Lendian Pope

The Lendian Pope is the head of the Papaist Church, based in Lendia. Papaists generally refer to their leader merely as "the Pope", but others often add the word "Lendian" to distinguish the office from that of the Archbishop of Cruishaven, who is sometimes also referred to as Pope.

The Lendian Pope is chosen upon the death or abdication of the previous holder of the office. He is elected by a Conclave of the Papaist Church's cardinals, who deliberate in secret. The Pope resides in the city of Gloria Libertatis, in a precinct overlooking the Old City from the hills of Las Rochas.

Previous popes

According to the official list, there have been two hundred and ten Popes before the present holder of the office, although not all of them were referred to as Pope while they were alive.

Most of the Popes are not known by their personal names — rather, they adopted a regnal name by which they are known instead. The number of regnal names is fairly limited, with Popes frequently chosing to adopt the name of one of their predecessors as a mark of respect or indication of doctrinal similarity. A total of twenty-two names have been used, with the most recent new addition (Miguel) being made over two centuries ago.

Number	Name	Reigned		Notes
1st	Marco	1453 BP — 1437 BP	16 years	A disciple of Cruis and founder of the Church.
2nd	Dominico I	1437 BP — 1426 BP	11 years
3rd	Simono I	1426 BP — 1421 BP	5 years	First leader to adopt the title of Archbishop of Brancassa.
4th	Justinio I	1421 BP — 1401 BP	20 years
5th	Ignacio I	1401 BP — 1398 BP	3 years
6th	Edaro I	1398 BP — 1392 BP	6 years
7th	Pio I	1392 BP	5 months
8th	Andreo I	1392 BP — 1385 BP	7 years
9th	Sebastiano I	1385 BP — 1371 BP	14 years
10th	Simono II	1371 BP — 1361 BP	10 years	First leader to officially use the title "Pope".
11th	Dominico II	1361 BP — 1360 BP	1 year
12th	Ignacio II	1360 BP — 1357 BP	3 years
13th	Ignacio III	1357 BP — 1355 BP	2 years
14th	Bernardo I	1355 BP — 1347 BP	8 years
15th	Simono III	1347 BP — 1330 BP	17 years
16th	Edaro II	1330 BP — 1317 BP	12 years	Forced to accept broad Liliani control over the Church after Liliana invades Lendia. Beginning of "the Captivity", and official use of the term "Pope" is supressed.
17th	Andreo II	1317 BP — 1308 BP	9 years
18th	Justinio II	1308 BP — 1305 BP	3 years
19th	Bernardo II	1505 BP — 1284 BP	21 years	Condemned Clemenism, which held that Cruis, while divinely favoured, was otherwise an ordinary man. First instance of those considered "heretics" being expelled from the Church.
20th	Pio II	1284 BP — 1274 BP	10 years
21st	Dominico III	1274 BP	3 months
22nd	Dominico IV	1274 BP — 1259 BP	15 years
23rd	Ignacio IV	1259 BP — 1250 BP	9 years
24th	Simono IV	1250 BP — 1248 BP	2 years
25th	Edaro III	1248 BP — 1234 BP	11 years
26th	Pedro I	1235 BP	28 days	Died after falling from a balcony. Unproven accusations of murder by Liliani officers over his independent stance.
27th	Pio III	1235 BP — 1232 BP	5 years
28th	Celestino I	1232 BP — 1226 BP	6 years
29th	Celestino II	1226 BP — 1209 BP	17 years
30th	Simono V	1209 BP — 1205 BP	4 years
31st	Justinio III	1205 BP — 1195 BP	10 years	Condemned Sovirism, a heresy which held that the scriptures should be seen not as factual statements but as allegories and metaphors.
