popes

Dataset of all official popes from Peter to Francis, scraped from the Wikipedia article "List of popes". Used in my blog post "Francis is an old pope".

Variables

• number: Pontiff number
• name_full: Pope name including regnal suffix in roman numerals
• name: Pope name without suffix
• suffix: Regnal suffix in integer format
• canonization: Stage in canonization process, if applicable
• birth: Date of birth
• start: Date of accession to papacy
• end: Date of end of papacy
• age_start: Age at start of papacy, in full years
• age_end: Age at end of papacy, in full years
• tenure: Length of papacy, in fractional years

Notes

• All antipopes were excluded.
• Where only birth years are given, the birth date is assumed to be 30 June.
• Where only years are given for the pope's tenure, it is assumed that tenure started on 1 January and ended on 31 December.
• Where multiple or a range of years are given due to historical uncertainty, the earliest year is used.