Arciconfraternita dei Bolognesi in Rome

Born in Bologna in 1501 (or 1502), Ugo Boncompagni was elected pope on May 13th and crowned on May 25th, 1572; he died in Rome on April 10th, 1585 and was buried in the Basilica Vaticana

Photo by Alessandro Menganti, Bust of Gregory XIII, bronze, Bologna. Civic Museum (© Musei civici d’arte antica)

Born in Bologna on July 20th, 1519, Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce was elected pope on October 29th and crowned on November 3rd, 1591; he died in Rome on December 30th, 1591 after only two months of pontificate, and was buried in the Grotte Vaticane

Photo by Agostino Carracci, Pope Innocent IX (1591), engraving, 25.9×20.1 cm, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts (source: Wikipedia)

Born in Bologna on January 9th, 1554, Alessandro Ludovisi was elected pope on February 9th and crowned on February 14th, 1621; he died in Rome on July 8th, 1623, and was buried in the church of Sant'Ignazio in Campo Marzio

Photo by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Gregory XV, 1621, bronze, Bologna. Medieval Civic Museum (© Musei civici d’arte antica)

Born in Bologna on March 31st, 1675, Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini was elected pope on August 17th and crowned on August 22nd; he died in Rome on May 3rd, 1758, and was buried in the Basilica Vaticana

Photo by Pierre Subleyras, Pope Benedict XIV, 1746; oil on canvas, 133x96 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (source: Wikipedia)

Born in Santarcangelo di Romagna on October 31st, 1705, Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio (in religion, Lorenzo) Ganganelli belonged to the Order of Friars Minor Conventual; he was elected Pope on May 19th and crowned on May 28th, 1769; he died in Rome on September 22nd, 1774, and was buried in the Basilica dei Santi XII Apostoli

Photo by Giovanni Domenico Porta, Portrait of Pope Clement XIV, oil on canvas (70x58.5 cm), 1769-1770, photo after restoration, Palazzo Vescovile, City Museum (Acquapendente) (source: Wikipedia)

Born in Cesena on December 25th, 1717, Giovanni Angelo Braschi was elected pope on February 15th and crowned on February 22nd, 1775; he died in exile in Valence-sur-Rhône (France) on August 29th, 1799, and was buried in the Grotte Vaticane

Photo by Pompeo Batoni, Portrait of Pope Pius VI, 1775; oil on panel, 137x98 cm, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Born in Cesena on August 14th, 1742, Barnaba (in religion, Gregorio) Chiaramonti was elected pope on March 14th and crowned on March 21st, 1800 in Venice; he belonged to the Benedictine order and died in Rome on August 20th, 1823; he was buried in the Basilica Vaticana

Photo by Jacques-Louis David, Portrait of Pope Pius VII, 1805, Louvre Museum, Paris, France