Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. The conclave to elect the 267th pope of the Catholic Church begins ...

The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 ... The most prominent antipopes during the Western Schism were Clement VII, Benedict XIII, Alexander V, and John XXIII.

Six hundred years later, Pope Gregory VII forced the brilliant monarch of the Holy Roman Empire, Henry IV, to walk barefoot in the snow for miles before granting him forgiveness at Canossa ...

After the Pierleonis’ choice became Pope Celestine III, the Frangipanis burst into the church with an armed force, demanding they pick their favorite cardinal instead. In 1241, Pope Gregory IX ...

Gregory VII: This Gregory was one of the 16 men by that name and is not to be confused with the more famous Gregory the Great. This pope was a reformer, who struggled to deal with the problems of ...

For many centuries, new popes tended to choose the name of the pope who had elevated them to cardinal. John was the most popular, chosen by 23 popes, followed by Benedict and Gregory, each with 16.

The Rev. Patrick Flanagan, associate professor of theology and religious studies at St. John’s University in New York, says Gregory X ... died to give Pope Clement VII time enough to escape ...

Pope Urban VII reigned for 12 days ... rather than to die in office, since Gregory XII more than 600 years ago, in 1415. Pope Benedict XVI. Pope John Paul II. He was the first Polish pope and ...

SNAP also presented a road map for the pope’s first 100 ... and reduced the menu to bread and water. The pope who came out of that election, Gregory X, decreed in 1274 that after three days ...