Pope Theme Pages

The head of the Roman Catholic Church.

This detail from a 13th century reliquary shows Pope Clement baptising Taurin with St Denis.

Taurin is baptised by Pope Clement in Rome. 15th century stained glass in the church of Saint-Taurin, Evreux.

This stained glass panel depicts Pope Honorius III giving St Francis of Assisi permission to start a monastic order. The panel is the work of Lucien Lobin (c1861).

Pope Pius IX proclaiming the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Detail of stained glass in Saint-Godard, Rouen.

This fresco of St Gregory the Great is by the Maltese painter Giuseppe Cali. It is part of the decoration below the main dome in the church.