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'''The List of Popes''' is the succession list of the Popes or Bishops from Rome from [[Saint Peter]] to His Holiness [[Pope Francis]], the 266th Bishop of Rome.
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==List of Popes of the First Two Centuries==
Non-Catholic Ecclesiastical Historian Philip Schaff wrote:<ref>http://www.biblicalcatholic.com/apologetics/PeterRockKeysPrimacyRome.htm</ref>
"St. Peter (d. 64 or 67)
St. Linus (67-76)
St. Anacletus (76-88)
St. Clement I (88-97)
St. Evaristus (97-105)
St. Alexander I (105-115)
St. Sixtus I (115-125)
St. Telesphorus (125-136)
St. Hyginus (136-140)
St. Pius I (140-155)
St. Anicetus (155-166)
St. Soter (166-175)
St. Eleutherius (175-189)
St. Victor I (189-199)
"It must in justice be admitted, however, that the list of Roman bishops has by far the preminence in age, completeness, integrity of succession, consistency of doctrine and policy, above every similar catalogue, not excepting those of Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, and Constantinople...."<ref>Schaff, Philip. ''History of the Christian Church''. Volume 2, page 166.</ref>.
==References==