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Pope Clement III ( Latin: Clemens III; 1130 – 20 March 1191), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 December 1187 to his death in 1191.
Clement III (born, Rome—died March 20, 1191, Rome) was the pope from 1187 to 1191. He was cardinal bishop of Palestrina when elected pope on Dec. 19, 1187. In October 1187 Jerusalem fell to Saladin, the leader of the Muslim armies, and Clement called the Western princes to undertake the Third Crusade, the results
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Clement (III) was an antipope from 1080 to 1100. Of noble birth, Guibert served at the German court (c. 1054–55) and became imperial chancellor for Italy (1058–63). As such he supported the election of Bishop Peter Cadalus of Parma as antipope Honorius II (1061).
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Consecrated as Pope Clement III in Rome in March 1084, he commanded a significant following in Rome and elsewhere, especially during the first half of his pontificate, and reigned in opposition to four successive popes in the anti-imperial line: Gregory VII, Victor III, Urban II, and Paschal II.
Pope Clement III was the 174th pope and the third Pope Clement not counting the antipope who used the same name. He was pope for 1,187 days from 1187 to 1191.
When Henry at last took possession of Rome four years later, the Roman clergy and people elected Guibert pope, and he was enthroned in the Lateran basilica on 24 Mar. 1084 with the style Clement III. On 31 Mar., while Gregory still held out in Castel Sant'Angelo, he crowned Henry as emperor in St Peter's.
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Pope Clement III, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 December 1187 to his death in 1191. He ended the conflict between the Papacy and the city of Rome, by allowing the election of magistrates, which reinstalled the Papacy back in the city after a six year exile.