32nd	Dominico V	1195 BP — 1192 BP	3 years	Ordered the burning of several Sovirists, the first known religious executions in the Church's history.
33rd	Bernardo III	1192 BP — 1184 BP	8 years	Repudiated his predecessor's policy of executing heretics, although continued persecution with other methods.
34th	Ignacio V	1184 BP — 1183 BP	1 year
35th	Carlo I	1183 BP — 1171 BP	12 years
36th	Simono VI	1171 BP — 1155 BP	16 years
37th	Celestino III	1155 BP — 1146 BP	9 years
38th	Carlo II	1146 BP — 1144 BP	2 years	Attempted to halt persecution of Sovirists, but was blocked by Liliani officials who saw the Sovirist mass movement as a potential political threat.
39th	Edaro IV	1144 BP — 1139 BP	5 years
40th	Dominico VI	1139 BP — 1136 BP	3 years
41st	Dominico VII	1136 BP — 1118 BP	18 years
42nd	Ignacio VI	1118 BP — 1113 BP	5 years
42nd	Justinio IV	1113 BP — 1097 BP	16 years
43rd	Edaro V	1097 BP — 1091 BP	6 years
44th	Sebastiano II	1091 BP — 1077 BP	14 years
45th	Sebastiano III	1077 BP — 1075 BP	2 years
46th	Simono VII	1075 BP	4 months
47th	Simono VIII	1075 BP — 1068 BP	7 years	Rejected as illegitimate by a faction of the Church who claimed the election was rigged. A rival claimant, calling himself Martino I, established a rival papacy that was shut down by the Liliani authorities.
48th	Simono IX	1068 BP — 1059 BP	9 years
49th	Claudio I	1059 BP — 1049 BP	10 years
50th	Dominico VIII	1049 BP — 1037 BP	12 years
51st	Bernardo IV	1037 BP — 1015 BP	22 years
52nd	Bernardo V	1015 BP — 1007 BP	8 years
53rd	Carlo III	1007 BP — 999 BP	8 years
54th	Carlo IV	999 BP — 990 BP	9 years
55th	Carlo V	990 BP — 989 BP	1 year
56th	Claudio II	989 BP — 987 BP	2 years
57th	Celestino IV	987 BP — 976 BP	11 years	Forced to abdicate by the Liliani authorities for supporting the Rivan Rebellion.
58th	Simono X	976 BP — 963 BP	13 years
59th	Edaro VI	963 BP — 953 BP	10 years
60th	Carlo VI	953 BP — 948 BP	5 years
61st	Ignacio VII	948 BP — 942 BP	6 years
62nd	Justinio V	942 BP — 923 BP	19 years
63rd	Dominico IX	923 BP — 916 BP	7 years
64th	Andreo III	916 BP — 910 BP	16 years
65th	Sebastiano IV	900 BP — 897 BP	3 years
66th	Bernardo VI	897 BP — 891 BP	6 years
67th	Simono XI	891 BP — 883 BP	8 years
68th	Simono XII	883 BP — 863 BP	20 years
69th	Claudio III	863 BP — 851 BP	12 years
70th	Edaro VII	851 BP — 850 BP	1 years
71st	Edaro VIII	850 BP — 844 BP	6 years
72nd	Edaro IX	844 BP — 839 BP	5 years
73rd	Simono XIII	839 BP — 821 BP	18 years
74th	Bernardo VII	821 BP — 807 BP	14 years
75th	Pio IV	807 BP — 798 BP	9 years
76th	Ignacio VIII	798 BP — 792 BP	6 years
77th	Ignacio IX	792 BP — 787 BP	5 years
78th	Simono XIV	787 BP — 766 BP	21 years
79th	Pedro II	766 BP — 763 BP	3 years
80th	Claudio IV	763 BP — 759 BP	4 years
81st	Carlo VIII	759 BP — 743 BP	16 years
82nd	Edaro X	743 BP — 732 BP	11 years
83rd	Simono XV	732 BP — 720 BP	12 years
84th	Fulgencio I	720 BP — 710 BP	10 years	Reasserted the Church's independence as Liliani forces withdraw. End of "the Captivity".
85th	Pio V	710 BP	7 months
86th	Claudio V	710 BP — 702 BP	8 years
87th	Claudio VI	702 BP — 687 BP	15 years
88th	Simono XVI	687 BP — 661 BP	26 years
89th	Celestino V	661 BP — 656 BP	5 years
90th	Justinio V	656 BP — 648 BP	8 years	Ordered the earliest known compilation of Church law, ending the reliance on unwritten traditions and conventions.
91st	Andreo III	648 BP — 646 BP	2 years
92nd	Ignacio X	646 BP — 644 BP	2 years
93rd	Carlo VIII	644 BP — 643 BP	1 years
