Popes

Popes

The heads of the Catholic Church.

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171st Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1181 - 1185. In November 1184 Lucius held a synod at Verona which condemned the Cathars, Paterines, Waldensians and Arnoldists, and anathematized all ...

Clement III

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174th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1187 - 1191. He pursed King Henry II of England and King Philip II of France to undertake the Third Crusade. In 1189, Clement made peace with the ...

Anastasius IV

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168th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1153 - 1154. During his short pontificate he played the part of a peacemaker; he came to terms with the Emperor Frederick I in the vexing question of ...

Urban III

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172nd Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1185 - 1187. He took up his predecessor's quarrels with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, including the standing dispute about the disposal of ...

Gregory VIII

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173rd Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1187 - 1187. His previous dealings with Frederick Barbarossa put the church back in a friendly relationship with the Holy Roman Emperor. In response to ...

Celestine III

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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 ...

Adrian IV

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169th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1154 - 1159. First and only English pope; purportedly granted Ireland to Henry II, King of England. Canon Regular of St. Rufus Monastery .