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phil8888
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Does anyone know where I can find a list of the religious orders of all the popes?
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benedictgal
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I do not have the website, but, if memory serves, I believe that there have been some Domincan popes. That is where, I believe, the usage of the white vesture (cassock) began. A Dominican pope decided to maintain his white vesture and it’s been done ever since. I hope I’m right. I am still celebrating from a double victory (Spurs and Longhorns 
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Frosty
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Perhaps some books on the Popes throughout the history of the Catholic Church might help.
The fact is though, that of the 265 Popes, only a handful have belonged to any religious order. There were a few who were monks: Pope St. Gregory the Great was a monk of the order he established in honour of St. Andrew: Pope Urban II belonged to the monastery of Cluny; Pope Victor III was abbot of the Benedictine Monastery of Monte Casino; Pope Paschal II was a Cluniac Monk and Pope Gregory XVI [the most recent Pope to belong to an order; his pontificate was from 1831 to 1846] belonged to the religious Order of Carmaldolese, part of the Benedictine’s.
Pope St. Pius V was a Dominican as was Pope Benedict XIII. Popes Clement XIV and Sixtus V were Franciscans. Popes Celestine V and Pius VII were Benedictines. Apart from these few men, all the rest [as far as I am aware from reading many book on the papacy and its history] had no religious affiliation with any religious Order. They were secular priests or deacons if indeed they even had received Orders before becoming Pope.
Pope St. Pius V was the Dominican who continued to wear his white habit, thus originating the white simar the modern pontiffs have worn.
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Marauder
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If you just want a quick listing for personal reasons the wikipedia article tiltled List of Popes lists every Pope and for the ones that were in orders lists their order. How accurate the list is, is anyones guess since it is wikipeida but it will give you a rough idea.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes
The following is part of the article (based on just looking at it, it probably doesn’t include those Popes that were members of secular Orders like the equivalent of today’s SFO):
33 popes have been members of religious orders. These have included:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes
The following is part of the article (based on just looking at it, it probably doesn’t include those Popes that were members of secular Orders like the equivalent of today’s SFO):
33 popes have been members of religious orders. These have included:
- 16 Benedictines (Gregory I, Boniface IV, Adeodatus II, Leo IV, John IX, Leo VII, Stephen IX, Gregory VII, Victor III, Urban II, Gelasius II, Celestine IV, Nicholas III, Celestine V, Urban V, and Pius VII)
- 5 Dominicans (Innocent V, Benedict XI, Nicholas V, Pius V, and Benedict XIII)
- 4 Cistercians (Paschal II, Eugene III, Gregory X, and Benedict XII)
- 3 Franciscans (Nicholas IV, Sixtus IV, and Julius II)
- 2 Augustinians (Adrian IV and Eugene IV)
- 2 Conventual Franciscans (Sixtus V and Clement XIV)
- and 1 Camaldolese (Gregory XVI)
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phil8888
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You guys are really awesome. I can always count on you for some good information!
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Jim
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now of course there’s a new one 
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PacoG
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John XXIII was a Third Order Franciscan. Why isn’t he listed as Franciscan?
This is when you really wished that Br. JR would cross boards.
This is when you really wished that Br. JR would cross boards.
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TimothyH
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I quoted that once and Brother JR stated that there have been more Franciscan Popes than any other order. I’m not sure what to think.
I was unaware that there were Cistercian Popes. That is extremely interesting to me.
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malphono
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And for this we had to resurrect a 4 year old thread? 
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