Category:Popes by nationality

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There have been 266 Popes, of which there have been:

• 217 from Italy

• 16 from France (Pope Sylvester II, Pope Urban II, Pope Callistus II, Pope Urban IV, Pope Clement IV, Pope Martin IV, Pope Stephen IX, Pope Clement V, Pope Nicholas II, Pope Innocent V, Pope John XXII, Pope Benedict XII, Pope Clement VI, Pope Innocent VI, Pope Urban V, Pope Gregory XI)

• 6 from Germany (Pope Gregory V, Pope Clement II, Pope Damasus II, Pope Victor II, Pope Leo IX, and Pope Benedict XVI)

• 5 from Syria (Pope Anicetus, Pope John V, Pope Sisinnius, Pope Constantine, and Pope Gregory III)

• 4 from Greece (Pope Anacletus, Pope Hyginus, Pope Eleutherius, and Pope Sixtus II)

• 3 from the Holy Land (Saint Peter, Pope Evaristus, and Pope Theodore I)

• 3 from Tunisia (Pope Miltiades, Pope Victor I and Pope Gelasius)

• 2 from Dalmatia in modern-day Croatia (Pope Caius and Pope John IV)

• 2 from Anatolia in modern-day Turkey (Pope John VI and Pope Conon)

• 2 from Valencia in modern-day Spain (Pope Callixtus III and Pope Alexander VI)

• 2 from Portugal (Pope Damasus I and Pope John XXI)

• 1 from England (Pope Adrian IV)

• 1 from the Netherlands (Pope Adrian VI)

• 1 from Argentina (Pope Francis)

• 1 from Poland (Pope John Paul II)