All 268 pontificates from Peter to the present, one row per reign (Benedict IX appears three times and John XII twice, as history demands): regnal and personal names with the name split into root and numeral, papacy dates with numeric years and reign lengths, ages at election and death where the record honestly supports them, birthplace, who performed their consecration, predecessor and successor, sainthood status, and a resigned flag.
268 rows in one CSV file, with 21 columns in total: Pope_Number, Regnal_Name, Name_Root, Name_Numeral, Personal_Name, Papacy_Start, Papacy_End, Papacy_Start_Year, Papacy_End_Year, Reign_Years, Birth_Date, Death_Date, Age_at_Election, Age_at_Death, Birthplace, Consecrated_By, Predecessor, Successor, Canonization_Status, Resigned, Pope_URL.
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Joins to Catholic Saints on 'Pope ' plus Regnal_Name for the 82 sainted popes (a couple of early names vary).
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