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 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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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...

Saint Paul in the first century. The papacy is one of the most enduring institutions in the world and has had a prominent part in human history. In ancient...

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...

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...

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...

landowner, not as a sovereign entity. Following the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the papacy found itself increasingly placed in a precarious and vulnerable...

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...

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....

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 what...

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

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

(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...

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...

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...

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...

importance for the life of the church". He cited his deteriorating strength due to old age and the physical and mental demands of the papacy. He also declared...

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...

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...

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

support of claims of political authority by the papacy. In many of the existing manuscripts, including the oldest, the document bears the title Constitutum...

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...

their election as pope, and others were accused of being sexually active during their papacies. A number of them had offspring. There are various classifications...

occurred on the date given by Burchard, but give fewer details of the festivities. Vatican researcher Peter de Roo, in his five-volume history of Alexander...