Holy Fathers on Horseback!

Pope Clement V, from an allegorical painting showing the papacy leaving Rome for Avignon.

Pope St Leo the Great riding out to confront Attila the Hun. Pope Leo X sat as model for this dramatic scene

Pope Urban II riding with some cardinals. This pope called for the First Crusade.

Pope Pius VI giving a blessing as he rides along. This is one of my favorite pictures of a Pope going horseback.

Pope Innocent III rides out to inspect the site of Santo Spiritu Hospital in Rome

Pope Clement VI riding in procession with who appears to be the Holy Roman Emperor.

Joseph Sarto, the future Pope Saint Pius X

His Holiness Pope Clement XIV

His Holiness Pope Benedict XIII

Roman Emperor Constantine the Great leads the horse of Pope St Sylvester

The traditional procession of the Pope

Kaiser Friedrich I holding the stirrup of the English Pope Hadrian IV -on the wrong side as a way to snub the supremacy of the spiritual power over him.

If anyone has any other pictures of Popes on horseback I would love for you to let me know,drop a line to my email address josephcrisp@yahoo.com