Regnal names of the Catholic popes & historical popes
Changing the names of the Popes is one of the most cool thing you may do about cultural names in CK2. There's just to change the names, then you regularly see one new pope, with one of the names you established the list for... No more Frankish pope called John, no more Italian Pope called Stephen, and so on.
This is just a little more complex than for the geographical names. And this may be quite long to do, but there are different methods to do all of this.
1. Changing the names of the ahistorical Popes
Very simple, for this part. Just go within the folder \common\Crusader Kings II\common\landed_titles
Open the file landed_titles.txt, find (CTRL+F) the line bearing 'k_papal_state'.
A few lines under is a list of male names. There's just to copy this list I give here, instead of the first present in the file to change all names into Latin: John becomes Ioannes, Stephen Stephanos, Clement Clemens, Boniface Bonifacius and so on...
Code:
k_papal_state = {
[...]
# Regnal names
male_names = {
Ioannes Gregorius Benedictus Clemens Innocentius Leo Pius Stephanus Bonifacius Urbanus Alexander Hadrianus Paulus
Cælestinus Martinus Nicolaus Sixtus Felix Sergius Anastasius Honorius Eugenius Silvester Victor
Lucius Callixtus Iulius Pelagius Adeodatus Theodorus Marinus Agapetus Damasus Paschalis
Gelasius Marcellus "Ioannes*Paulus" Anacletus Evaristus Telesphorus Hyginus Anicetus Marcus Hilarius
Simplicius Symmachus Hormisdas Silverius Vigilius Sabinianus Severinus Vitalianus Donus Agatho
Conon Sisinnius Constantinus Zacharias Valentinus Formosus Romanus Lando
}
}
There are however a few more names which haven't been inserted within this list. When comparing to the 'official' list of popes, there they are, formatted here to be inserted as two more lines within the file.
If you ask 'Franciscus? You kidding, guy?', I'll just answer 'John Paul? Not
me,
they kidding!'
Code:
Anacletus Anterus Caius Cornelius Dionysius Eleutherius Eusebius Eutychianus Fabianus
Franciscus Liberius Marcellinus Miltiades Pontianus Siricius Soterius Zephyrinus Zosimus
But all of this only changes the names of popes generated after the starting date choosen by the player.
To speak clearly, let's imagine you select the start date of 1305. The current pope is Clement 5th, since 1304. As soon as he die, a new pope is elected, wich may receive a name randomly selected within the list given above. If this name is 'Clemens', you will have a new pope 'Clemens 1st', just after 'Clemnet 5th'. Not cool at all...
So, yes, there's to change all Pope names within the folder common\Crusader Kings II\history\characters.
This file is depending of the culture of each pope: english.txt, frankish.txt, german.txt, greek.txt, italian.txt, occitan.txt or portuguese.txt
2. Changing the names of the historical Popes
A. First method--for savages
Don't want to spend to much time on this? Just find within the selected file (eg italian.txt) the former names in English (eg 'John'), and automotically replace (CTRL+H) every the 'John' by 'Ioannes'. You'll have to do this for each new name, for each of the six .txt files; I promise this will be very shorter.
B. Second method--for freaks
Don't want an error to happen, to find a few 'Hadrianus' within your English characters and/or just want to spend time in the operation, just to enjoy the final result. Yeah, choose this one. You'll have to find every pope thanks to is Character ID, within the relevant file I give here. Then copy here and paste within your files (english.txt, frankish.txt, italian.txt...) the three lines I give under each ID. They replace the 3 lines given in the official files.
The result will be that, whatever your start date, every Pope in the past years will bear a Latin name. Taking the previous example: in 1305 your Pope will be Clemens 5th, and if he dies your new Pope may be Clemens 6th. Just much more cool... So, this is the whole list.
ENGLISH POPE (english.txt):
Code:
71809 = {
[...]
1154.12.3 = {
name="Hadrianus" # instead of Adrian
FRANKISH POPES (frankish.txt):
Code:
2013 = {
[...]
1087.9.16 = {
name="Urbanus" # instead of Urban
}
294 = {
[...]
