# Pope Benedict XV - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-benedict-xv
Pontificate: 3 September 1914 – 22 January 1922
Number in the papal list: 258
Born-Died: 1854-11-21 - 1922-01-22
Papal era: Modern Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XV

Subject of the Kingdom of Sardinia, later becoming an Italian citizen. Credited for intervening for peace during World War I.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Pius X](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-pius-x)
- Next in list: [Pope Pius XI](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-pius-xi)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1915 - [Armenian genocide](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1915-armenian-genocide)
- 1917 - [Fátima apparitions](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1917-fatima-apparitions)
- 1917 - [1917 Code of Canon Law](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1917-1917-code-of-canon-law)
- 1917 - [Moscow Patriarchate restored](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1917-moscow-patriarchate-restored)
- 1919 - [Barth's Epistle to the Romans](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1919-barth-s-epistle-to-the-romans)
- 1921 - [Kimbanguism](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1921-kimbanguism)