94th	Simono XVII	643 BP — 634 BP	9 years
95th	Simono XVIII	634 BP — 622 BP	12 years
96th	Simono XIX	622 BP	2 months
97th	Celestino VI	622 BP	5 months
98th	Andreo IV	622 BP — 616 BP	6 years	Launched a major project to convert Piolsa to the Papaist faith. Not widely successful, but today sometimes considered one of Piolsa's patron saints.
99th	Claudio VII	616 BP — 602 BP	14 years
100th	Pedro III	602 BP — 586 BP	16 years
101st	Pio VI	586 BP — 573 BP	13 years
102nd	Bernardo VII	573 BP — 570 BP	3 years
103rd	Bernardo VIII	570 BP — 560 BP	10 years
104th	Simono XX	560 BP	19 days	Abdicated, citing stress.
105th	Dominico XI	560 BP — 559 BP	11 years
106th	Claudio VIII	559 BP — 557 BP	2 years
107th	Justinio VI	557 BP — 548 BP	9 years
108th	Pedro IV	548 BP — 541 BP	7 years
109th	Ignacio XI	541 BP — 536 BP	5 years
110th	Justinio VII	536 BP — 520 BP	16 years
111th	Bernardo IX	520 BP — 515 BP	5 years
112th	Carlo IX	515 BP — 501 BP	14 years	First Pope to officially condemn Veldanism's position as the state religion of Lendia, arguing that the country now had as many Cruisians as Veldanists.
113th	Celestino VII	501 BP — 492 BP	9 years
114th	Celestino VIII	492 BP — 478 BP	14 years
115th	Andreo V	478 BP	5 months
116th	Sebastiano V	478 BP — 473 BP	5 years	Strongly but unsuccesfully opposed the unification of Lendia and Piolsa, believing that non-Cruisian Piolsa would dilute the strength of the Church.
117th	Justinio VIII	473 BP — 471 BP	2 years	Accused of inflaming tensions between Papaists and Veldanists. Assassinated by a Veldanist extremist, and subsequently declared a martyr.
118th	Bernardo X	471 BP — 461 BP	10 years	Attempted to halt religious violence, but was largely ignored.
119th	Pio VII	461 BP — 452 BP	9 years
120th	Celestino IX	452 BP — 422 BP	30 years	Successfully negotiated an end to Veldanism's status as the state religion, greatly calming religious tension.
121st	Fulgencio II	422 BP — 418 BP	4 years
122nd	Ignacio XII	418 BP — 401 BP	17 years
123rd	Andreo VI	401 BP — 394 BP	7 years
124th	Simono XXI	394 BP — 391 BP	3 years
125th	Justinio IX	391 BP — 383 BP	8 years
126th	Carlo X	383 BP — 373 BP	10 years
128th	Justinio X	373 BP — 372 BP	1 year
129th	Simono XXII	372 BP — 370 BP	2 years
130th	Celestino X	370 BP — 355 BP	15 years
131st	Fulgencio III	355 BP — 344 BP	11 years
132nd	Dominico XII	344 BP — 337 BP	7 years
133rd	Justinio XI	337 BP — 331 BP	6 years
134th	Justinio XII	331 BP — 324 BP	4 years
135th	Bernardo XI	324 BP — 319 BP	8 years
136th	Pio VIII	319 BP	4 months
137th	Justinio XIII	319 BP — 310 BP	9 years
138th	Andreo VII	310 BP — 298 BP	12 years
139th	Ignacio XIII	298 BP — 296 BP	2 years
140th	Celestino XI	296 BP — 289 BP	7 years
141st	Julio I	289 BP — 272 BP	17 years
142nd	Bernardo XII	272 BP — 260 BP	12 years
143rd	Justinio XIV	260 BP — 248 BP	12 years
144th	Simono XXIII	248 BP — 247 BP	1 year
145th	Zeno I	247 BP — 237 BP	10 years
146th	Pedro V	237 BP — 230 BP	7 years
147th	Carlo XI	230 BP — 221 BP	9 years
148th	Fulgencio IV	221 BP — 210 BP	11 years
149th	Julio II	210 BP — 197 BP	13 years
150th	Iago	197 BP — 189 BP	8 years
151st	Melo I	189 BP — 165 BP	24 years
152nd	Celestino XII	165 BP — 158 BP	7 years
153rd	Sebastiano VI	158 BP — 139 BP	19 years
154th	Ricardo I	139 BP — 137 BP	2 years
155th	Justinio XV	137 BP — 135 BP	2 years
156th	Justinio XVI	135 BP — 124 BP	11 years