1119.1.28 = {
name="Callistus" # instead of Calixtus
# AKA: Guy
478501 = {
[...]
1334.12.4 = {
name="Benedictus" # instead of Benedict
# AKA: Jacques
71825 = {
[...]
1261.5.25 = {
name="Urbanus" # instead of Urban
# AKA: Jacques
71827 = {
[...]
1276.1.10 = {
name="Innocentius" # instead of Innocent
}
71831 = {
[...]
1280.8.22 = {
name="Martinus" # instead of Martin
# AKA: Simon
71838 = {
[...]
1314.4.20 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Jacques
7824 = {
[...]
999.2.18 = {
name="Silvester" instead of Sylvester
# AKA: Gilbert
7940 = {
[...]
1058.3.29 = {
name="Nicolaus" # instead of Nicholas
# AKA: Gerard
GERMAN POPES (german.txt):
Code:
11034 = {
[...]
1057.8.3 = {
name="Stephanus" # instead of Stephen
# AKA: Friedrich
1318 = {
[...]
996.5.3 = {
name="Gregorius" # instead of Gregory
# AKA: Bruno
7818 = {
[...]
1046.12.20 = {
name="Clemens" # instead of Clement
# AKA: Suidger
GREEK POPES (greek.txt):
Code:
7605 = {
[...]
174.1.1={
name = "Eleutherius" # instead of Eleuterus
# AKA: Hegesippus
7606 = {
[...]
167.4.20={
name = "Soterius" # instead of Soter
# AKA: Caius
7614 = {
[...]
92.1.1={
name = "Clemens" # instead of Clement
# AKA: Tertullian
7866 = {
[...]
741.11.28={
name = "Zacharias" # instead of Zachary
# AKA: Zacharias
7867 = {
[...]
731.2.11={
name = "Gregorius" # instead of Gregory
# AKA: Zacharias
7869 = {
[...]
708.2.4={
name = "Constantinus" # instead of Constantine
# AKA: Constantinus
7871 = {
[...]
705.1.11={
name = "Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Plato
7872 = {
[...]
701.9.8={
name = "Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Plato
7884 = {
[...]
642.10.12={
name = "Theodorus" # instead of Theodore
# AKA: Rufinianus
7891 = {
[...]
606.2.22={
name = "Bonifacius" # instead of Boniface
# AKA: John
ITALIAN POPES (italian.txt):
Code:
2010 = {
[...]
1073.4.21 = {
name="Gregorius" # instead of Gregory
# AKA: Hildebrand
2014 = {
[...]
1099.7.29 = {
name="Paschalis" # instead of Paschal
# AKA: Rainero
223754 = {
[...]
1185.5.25 = {
name="Urbanus" # instead of Urban
}
70785 = {
[...]
1268.11.29 = {
name="Gregorius" # instead of Gregory
}
70841 = {
[...]
1191.3.20 = {
name="Cælestinus" # instead of Celestine
# AKA: Giancinto
70851 = {
[...]
1277.5.20 = {
name="Nicolaus" # instead of Nicholas
# AKA: Giovanni
71800 = {
[...]
1130.2.13 = {
name="Innocentius" # instead of Innocent
# AKA: Gregorio
71805 = {
[...]
1143.9.24 = {
name="Cælestinus" # instead of Celestine
# AKA: Guido
71807 = {
[...]
1145.2.15 = {
name="Eugenius" # instead of Eugene
# AKA: Bernardo
71812 = {
[...]
1187.10.20 = {
name="Gregorius" # instead of Gregory
# AKA: Alberto
71813 = {
[...]
1187.12.17 = {
name="Clemens" # instead of Clement
# AKA: Paolino
71814 = {
[...]
1198.1.8 = {
name="Innocentius" # instead of Innocent
}
71821 = {
[...]
1227.3.18 = {
name="Gregorius" # instead of Gregory
# AKA: Ugolino
71822 = {
[...]
1241.8.22 = {
name="Cælestinus" # instead of Celestine
# AKA: Goffredo
71823 = {
[...]
1241.11.10 = {
name="Innocentius" # instead of Innocent
# AKA: Sinibaldo
71829 = {
[...]
