Pope Pius X in TiaraPope Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto) wears the TIARA, the traditional Triple Crown symbolising his power and authority
St Peters Basilica, Vatican, Rome, ItalySt Peters Basilica with its iconic dome, viewed from St Peters Square in the Vatican City, Rome, Italy
St Michael Archangel by Guido Reni Date: 1635
Statue of St Peter, Basilica di San Giovanni in LateranoStatue of St Peter in the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (Basilica of St John Lateran) in Rome, Italy. This cathedral is the official ecclesiastical seat of the Bishop of Rome, ie the Pope
Pope Pius XII (Card)POPE PIUS XII (Eugenio Pacelli) in 1950
Pope Pius X PhotoPOPE PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint
PIUS V, Saint (1504-1572). Pope (1566-1572). Portrait by an anonymous author. Italian school. Painting
Pope Pius X, Giuseppe Sarto, in his Pontifical robes at the Vatican. Date: 1835 - 1914
HERRERA, Francisco de, called el Mozo (1622-1685)" HERRERA, Francisco de, called " el Mozo" (1622-1685). Pope Saint Leo. 1660. Portrait seated and dressed as Pontiff with the Caravaca Cross. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid
Pope Innocent X by VelazquezPope Innocent X by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y VELAZQUEZ, (1599-1660). Baroque art. Oil on canvas
Between Berlin and Rome - Otto von Bismarck and Pope Leo XIII play a straegic game of chess. Cartoon from Kladderadatsch, 1875
Tarot Card 2 - La Papesse (The Female Pope)Pope Joan or Joanna depicted on a tarot card. Pope Joan was a legendary female pope, thought to have reigned for a time during the Middle Ages, but probably a fabrication
The Pope Urban II consecrates the altar of the church of the Cluny abbey (1085). Miniature of 12th c. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library
Reformation in EnglandTitle-page of a history of the Reformation in England : Henry VIII defies the pope, Edward VI prays, Mary burns Ridley, Latimer, Cranmer; Elizabeth sets all right
Dahlias spPlate 1 from The Beauties of Flora 1820, by Samuel Curtis (1779-1860) with drawings by Clara Maria Pope. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
URBAN II (c. 1035 - 1099). First Crusade (1095). Council of Clermont. Pope Urban II authorizes the departure to the Crusades. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris
Pope Pius X (Van. Fair)POPE PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint
Pope Pius XIPOPE PIUS XI
Ms - Pope in CouncilThe Pope in council - illustration to the Decretum of Gratian of Chiusi, a treatise on canon law
Vatican Council / 1870The Ecclesiastical Council at Rome
Saint Fabian and Saint SebastianSaint Fabian, pope and saint and Saint Sebastian. They are both catholic martyrs of the era of Emperor Decius (as he considered them as rivals)
Queen Elizabeth II visits the VaticanQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with Pope John XXIII in the throne room of the Vatican, the meeting coming at the end of a three day State visit to Rome in 1961. Date: 1961
Moses by MichaelangeloThe Moses (c. 15131515) is a masterpiece of High Renaissance sculpture by the renowned artist Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome
The NeedleWorker, WW1 knitting with Jessie Pope poemPage from The Needle Worker from March 1915, advising readers on knitting for men and boys and featuring, The Knitting Song, a poem by Jessie Pope
Lorenzo RicciLORENZO RICCI - Italian general of the Jesuits when it was being widely attacked, despite his personal qualities imprisoned by the Pope in the Castels Angelo where he died. Date: 1703 - 1775
John Wyclif and the LollardsJohn Wyclif, Christian theologian and reformer, sending out some of his followers, known as Lollards, on their teaching missions
Anti-Catholic graffiti, Belfast, Northern IrelandAnti-Catholic graffiti on a wall in Belfast, Northern Ireland -- No Pope Here. Date: 1969
Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903). Engraving. ColoredLeo XIII (1810-1903). Italian Pope (1878-1903), named Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci. Engraving by Knesing in The Catalan Illustration, 1893. Colored
Alexander Pope - English poets houseAlexander Pope (1688-1744) - English poets house on the River Thames at Twickenham circa 1780
Pope Pius XII CrownedPius XII is crowned as the new pope
Pope Pius X BlessingPOPE PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint receiving pilgrims from Lombardy at the Vatican
Pope Joan or Joanna, legendary female popePope Joan or Joanna, a legendary female pope, thought to have reigned for a time during the Middle Ages, but probably a fabrication, as there is no contemporary evidence
POPE DAMASUS I pope and saint Date: reigned 366 - 384
Pope Lucius IIIPOPE LUCIUS III (Ubaldo Allucingoli)
Pope Clemens VIPOPE CLEMENS VI (Pierre Roger) resided at Avignon
St Boniface / Boat TripSAINT BONIFACE (Wynfryth, of Crediton) departing from England to undertake missionary work in Germany, on behalf of Pope Gregory II
Pope Pius VPOPE PIUS V (Michele Ghislieri) pope and saint
Gregorius VII (Knille)POPE GREGORIUS VII (Hildebrand) Despite being a saint, he quarrelled with emperor Heinrich IV, humiliating him at Canossa
Fall / Papillon / 1939A group of four papillons owned by Mrs Pope
Pope Pius VIPOPE PIUS VI (Giovanni Angelo Braschi)
Pope Pius VI (Dupin)POPE PIUS VI (Giovanni Angelo Braschi) captured and deported to Valence by the French
Pope Sixtus IPOPE XYSTUS (SIXTUS) I pope and saint
Pope DionysiusPOPE DIONYSIUS pope and saint
Pope -s Natale DressTHE POPE con Coppa nella notte di San Natale (dressed for the night of San Natale)
Hungary ConvertsIstvan I (Saint Stephen), converts the Magyars to Christianity : his envoy the archbishop Astricius obtains from pope Silvester II the title of Apostolic King
Sir Philip Gibbs - 1SIR PHILIP GIBBS Journalist whose outspoken reporting from the front in WW1 got him into trouble: first journalist to interview the Pope. War historian. Date: 1877 - 1962
Pope and Son PoisonedPope Alexander VI(Rodrigo Borgia) and his son Cesare are allegedly poisoned while dining with Cardinal Corneto
Habrecht Clock 1589Astronomical clock made by Isaac Habrecht for pope Sextus V
