Famous Popes Quiz

Can you identify which fun fact belongs to each Pope of the Catholic Church?

Make sure you include the number behind each pope's name! For example "Benedict" will not work for "Benedict XVI"

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Last updated: April 28, 2026

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Papacy Reign

Description

Pope

(30–64)

the first pope; one of the 12 apostles

Peter

(440–461)

persuaded Attila the Hun not to invade Italy

Leo I

(1049–1054)

reigned during the Great Schism

Leo IX

(1088–1099)

the initiator of The First Crusade

Urban II

(1492–1503)

extremely corrupt; used the papacy to enrich himself and his children, Cesare and Lucrezia

Alexander VI

(1503–1513)

"The Warrior Pope"; commissioned Michelangelo to pain the Sistine Chapel

Julius II

(1513–1521)

aristocrat who sold indulgences to fund construction projects; provoked Martin Luther to write the 95 Theses

Leo X

(1566–1572)

excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I and anyone who obeyed her, causing Elizabeth to persecute Catholics for treason

Pius V

(1572–1585)

revised the Julian Calendar, primarily correcting the frequency of leap years

Gregory XIII

(2013–2025)

first pope to be born in the Western Hemisphere

Francis

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