Catholicism, the history of the papacy, the office held by the pope as head of the Catholic Church, spans from the time of Peter to the present day. In the first...

The history of the papacy from 1046 to 1216 was marked by conflict between popes and the Holy Roman Emperor, most prominently the Investiture Controversy...

The Byzantine Papacy was a period of Byzantine domination of the Roman Papacy from 537 to 752, when popes required the approval of the Byzantine Emperor...

The Avignon Papacy (French: Papauté d'Avignon) was the period from 1309 to 1376 during which seven successive popes resided in Avignon (at the time within...

The Renaissance Papacy was a period of papal history between the Western Schism and the Reformation. From the election of Pope Martin V of the Council...

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him as the "rock" upon which the Church would be built. While his office is called the papacy, the jurisdiction of the episcopal see is called the Holy...

claim to the Alexandrine papacy was dismissed by both the Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III and Pope Theodore II of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria...

rum], "the dark age/century"), also known as the Pornocracy or the Rule of the Harlots, was a period in the history of the papacy during the first two...

Short History of the Catholic Church. Scepter. ISBN 978-1-85182-125-9. La Due, William J. (1999). The Chair of Saint Peter: A History of the Papacy. Maryknoll...

The Tusculan Papacy was a period of papal history from 1012 to 1048 where three successive relatives of the counts of Tusculum were installed as pope...

number of features pertaining to sovereignty, such as diplomatic relations since in canon law these were inherent in the papacy. In the 1920s, the papacy –...

1910, p. 77. Heywood, 1910, p. 101. Creighton, 1882, A history of the papacy during the period of the reformation, Volume 1, p. 121-22. Heywood, 1910, p....

The papacy has been surrounded by numerous legends. Among the most famous are the claims that the papal tiara bears the Number of the Beast inscriptions...

(2003-09-02). A Short History of the Papacy in the Middle Ages. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-41535-9. Kelly, J. N. D. (2010). A Dictionary of Popes. Oxford University...

From 756 to 857, the papacy shifted from the influence of the Byzantine Empire to that of the kings of the Franks. Pepin the Short (ruled 751–768), Charlemagne...

during and Counter-Reformation, specifically at the Council of Trent. The institution of the papacy underwent attacks by many Protestant reformers, including...

Pepin the Short of the Franks defeated the Lombards and granted the lands of the Duchy of Rome as well as territory ceased by the Lombards to the Papacy in...

Papacy in early Christianity was the period in papal history between 30 AD, when according to Catholic doctrine, Saint Peter effectively assumed his pastoral...

interdict, and because the French pope was resented in Rome, he was crowned in Orvieto. The influence of Viterbo on the papacy declined after Martin IV's...

during the Rule of the Harlots, between 904 and 964. Pope Benedict IX had been elected Pope three times and had sold the Papacy. In 1054 the "Great Schism"...

City History of Christian flags "Flag of Vatican City". Retrieved 2021-09-26. vertically divided yellow-white national flag with an emblem on the white...

roses on the tomb of the recently canonized John Paul II, and said he wanted to meet Pope Francis, a request that was denied. Ağca was born in the Hekimhan...

History of the Papacy during the period of the Reformation. Vol. II., p. 239. Creighton (21 March 1882). A History of the Papacy during the period of...

the most well-known abdications in recent history is that of King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom and the Dominions. In 1936 Edward abdicated to marry...

Pastor, History of the Papacy, the Bulls of Gregory XV, Aeterni Patris, and Decet Romanum Pontificem 1621–1622 Francis Burkle Young, Conclaves in the 15th...

his election, he was bishop of Florence. During his Papacy, Nicholas II successfully expanded the influence of the papacy in Milan and southern Italy...

The Donation of Pepin in 756 provided a legal basis for the creation of the Papal States, thus extending the temporal rule of the popes beyond the duchy...

by a third line of Pisan claimants in 1409. The schism was driven by personalities and political allegiances, with the Avignon Papacy being closely associated...

Catherine of Siena is one of the outstanding figures of medieval Catholicism due to the strong influence she had in the history of the papacy and her extensive...