1276.6.22 = {
name="Hadrianus" # instead of Adrian
}
71833 = {
[...]
1287.4.3 = {
name="Nicolaus" # instead of Nicholas
}
71834 = {
[...]
1292.4.4 = {
name="Cælestinus" # instead of Celestine
}
71834 = {
[...]
}
1292.4.4 = {
name="Cælestinus" # instead of Celestine
}
1294.12.13 = {
name="Pietro"
}
1296.5.19 = {
name="Cælestinus" # instead of Celestine
give_nickname=nick_the_saint
71835 = {
[...]
1294.12.13 = {
name="Bonifacius" #instead of Boniface
# AKA: Benedetto
71836 = {
[...]
1303.10.11 = {
name="Benedictus" # instead of Benedict
# AKA: Nicola
7600 = {
[...]
230.1.1 = {
name="Pontianus" # instead of Pontus
# AKA: Pontian
7601 = {
[...]
222.10.14 = {
name="Urbanus" # instead of Urban
# AKA: Severus
7602 = {
[...]
217.12.20 = {
name="Callistus" # instead of Callixtus
# AKA: Callistus
7603 = {
[...]
199.1.1 = {
name="Zephyrinus"
# AKA: Logos
7760 = {
[...]
532.1.1 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Mercurius
7761 = {
[...]
530.1.1 = {
name="Bonifacius" # instead of Boniface
# AKA: Athalaric
7763 = {
[...]
523.8.6 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Castorius
7765 = {
[...]
514.7.19 = {
name="Hormisdas" # instead of Hormisadas
# AKA: Johannes
7774 = {
[...]
422.9.4 = {
name="Cælestinus" # instead of Celestine
# AKA: Priscus
7775 = {
[...]
418.12.26 = {
name="Bonifacius" # instead of Boniface
# AKA: Eulalius
7777 = {
[...]
401.11.27 = {
name="Innocentius" # instead of Innocent
# AKA: Maximus
7782 = {
[...]
336.10.7 = {
name="Iulius" # instead of Julius
# AKA: Maximus
7783 = {
[...]
335.12.31 = {
name="Marcus" # instead of Mark
# AKA: Marcus
7784 = {
[...]
314.1.10 = {
name="Silvester" # instead of Sylvester
# AKA: Marcus
7791 = {
[...]
274.12.30 = {
name="Eutychianus" # instead of Eutychian
# AKA: Gaius
7795 = {
[...]
254.3.5 = {
name="Stephanus" # instead of Stephen
# AKA: Stephanus
7798 = {
[...]
236.1.3 = {
name="Fabianus" # instead of Fabian
}
7819 = {
[...]
1045.5.1 = {
name="Gregorius" # instead of Gregory
# AKA: Johannes
7820 = {
[...]
1045.1.20 = {
name="Silvester" # instead of Sylvester
# AKA: Giovanni
7822 = {
[...]
1003.12.6 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Fasanius
7823 = {
[...]
1003.5.12 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: John Sicco
7825 = {
[...]
984.8.20 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
}
7826 = {
[...]
983.7.10 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Pietro
7827 = {
[...]
972.9.6 = {
name="Benedictus" # instead of Benedict
# AKA: Hildebrand
7828 = {
[...]
965.3.1 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Giovanni
7830 = {
[...]
964.4.14 = {
name="Benedictus" # instead of Benedict
# AKA: John
7832 = {
[...]
942.10.1 = {
name="Martinus" # instead of Martin
# AKA: John
7833 = {
[...]
939.7.13 = {
name="Stephanus" # instead of Stephen
# AKA: John
7835 = {
[...]
929.1.1 = {
name="Stephanus" # instead of Stephen
# AKA: Stephanus
7837 = {
[...]
914.3.1 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Johannes
7841 = {
[...]
900.1.1 = {
name="Benedictus" # instead of Benedict
# AKA: Mammalus
7842 = {
[...]
897.12.1 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Mammalus
7843 = {
[...]
897.11.1 = {
name="Theodorus" # instead of Theodore
# AKA: Theodorus
7845 = {
[...]
896.5.1 = {
name="Stephanus" # instead of Stephen
# AKA: John
7846 = {
[...]