157th	Claudio IX	124 BP — 114 BP	10 years
158th	Ignacio XIV	114 BP — 108 BP	6 years
159th	Carlo XII	108 BP — 104 BP	4 years
160th	Justinio XVII	104 BP — 86 BP	18 years
161st	Pio IX	86 BP — 78 BP	8 years
162nd	Zeno II	78 BP — 51 BP	27 years
163rd	Justinio XVIII	51 BP — 38 BP	13 years
164th	Andreo VIII	38 BP — 36 BP	2 years
165th	Ignacio XV	36 BP — 33 BP	3 years
166th	Simono XXIV	33 BP — 21 BP	12 years
167th	Bernardo XIII	21 BP — 14 BP	7 years
168th	Justinio XIX	14 BP — 9 BP	5 years
169th	Celestino XIII	9 BP — 1 AP	10 years	Died in the Plague.
170th	Julio III	1 AP — 19 AP	18 years	Worked to rebuild and stabilize the Church after the Plague. Was elected under irregular circumstances, but was eventually acknowledged by all as legitimate.
171st	Carlo XIII	19 AP — 25 AP	6 years	Imprisoned by Lucio I of Lalta for refusing to bless his rule.
172nd	Ignacio XVI	25 AP — 27 AP	2 years	Chosen under heavy pressure from King Lucio I of Lalta. Supported Laltese territorial claims, and was probably poisoned by Neonia as a result.
173rd	Simono XXV	27 AP — 32 AP	5 years	Attempted to steer a middle course between the papacy's autonomy and political pressures.
174th	Justinio XX	35 AP	10 days	Strongly against political interference in the Church. Poisoned, presumably by the Laltese monarchy.
175th	Mercurio VII	35 AP — 36 AP	1 year	Son of King Lucio I of Lalta, elected under severe pressure. Forced by his father to abdicate after failing to advance Laltese interests as well as expected.
176th	Quinto I	36 AP — 42 AP	6 years	A relative of the Laltese royal family.
178th	Quinto II	42 AP — 50 AP	8 years	A relative of the Laltese royal family.
179th	Quinto III	50 AP — 64 AP	14 years	A relative of the Laltese royal family.
180th	Quinto IV	64 AP	27 days	A relative of the Laltese royal family. Assassinated, probably by Neonia as part of the Inatrian War.
181st	Quinto V	64 AP	2 months	A relative of the Laltese royal family. Forced to abdicate after Lalta's defeat in the Inatrian War.
182nd	Carlo XIV	64 AP — 70 AP	6 years	A relative of the Neonian royal family, installed as part of the peace agreement following the Inatrian War. Abdicated after an assassination attempt.
183rd	Dominico XIII	70 AP — 78 AP	8 years	From Sagotia, chosen as a compromise between Lalta and Neonia. Avoided controversy.
184th	Celestino XIV	78 AP — 80 AP	2 years	Attempted to reduce corruption and eliminate political interference in the Church. Assassinated, probably on the orders of his successor.
185th	Melo II	80 AP — 88 AP	8 years	Notoriously corrupt. Accepted bribes from Rivania in exchange for publicly backing its war against Olasano, and from Lalta during the Lalto-Bairian War. Finally abdicated in the face of public outrage.
186th	Celestino XV	88 AP — 91 AP	3 years	Attempted to purge the Church of the corruption fostered in his predecessor's reign. Lost the fight and was forced to abdicate.
187th	Ignacio XVII	91 AP — 95 AP	4 years	Allowed corruption in the Church to spread unchecked. Murdered, possibly by a rival within the Church.
188th	Bernardo XIII	95 AP — 96 AP	1 years	Uncorrupt, but lacking enough power to fight corruption elsewhere, having been chosen mainly as a figurehead to create the appearance of reform. Murdered, allegedly because he had found out who killed his predecessor.
