Pope Paul V commissioned Carlo Maderno to build the facade of St Peter's Basilica, which he completed in 1614, and which bears the pope's name.
Pope Paul V restored the Aqua Traiana, which he renamed the Acqua Paola, bringing water to the right bank. He also commissioned the grand Fontana dell' Acqua Paola.
The funerary monument to Pope Benedict XIV is in St Peter's Basilica, where he is buried.
Pope Clement XIII by Anton Raphael Mengs, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice
Pope Clement XIII, Carlo Rezzonico (b. Venice), 06.07.1758 - 02.02.1769 (65/75).
The funerary monument to Pope Clement XIII is in St Peter's Basilica, where he is buried.
Pope Clement XIV, Giovanni Vincenzo Ganganelli (b. Sant' Arcangelo di Romagna), 19.05.1769 - 22.09.1774 (63/68).
The funerary monument to Pope Clement XIV is in the church of Santi Apostoli, where he is buried.
In 1773, Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Society of Jesus.
Pope Pius VI by Pompeo Batoni, National Gallery of Ireland
Pope Pius VI, Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi (b. Cesena), 15.02.1775 - 29.08.1799 (57/81).
Pope Pius VI died in the French city of Valence, a prisoner of Napoleon. His heart was buried in Valence, the rest of his remains were interred in St Peter's Basilica.
19th Century
Pope Pius VII by Jacques-Louis David, Louvre
Pope Pius VII, Count Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti (b. Cesena), 14.03.1800 - 20.08.1823 (57/81).
Pope Pius VII adopted the white and yellow flag of the Holy See.
Leo XIII is one of only three popes to have reigned for a minimum of twenty-five years, the length of time St Peter was believed to have been pontiff.
The funerary monument to Pope Leo XIII is in the church of San Giovanni in Laterano, where he is buried.
20th Century
Pope Pius X by Francesco De Federicis
Pope St. Pius X, Giuseppe Sarto (b. Riese), 04.08.1903 - 20.08.1914 (68/79).
The funerary monument to Pope Pius X is in St Peter's Basilica, where he is buried.
On May 29th 1954, Pope Pius X was canonised by Pope Pius XII.
Pope Benedict XV by Nicola Perscheid
Pope Benedict XV, Giacomo della Chiesa (b. Genoa), 03.09.1914 - 22.01.1922 (59/67).
The funerary monument to Pope Benedict XV is in St Peter's Basilica, where he is buried.
Pope Pius XI by Philip Alexius de László
Pope Pius XI, Achille Ratti (b. Desio, Milan), 06.02.1922 - 10.02.1939 (64/81).
Pope Pius XI became the first sovereign of Vatican City when is was founded as an independent state on February 11th 1929.
The funerary monument to Pope Pius XI is in St Peter's Basilica, where he is buried.
Colour Photograph of Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII, Eugenio Pacelli (b. Rome), 02.03.1939 - 09.10.1958 (63/82).
Pius XII invoked papal infallibility in the apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus (1950), which defined the dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
The funerary monument to Pope Pius XII is in St Peter's Basilica, where he is buried.
Pope John XXIII
Pope St. John XXIII, Angelo Roncalli (b. Sotto il Monte, Bergamo), 28.10.1958 - 03.06.1963 (76/81).
On October 11th 1962, Pope John XXIII opened the first session of the Second Vatican Council.
On October 14th 2018, Pope Paul VI was canonised by Pope Francis.
Pope John Paul I
Pope John Paul I, Albino Luciani (b. Forno di Canale, Belluno); 26.08.1978 - 28.09.1978 (65/65).
John Paul I, who reigned for just 33 days, was the first pope to choose two names, which he chose in honour of his two predecessors. He was also the first pope to use 'first' in his papal name.
John Paul I was the last pope to use the sedia gestatoria, a portable ceremonial chair, which was carried on the shoulders of 12 footmen.
Pope John Paul I is buried in St Peter's Basilica. There is no funerary monument.
On September 4th 2022, Pope John Paul I was beatified by Pope Francis.
Monument to Pope John Paul II, by Oliviero Rainaldi
Pope St. John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla (b. Krakow, Poland), 16.10.1978 - 02.04.2005 (58/84).
John Paul II, who was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years, is one of only three popes to have reigned for more than twenty-five years.
Pope John Paul II is buried in St Peter's Basilica. There is no funerary monument.
Pope John Paul II was canonised by Pope Francis on April 27th 2014.
21st Century
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger (b. Marktl am Inn, Germany), 19.04.2005 - 28.02.2013 (78/85).
Benedict XVI was the first pope since Gregory XII (r. 1406-15) to resign.