Pope St Zephyrinus

Pope St. Zephyrinus

The pontificate of this first third-century pope was to see a storm of heresy rage around the pontiff, who had to keep a firm...
Pope St Gregory The Great

Pope St. Gregory The Great

Pope St. Gregory was born in Rome, the son of a wealthy Roman Senator. His mother was St. Sylvia. He followed the career of public...
Pope St. Cornelius

Pope St. Cornelius

Pope St. Cornelius whose feast day is September 16th. A Roman priest, Cornelius was elected Pope to succeed Fabian in an election delayed fourteen...
Pope St. Mark

Pope St. Mark

Date of birth unknown; consecrated 18 Jan., 336; d. 7 Oct., 336. After the death of Pope Sylvester, Mark was raised to the Roman...
Bl. Pope John XXIII

Blessed Pope John XXIII

Although few people had as great an impact on the 20th century as Pope John XXIII, he avoided the limelight as much as possible....
Pope St. Calixtus

Pope St. Callistus

Imagine that your biography was written by an enemy of yours. And that its information was all anyone would have not only for the...
Pope St. Leo the Great

Pope St. Leo the Great

It is regrettable that so little is known about the early life of this man who proved to be such an extraordinary shepherd of...
Pope St Gelasius I

Pope St. Gelasius I

Pope St. Gelasius I, was born in Rome, in the fifth century, the son of an African named Valerius. Some have asserted that Gelasius...
Pope St. Damasus I

Pope St. Damasus I

Probably born near the city of Idanha-a-Nova in what is present-day Portugal. His life coincided with the rise of Constantine I and the reunion...

Pope Bl. Urban V

Blessed Pope Urban V was born Guillaume de Grimoard at Grisac in Languedoc, 1310.  He studied canon law and theology in Avignon and became...