his list contains all Popes in Rome
during the tenure of the Knights Templar. I have added a few details to the
Popes who figure more prominently in the Order's history.
| Urban II | 1081-1099 | Launched the First Crusade at Clermont-Ferrand in 1095 | |
| Paschal II | 1099-1118 | ||
| Gelasius II | 1118-1119 | ||
| Calixtus II | 1119-1124 | ||
| Honorius II | 1124-1130 | ||
| Innocent II | 1130-1143 | Author of bull Omne Datum Optimum | |
| Celestine II | 1143-1144 | Author of bull Milites Templi | |
| Lucius II | 1144-1145 | Author of bull Militia Dei | |
| Eugenius III | 1145-1153 | ||
| Anastasius IV | 1153-1154 | ||
| Adrian IV | 1154-1159 | ||
| Alexander III | 1159-1181 | ||
| Lucius III | 1181-1185 | ||
| Urban III | 1185-1187 | ||
| Gregory VIII | 1187 | ||
| Clement III | 1187-1191 | ||
| Celestine III | 1191-1198 | ||
| Innocent III | 1198-1216 | Author of bull that demanded more humility from Templars, De Insolentia Templariorum | |
| Honorius III | 1216-1227 | ||
| Gregory IX | 1227-1241 | ||
| Celestine IV | 1241 | ||
| Innocent IV | 1243-1254 | ||
| Alexander IV | 1254-1261 | ||
| Urban IV | 1261-1264 | ||
| Clement IV | 1265-1268 | ||
| Gregory X | 1271-1276 | ||
| Innocent V | 1276 | ||
| Adrian V | 1276 | ||
| John XXI | 1276-1277 | ||
| Nicholas III | 1277-1280 | ||
| Martin IV | 1281-1285 | ||
| Honorius IV | 1285-1287 | ||
| Nicholas IV | 1288-1292 | ||
| Celestine V | 1294 | ||
| Boniface VIII | 1294-1303 | Suffered false persecution at the hands of Philip the Fair, much in the same vein as the Templars a bit later | |
| Benedict XI | 1303-1304 | ||
| Clement V | 1305-1314 | Instrumental in the fall of the Templars - added the element of war between the Papacy and Philip to the trial and suffering of the Order. Author of e.g. the bulls Pastoralis Praeeminentiae, Vox in Excelso, and Ad providam. |
