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Celestine III

175th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1191 - 1198. In 1198, he confirmed the statutes of the Teutonic Knights as a military order. He would have resigned the papacy and recommended a successor (Cardinal Giovanni di San Paolo) shortly before his death, but was not allowed to do so by the cardinals.

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