List of popes by country

This page is a list of popes by country of origin. They are listed in chronological order within each section.

As the office of pope has existed for almost two millennia, many of the countries of origin of popes no longer exist, and so they are grouped under their modern equivalents. Popes from Italy are in a separate section, given the very large number of popes from that peninsula.

Statistics table

NationalityNumber of PopesPercentage of total
Africa Province (Roman Empire)31.1
Argentina 1 0.4
Croatia (Kingdom of the Lombards)10.4
England10.4
Kingdom of France (medieval)
French part of Holy Roman Empire		186.8
German part of Holy Roman Empire
Modern Germany		62.2
Roman Greece
Byzantine Greece		93.4
Italian Peninsula (see table below)19071.7
Roman Galilee
Iudaea Province (Roman Empire)
Byzantine Palestine		31.1
Dutch part of Holy Roman Empire10.4
People's Republic of Poland10.4
Lusitania (Roman Empire)
Portugal		20.8
Roman Syria
Byzantine Syria		52.3
Valencia (part of the Crown of Aragon)20.8
Unknown238.7
Total266

Italian Peninsula

NationalityNumber of PopesPercentage of ItaliansPercentage of total
Roman Italy2111.17.9
Ostrogothic Kingdom93.22.3
Byzantine Italy2211.78.3
Republic of Florence
Duchy of Florence
Grand Duchy of Tuscany		63.22.3
Republic of Genoa31.61.1
Italian part of Holy Roman Empire31.61.1
Papal States11762.244.1
Republic of Venice31.61.1
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)42.11.5
Italian Republic31.61.1
Total Italians19071.7

Popes from the Roman and Byzantine Empire

Roman Africa

These popes are from the Roman province of Africa, which corresponds to the northwest coast of the continent.

Roman Dalmatia

Dalmatia was at the time part of the Roman and Byzantine Empires. It is now part of the modern Republic of Croatia.

Greece

Roman Italy

Byzantine Italy

Roman Galilee and Iudaea Province

Roman Sardinia

Roman and Byzantine Syria

Lusitania Province

Lusitania corresponds to present-day #Portugal.

Byzantine Sicily

Popes by nationality

The concept of nationality only arose during the middle ages.

Argentina

England

England is part of the modern United Kingdom.

France

Kingdom of France (medieval)

Holy Roman Empire

Germany

Holy Roman Empire

Netherlands

The Netherlands were at the time part of the Holy Roman Empire.

Federal Republic of Germany

Italian peninsula

Ostrogothic Kingdom

Papal States

Italy in the Holy Roman Empire

Republic of Genoa

Republic of Venice

Republic of Florence/Duchy of Florence/Grand Duchy of Tuscany

Kingdom of Italy (modern) and Italian Republic

Poland

Portugal

Spain

Valencia

The Kingdom of Valencia was then part of the possessions of the Crown of Aragon; it is now part of modern Spain.

Unknown nationality

Bibliography

  • Saints and Sinners, a History of the Popes. Yale University Press. 1997. ISBN 0-300-07332-1.
  • The Incredible Book of Vatican Facts and Papal Curiosities – a treasury of trivia, Gramercy Books, New York, 1998 ISBN 0-517-22083-0

References

    • "Every Pope ever: the full list". Archived from the original on Dec 31, 2013. at The Guardian
    • "Lista de los Papas: y comentarios triviales". rcadena.net (in Spanish). Translated by R. Cadena Cepeda. Retrieved Aug 13, 2018. San Pedro (32 AD-67). Judío, Pescador. Nació en 4 A.C. Casado, con una hija: Petronila. Nombre arameo: Simón Bar- Jona. [1]
    1. ↑ The list of Popes is based on the following bibliography:
      1. "Crónica de los Papas": of P.G. Maxwell Stuart,
      2. "Vatican facts": of Nino Lo Bello,
      3. "Saints and Sinners": of historician Eamon Duffy
      4. Liber Pontificalis
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