Religious Orders
34 popes have been members of religious orders. These have included:
- Benedictines (17):-
- Gregory I, Boniface IV, Adeodatus II, Leo IV, John IX, Leo VII, Stephen IX, Gregory VII, Victor III, Urban II, Paschal II, Gelasius II, Celestine V, Clement VI, Urban V, Pius VII
- and including Camaldolese (1):-
- Gregory XVI and Pius IX
- Augustinians (6):-
- Eugene IV
- and including Canons Regular (5):-
- Honorius II, Innocent II, Lucius II, Gregory VIII, Adrian IV
- Dominicans (4):-
- Innocent V, Benedict XI, Pius V, Benedict XIII
- Franciscans (4):-
- Nicholas IV, Sixtus IV
- and including Conventual Franciscans (2):-
- Sixtus V, Clement XIV
- Cistercians (2):-
- Eugene III, Benedict XII
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