Popes

Popes

The heads of the Catholic Church.

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166th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1144 - 1145. His pontificate was notable for the unrest in Rome associated with the Commune of Rome and its attempts to wrest control of the city from ...

Eugene III

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167th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1145 - 1153.

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 ...

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 .

Alexander III

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170th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1159 - 1181. He is noted in history for laying the foundation stone for the Notre Dame de Paris. In 1171, Alexander became the first pope to address the ...

Lucius III

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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 ...

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 ...