189th	Zeno III	96 AP — 103 AP	7 years	Corrupt. Forced to abdicate when revolutionaries captured the Papal palace.
190th	Dominico XIV	103 AP	3 days	Unacceptable to the revolutionaries, and forced to abdicate almost immediately.
191st	Simono XXVI	103 AP	2 days	Unacceptable to the revolutionaries, and forced to abdicate almost immediately. Shortest reigning Pope thus far.
192nd	Miguel I	103 AP — 122 AP	19 years	Reformist. Met with considerable success in clearing corruption.
193rd	Pedro VI	122 AP — 143 AP	31 years	Reformist. Continued the work of his predecessor.
194th	Bernardo XIV	143 AP — 150 AP	7 years
195th	Bernardo XV	150 AP — 153 AP	3 years
196th	Sebastiano VII	153 AP — 163 AP	10 years
197th	Simono XXVII	163 AP — 175 AP	12 years
198th	Justinio XXI	175 AP — 181 AP	6 years
199th	Celestino XVI	181 AP — 196 AP	15 years
200th	Sebastiano VIII	196 AP — 204 AP	8 years	Abdicated after a scandal over his personal finances.
201st	Justinio XVII	204 AP — 212 AP	8 years
202nd	Bernardo XVI	212 AP	4 months	Died of a heart attack.
203rd	Dominico XV	212 AP — 221 AP	9 years
204th	Pedro VII	221 AP — 234 AP	13 years	Informally allied the Church to Prince Carigo, whose popularity was soaring on the back of nationalist and authoritarian sentiment.
205th	Miguel II	234 AP — 272 AP	38 years	Continued alliance with Carigo when the latter became Emperor. Was eventually convinced to distance the Church from Carigo, gradually joining the opposition. This resulted in Carigo's troops attacking the Papal palace, and the Church being coerced into signing the Antario Accords, forbidding it from passing political comment. Abdicated a year later and joined a monastery. Longest reigning Pope thus far.
206th	Ricardo II	272 AP — 274 AP	2 years	From the faction that opposed Carigo. Accused of fueling partisanship and division.
207th	Pedro VIII	274 AP — 279 AP	5 years	From the faction that either supported or tolerated Carigo. Factionalism continues.
208th	Dominico XVI	279 AP — 280 AP	1 year	Attempted to calm partisan disputes, but died of illness before meeting much success.
209th	Ricardo III	280 AP — 284 AP	4 years	From the faction that opposed Carigo. Attempted to "purge" opponents from higher positions in the Church.
210th	Celestino XVII	284 AP — 296 AP	12 years	Strongly opposed to ongoing factional disputes, and successfully mediated between the groups. Worked to improve Church's public image and reputation, damaged by early support for Carigo and subsequent internal problems.
211th	Julio IV	296 AP — present	ongoing	The current Pope.

Longest and shortest reigns

Name	Number	Reigned		Notes
Miguel II	205th	234 AP — 272 AP	38 years
Pedro VI	193rd	122 AP — 143 AP	31 years
Celestino IX	120th	452 BP — 422 BP	30 years
Zeno II	162nd	78 BP — 51 BP	27 years
Simono XVI	88th	687 BP — 661 BP	26 years

Name	Number	Reigned		Notes
Simono XXVI	191st	103 AP	2 days	Elected during the Lendian Revolution, and forced to abdicate by revolutionaries.
Dominico XIV	190th	103 AP	3 days	Elected during the Lendian Revolution, and forced to abdicate by revolutionaries.
Justinio XX	174th	35 AP	10 days	Poisoned, probably by the Laltese monarchy, who objected to his campaign against political interference in the Church.
Simono XX	104th	560 BP	19 days	Abdicated, citing stress.
Quinto IV	180th	64 AP	27 days	Assassinated, probably by Neonia due to his support of Lalta in the Inatrian War.