This page is alist of popes by country of origin. They are listed in chronological order within each section.
As the office ofpope has existed for almost two millennia, many of the countries of origin of popes no longer exist, and so they are grouped under their modern equivalents.
There have been 266 popes:
| Nationality | Number of popes | Year of Last Papacy |
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| Africa Province (Roman Empire) | 3 | 496 |
| Argentina | 1 | current |
| Asia Minor | 2 | 705 |
| Croatia (Kingdom of the Lombards) Dalmatia | 2 | 642 |
| England | 1 | 1159 |
| Kingdom of France (medieval) French part ofHoly Roman Empire | 16 | 1378 |
| German part ofHoly Roman Empire Modern Germany | 6 | 2013 |
| Roman Greece andByzantine Greece | 4 | 258 |
| Italian Peninsula(see table below) | 217 | 1978 |
| Roman Galilee Iudaea Province (Roman Empire) Byzantine Palestine | 3 | 469 |
| Dutch part ofHoly Roman Empire | 1 | 1523 |
| People's Republic of Poland | 1 | 2005 |
| Lusitania (Roman Empire) andPortugal | 2 | 1277 |
| Roman Syria andByzantine Syria | 5 | 741 |
| Spain (Valencia in theCrown of Aragon) | 2 | 1503 |
| Total | 266 |
Lusitania corresponds to present-dayPortugal.
These popes are from the Roman province ofAfrica, which corresponds to the coastal parts ofTunisia,Libya andAlgeria.
Dalmatia was at the time part of theRoman andByzantine Empires. It is now part of the modernRepublic of Croatia.
The concept of nationality only arose during the Middle Ages.[citation needed]
England is part of the modernUnited Kingdom.
French is the most common non-Italian papal ancestry. Sixteenpopes have hadFrench ancestry, all in the second half of themedieval era. The seven popes of theAvignon Papacy were French and are bolded. Since the end of the Avignon Papacy, no French person has been elected pope.
TheItalian Peninsula, from the beginning of the Middle Ages until the proclamation of theKingdom of Italy, was divided into numerous city-states and other political entities. Among these, thePapal States was the birthplace of most of the popes. Other Italian states where more popes were born were theRepublic of Venice, theKingdom of Naples, theRepublic of Genoa, theDuchy of Milan and theFlorentine Republic and its successor theGrand Duchy of Tuscany.
TheKingdom of Valencia was then part of the possessions of theCrown of Aragon; it is now part of modernSpain.
San Pedro (32 AD-67). Judío, Pescador. Nació en 4 A.C. Casado, con una hija: Petronila. Nombre arameo: Simón Bar- Jona.* The list of popes is based on the following bibliography:
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