List of Popes

This is a list of Popes, i.e. the religious heads of the Roman Catholic Church and temporal rulers of the Papal States. Antipopes and other challengers are not included.
For a complete list of Popes predating the Arthurverse point of divergence, Wikipedia is recommended.
==List of popes==
===13th century===
	Name	Pontificate	Personal name 	Place of birth 	Notes
	Gregory IX
Papa GREGORIUS Nonus	1227–1242 	Ugolino dei Conti di Segni	Anagnini, Papal States 	
	Innocent IV
Papa INNOCENTIUS Quartus	1242–1250 	Sinibaldo Fieschi 	Genoa, Republic of Genoa 	Called the Sixth Crusade against the Byzantine Empire.
	Celestine IV
Papa COELESTINUS Quartus	1250–1252 	Enrico Dandolo 	Venice, Most Serene Republic of Venice	Infamously deposed for favoring his birth family, particularly his brother Ezzelino Dandolo, Duke of Tuscany
	Alexander IV
Papa ALEXANDAER Quartus	1252–1267 	Rinaldo dei Conti di Jenni	Jenne, Papal States 	Raised as Antipope to Celestine IV, later legitimized
	Clement IV
Papa CLEMENS Quartus	1267–1272 	Guy Faucoi 	Saint-Gilles, Languedoc, France 	Pro-French and Anti-Imperial papacy. Clement IV offered the Crown of Burgundy to Louis X of France and passed away in a fit of rage upon his refusal.
	Nicholas III
Papa NICOLAUS Tertius	1272–1284 	Giovanni Gaetano Orsini 	Rome, Papal States 	Opposed Theodoric, Holy Roman Emperor, and raised Bohemond II of Syria and Armenia to Emperor of the East, creating the Latin Empire. His pontificate saw the weakening of Papal spiritual and temporal authority.
	Innocent V
Papa INNOCENTIUS Quintus	1284–1287 	João Pedro Julião 	Lisbon, Portugal 	Imperial candidate to the papacy.
	Martin IV
Papa MARTINUS Quartus	1288–1290 	Simon de Brion 	Meinpicien, France 	Compromise candidate of the Imperial and anti-imperial factions. Maintained Papal neutrality.
	Alexander V
Papa ALEXANDAER Quintus	1291–1304 	Bryan Danielson 	England 	Elected as the Imperial candidate, he denounced Louis X of France. Alexander V excommunicated the Teutonic Order. He was expelled from Rome by the Roman nobility and died in Florence.
===14th century===
	Name	Pontificate	Personal name 	Place of birth 	Notes
	John XX
Papa IOANNES Vicesimus	1304–
(incumbent)	Randolphe Salazar	Guimarães, Portugal	Moved the seat of the Holy See from unstable Italy to Avignon and favored the Kings of France. Dubbed "Snek Pope" by the player base.
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