Giulio took the name Clement VII when elected pope himself in 1524 ... Alessandro Algardi, The tomb of Pope Leo XI, St Peter's Basilica, 1644 (erected 1652) Russell Mountford / Alamy Stock ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Jesus says that he knows his sheep and that they listen to his voice and follow him,” he said, adding that Pope St. Gregory the Great ... He then went to the nearby tomb of the first Latin ...

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 ...

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.

Bruno of Carinthia (in what is now Austria) took the name Gregory V upon being ... conclave in 1378 elected him pope, 647 years ago. He took the name Urban VII. In 1513, Cardinal Giovanni di ...