896.4.4 = {
name="Bonifacius" # instead of Boniface
# AKA: John
7848 = {
[...]
885.9.1 = {
name="Stephanus" # instead of Stephen
# AKA: John
7849 = {
[...]
884.5.15 = {
name="Hadrianus" # instead of Adrian
# AKA: John
7850 = {
[...]
882.12.16 = {
name="Martinus" # instead of Martin
# AKA: John
7851 = {
[...]
872.12.14 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Martin
7852 = {
[...]
867.11.13 = {
name="Hadrianus" # instead of Adrian
# AKA: Martin
7853 = {
[...]
858.4.17 = {
name="Nicolaus" # instead of Nicholas
# AKA: Martin
7854 = {
[...]
855.7.17 = {
name="Benedictus" # instead of Benedict
# AKA: Martin
7857 = {
[...]
827.9.16 = {
name="Gregorius" # instead of Gregory"
# AKA: Martin
7858 = {
[...]
827.8.27 = {
name="Valentinus" # instead of Valentine
# AKA: Martin
7859 = {
[...]
824.2.11 = {
name="Eugenius" # instead of Eugene
# AKA: Martin
7860 = {
[...]
817.1.24 = {
name="Paschalis" # instead of Paschal
# AKA: Pascal
7861 = {
[...]
816.6.12 = {
name="Stephanus" # instead of Stephen
# AKA: Pascal
7863 = {
[...]
772.1.24 = {
name="Hadrianus" # instead of Adrian
# AKA: Theodore
7864 = {
[...]
767.6.28 = {
name="Stephanus" # instead of Stephen
# AKA: Theodore
7865 = {
[...]
757.4.29 = {
name="Paulus" # instead of Paul
# AKA: Theodore
7868 = {
[...]
715.4.9 = {
name="Gregorius" # instead of Gregory
# AKA: Zacharias
7876 = {
[...]
683.6.28 = {
name="Benedictus" # instead of Benedict
# AKA: Plato
7881 = {
[...]
657.6.1 = {
name="Vitalianus" # instead of Vitalian
# AKA: Anastasius
7882 = {
[...]
653.7.17 = {
name="Eugenius" # instead of Eugene
# AKA: Rufinianus
7883 = {
[...]
649.5.14 = {
name="Martinus" instead of Martin
# AKA: Rufinianus
7885 = {
[...]
640.8.2 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Venantius
7888 = {
[...]
618.11.8 = {
name="Bonifacius" # instead of Boniface
# AKA: Petronius
7890 = {
[...]
607.11.12 = {
name="Bonifacius" # instead of Boniface
# AKA: Johannes
7892 = {
[...]
604.3.15 = {
name="Sabinianus" # instead of Sabinian
# AKA: John
7893 = {
[...]
590.1.1 = {
name="Gregorius" # instead of "Gregory"
# AKA: Gordanius
7895 = {
[...]
752.3.22 = {
name="Stephanus" # instead of Stephen
# AKA: Theodore
7897 = {
[...]
574.7.13 = {
name="Benedictus" # instead of Benedict
# AKA: Bonifacius
7898 = {
[...]
561.3.4 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Catelinus
7917 = {
[...]
931.3.15 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
}
7930 = {
name="Benedictus" # instead of Benedict
dynasty=100349
[...]
7931 = {
[...]
955.12.16 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Octavianus
7933 = {
[...]
1012.5.12 = {
name="Benedictus" # instead of Benedict
# AKA: Theophylact
7934 = {
[...]
1024.8.9 = {
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Romanus
7937 = {
[...]
1032.10.1 = {
name="Benedictus" # instead of Benedict
# AKA: Theophylactus
OCCITAN POPES (occitan.txt):
Code:
71826 = {
[...]
1264.10.2 = {
name="Clemens" # instead of Clement
# AKA: Gui
71837 = {
[...]
1304.7.7 = {
name="Clemens" # instead of Clement
}
PORTUGUESE POPE (portuguese.txt):
Code:
71830 = {
[...]
1276.8.18={
name="Ioannes" # instead of John
# AKA: Pedro
Should add somewhere 'I think', however... 
