Pope Alexander

There have been eight Popes and Antipopes named Alexander.

  • Pope Alexander I (c. 106 – c. 115)
  • Pope Alexander II (1061–1073)
  • Pope Alexander III (1159–1181)
  • Pope Alexander IV (1254–1261)
  • Antipope Alexander V (1409–1410) (Considered to be an Antipope; however, the next Pope Alexander took the name Alexander VI due to confusion over Alexander V's status at the time.)
  • Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503)
  • Pope Alexander VII (1655–1667)
  • Pope Alexander VIII (1689–1691)
Not to be confused with Alexander Pope.

Famous quotes containing the word pope:

    “From pride, from pride, our very reas’ning springs;
    Account for moral, as for nat’ral things:
    Why charge we Heav’n in those, in these acquit?
    In both, to reason right is to submit.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)