The Bad Popes Author:E.R. Chamberlin The bad popes ruled in 926-32,955-93,1032-46,1294-1303,1378-89,1492-1503,1513-21, & 1523-34. Dissolute satyr, absolutist, savage, intriguer, debaucher, unskilled fox, thief, plunderer, gambler, fornicator, killer...the usual human foibles.