   
   Pope John II was pope from 533 to 535.He was the son of a certain Projectus, born in Rome and a priest of the Basilica di San Clemente on the Caelian Hill....
    (533–535)
3. Pope John III
   Pope John III
   
   Pope John III was pope from 561 to July 13, 574.A Roman surnamed Catelinus, he was of a distinguished family, being the son of one Anastasius who bore the title of illustris....
    (561–574)
4. Pope John IV
   Pope John IV
   
   Pope John IV was elected pope, after a four-month sede vacante, December 24, 640.Pope John had Albanians family roots and was a native of Dalmatia ....
    (640–642)
5. Pope John V
   Pope John V
   
   Pope John V, pope from 685 to August 2, 686, was a Syriacs by birth, and on account of his knowledge of Greek language had in 680 been named papal legate to the Sixth Ecumenical Council at Constantinople....
    (685–686)
6. Pope John VI
   Pope John VI
   
   John VI, pope from October 30, 701 to January 11, 705, was a native of Greece, and succeeded to the papal chair two months after the death of Pope Sergius I....
    (701–705)
7. Pope John VII
   Pope John VII
   
   John VII was pope from 705 to 707. The successor of Pope John VI, he was of Greek people nationality. His origins are unclear. Allegedly he emanated from Rossano in Calabria, although Constantinople would be a plausible alternative....
    (705–707)
8. Pope John VIII
   Pope John VIII
   
   John VIII was pope from December 13, 872 to December 16, 882. He is often considered one of the ablest pontiffs of the ninth century and the last bright spot on the papacy until Pope Leo IX two centuries later....
    (872–882)
9. Pope John IX
   Pope John IX
   
   John IX, Pope from 898 to 900, not only confirmed the judgment of his predecessor Pope Theodore II in granting Christian burial to Pope Formosus , but at a council held at Ravenna decreed that the records of the synod which had condemned him should be burned....
    (898–900)
10. Pope John X
    Pope John X
    
    John X, Pope from March, 914 to May, 928, was deacon at Bologna when he attracted the attention of Theodora , the wife of Theophylact, Count of Tusculum, the most powerful noble in Rome, through whose influence he was elevated first to the see of Bologna and then to the archbishopric of Ravenna....
     (914–928)
11. Pope John XI
    Pope John XI
    
    John XI was a Pope from March, 931 to December, 935....
     (931–935)
12. Pope John XII
    Pope John XII
    
    John XII, born Octavianus , was Pope from December 16, 955 to May 14, 964. The son of Alberic II, patricianship of Rome , and his stepsister Alda of Vienne, he was a seventh generation descendant of Charlemagne on his mother's side....
     (955–964)
13. Pope John XIII
    Pope John XIII
    
    John XIII of Crescenzi family served as Pope from October 1, 965 until his death.Born in Rome, he spent his career in the papal court. He was elected Pope John XIII five months after the death of Pope Leo VIII , as a compromise candidate, with the agreement of Emperor Otto I ....
     (965–972)
    • Antipope John VIII
      Antipope John VIII
      
      Pope John VIII or Pope John was an antipope of the Roman Catholicism Roman Catholic church, during the year of 844. On the death of Gregory IV the archdeacon John was proclaimed pope by popular acclamation, while the nobility elected Pope Sergius II, a Roman of noble birth....
      
14. Pope John XIV
    Pope John XIV
    
    John XIV was Pope from December, 983 to August 20, 984, successor to Pope Benedict VII He was born at Pavia, and before his elevation to the papal chair was imperial chancellor of Emperor Otto II , and was the latter's second choice....
     (983–984)
15. Pope John XV
    Pope John XV
    
    John XV , Pope from 985 to 996, succeeding antipope Boniface VII , .John XV was the son of Leo, a Rome presbyter. At the time he mounted the papal chair Crescentius II was Patrician of Rome, significantly hampering the pope's influence, but the presence of the Empress Theophano, regent for her son, Holy Roman Emperor Otto III , in Rome from...
     (985–996)
16. Antipope John XVI
    Antipope John XVI
    
