Timeline of the Catholic Church
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Our Lord names St Peter as the rock on which the Church will be built
67
St Peter dies > St Linus becomes pope
76
St Linus dies > St Anacletus (aka Cletus) becomes pope
88
St Anacletus dies > St Clement becomes pope
97
Pope St Clement I dies > St Evaristus becomes pope
105
Pope St Evaristus dies > St Alexander becomes pope
115
Pope St Alexander dies > St Sixtus (aka Xystus I) becomes pope
125
Pope Sixtus I dies > St Telesphorus becomes pope
136
Pope St Telesphorus dies > St Hyginus becomes pope
140
Pope St Hyginus dies > St Pius I becomes pope
155
Pope St Pius I dies > St Anicetus becomes pope
166
Pope St Anicetus dies > St Soter becomes pope
175
Pope St Soter dies > St Eleutherius becomes pope
189
Pope St Eleutherius dies > St Victor I becomes pope
199
Pope St Victor I dies > St Zephyrinus becomes pope
217
Pope St Zephyrinus dies > St Callistus I becomes pope
222
Pope St Callistus I dies > St Urban I becomes pope
230
Pope St Urban I dies > St Pontain becomes pope
235
Pope St Pontain dies > St Anterus becomes pope
236
Pope St Anterus dies > St Fabian becomes pope
250
Pope St Fabian dies
251
St Cornelius becomes pope
253
Pope St Cornelius dies > St Lucius I becomes pope
254
Pope St Lucius dies > St Stephen I becomes pope
257
Pope St Stephen I dies > St Sixtus II becomes pope
258
Pope St Sixtus II dies
260
St Dionysius becomes pope
268
Pope St Dionysisus dies
269
St Felix I becomes pope
274
Pope St Felix I dies
275
St Eutychian becomes pope
283
Pope St Eutychian dies > St Caius (aka Gaius) becomes pope
296
Pope St Caius dies > St Marcellinus becomes pope
304
Pope St Marcellinus dies
308
St Marcellus I becomes pope
309
Pope St Marcellus I dies
309 or 10
St Eusebius becomes pope
311
Pope St Eusebius dies > St Miltiades becomes pope
314
Pope St Miltiades dies > St Sylvester becomes pope
19th Jun First Ecumenical Council: Nicaea I*
335
Pope St Sylvester dies
336
St Marcus becomes pope and dies in this year
337
St Julius I becomes pope
352
Pope St Julius dies > Liberius becomes pope
354
Birth of St Augustine of Hippo
366
Pope Liberius dies > St Damasus I becomes pope
Second Ecumenical Council: Constantinople I*
383
Pope St Damasus I dies
384
St Siricius becomes pope
399
Pope St Siricius dies > St Anastasius I becomes pope
401
Pope St Anastasius I dies > St Innocent I becomes pope
417
Pope Innocent I dies > St Zosimus becomes pope
418
Pope St Zosimus dies > St Boniface I becomes pope
422
Pope St Boniface I dies > St Celestine I becomes pope
430
St Augustine of Hippo dies
Third Ecumenical Council: Ephesus*
432
St Celestine I dies > St Sixtus III becomes pope
440
Pope St Sixtus III dies > St Leo I The Great becomes pope
Fourth Ecumenical Council: Chalcedon
461
Pope St Leo I The Great dies > St Hilarius becomes pope
468
Pope St Hilarius dies > St Simplicius becomes pope
480
Birth of St Benedict, founder of the Benedictine Order
483
Pope St Simplicius dies > St Felix III (II) becomes pope
492
Pope St Felix III (II) dies > St Gelasius I becomes pope
496
Pope St Gelasius I dies > Anastasius II becomes pope
498
Pope Anastasius II dies > St Symmachus becomes pope
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