    John XVI, born Johannes Philagathos, called by Latin chroniclers Piligato or Filagatto was an antipope from 997 to 998.Born at Rossano in the Byzantine territories of Southern Italy, he was the chaplain of Theophanu, the Empress consort of Emperor Otto II , who had come from Constantinople....
     (997–998) (no longer recognized as a legitimate pope)
17. Pope John XVII
    Pope John XVII
    
    John XVII , born in Sicco, was a native of Rome who succeeded Pope Silvester II as Pope on June 13, 1003, but died less than five months later....
     (1003)
18. Pope John XVIII
    Pope John XVIII
    
    John XVIII was Pope from 1004 to 1009.He was born Fasanius at Rapagnano, near Ascoli Piceno, the son of a Rome priest named Leo.During his whole pontificate he was allegedly subordinate to the head of the Crescentii clan who controlled Rome, the patricius Crescentii....
     (1003–1009)
19. Pope John XIX
    Pope John XIX
    
    John XIX , born Romanus, was Pope from 1024 to 1032.He succeeded his brother, Pope Benedict VIII , both being members of the powerful house of counts of Tusculum....
     (1024–1032)
20. Pope John XX
    Pope John XX
    
    There has never been a Pope John XX, because the 20th pope of this name, formerly Pope John XXI, decided to skip the number XX and to be counted as John XXI instead....
     (not an actual pope)
21. Pope John XXI
    Pope John XXI
    
    Pope John XXI , born Pedro Juli?o , a Portugal also called Pedro Hispano Note that the previous Pope named John was Pope John XIX and there is no Pope John XX ....
     (1276–1277)
22. Pope John XXII
    Pope John XXII
    
    Pope John XXII , born Jacques Du?ze , was pope from 1316 to 1334. He was the second Pope of the Avignon Papacy , elected by a Papal conclave in Lyon assembled by Philip V of France....
     (1316–1334)
23. Pope John XXIII
    Pope John XXIII
    
    Blessed Pope John XXIII , born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli , known as Blessed John XXIII since his beatification, was elected as the 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and monarch of Vatican City on 28 October 1958....
     (1958–1963)
    • Antipope John XXIII
      Antipope John XXIII
      
      Baldassarre Cossa , was antipope John XXIII during the Western Schism ....
      

See also

• List of popes
  List of popes
  
  There is no official list of popes, but the Annuario Pontificio, published every year by the Roman Curia, contains a list that is generally considered to be the most authoritative....
  
• Pope John Paul
  Pope John Paul
  
  Pope John Paul is the name of two Popes of the Roman Catholic Church:*Pope John Paul I , who named himself in honor of his predecessors, Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI....
  , named after John XXIII
  Pope John XXIII
  
  Blessed Pope John XXIII , born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli , known as Blessed John XXIII since his beatification, was elected as the 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and monarch of Vatican City on 28 October 1958....
   and Paul VI
  Pope Paul VI
  
  Pope Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and monarch of Vatican City from 1963 to 1978....
  , the only papal double name
• Pope Joan
  Pope Joan
  
  Pope Joan is the name of a legendary female pope, , who supposedly reigned for less than three years in the 850s, between the papacies of Pope Leo IV and Benedict III, and is known primarily from a legend that circulated in the Middle Ages....
  , according to legend, a female pope who reigned as John VIII
  Pope John VIII
  
  John VIII was pope from December 13, 872 to December 16, 882. He is often considered one of the ablest pontiffs of the ninth century and the last bright spot on the papacy until Pope Leo IX two centuries later....
  
• Pope John of Alexandria
  Pope John of Alexandria
  
  John has been the papal name of several Coptic Popes.* Patriarch John II of Alexandria * Patriarch John III of Alexandria * Pope John III of Alexandria ...